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Construction of new allied airstrip in Salerno Italy. P-38 crashes on landing

Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030891
New reservists join the U.S. Navy and undergo a training in the United States.`

New reservists join the American Navy. The reservist sailors parade. Rows and rows of reservist sailors eat food. Some reservists dive into water following the instructions of the trainer. They exercise with their instructors supervising. The sailors parade during a ceremony. The officers salute. A high ranking official inspects the sailors.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033552
Italians celebrate the news of Italian armistice during World War 2

Several Italian civilians gathered in town square. A band of musicians stands with the civilians. Italian civilians celebrate the news of Italian armistice ending hostilities with the Allies during World War II.

Date: 1943, September 9
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041946
A new unsinkable life raft being tested and demonstrated as men hoist the sail in the United States.

A new unsinkable steel life raft being tested and demonstrated in the United States. A 3000 pound steel raft that floats on either side in a hoist. Concentrated ration boxes on the raft. A signaling mirror being shown by a merchant seaman. The raft in the hoist and being dropped into the water. Seamen jump into the sea. They man the raft and hoist the sail. A smoke signal being used. The raft sails in the water.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059293
Birth of the new Paricutin volcano sends lava and smoke from a crater in Mexico.

Birth of the Paricutin volcano in Michoacan, Mexico, which rose up from a corn field. Volcanic eruption seen in Mexico as the new volcano is formed. A farmer watches the eruption from a safe distance. Columns of smoke rises after the volcanic eruption. Explosions occur as smoke and lava rise from the crater of the volcano. Flaming lava erupts at night from volcán Paricutín.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059299
Chinese and U.S. troops swim across a river to take up new positions and 14th Air Force provides a cover to the troops in Burma.

Chinese Army airplanes in Burma during World War II. Commander of U.S. forces in China Joseph W. Stilwell directs U.S. trained Chinese soldiers in a jungle. Troops carry a raft and move towards a river. Chinese and U.S. troops swim across the river to take up new positions. General Stilwell with other officers. The troops advance through the jungle. A soldier looks through binoculars. U.S. and Chinese troops fire guns. A U.S. soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier loads shell in an anti aircraft gun and fires. The troops cross a bridge. Men carry a wounded on a stretcher. U.S. and Chinese nurses treat the wounded. Chinese troops in jeeps move through the jungles. U.S. 14th Air Force provides a cover to the advancing troops.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069162