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U.S. Army Air Forces demonstrate a glide torpedo for use against water-borne targets in World War II

A demonstration of the Aeronca GT-1 glide torpedo. Six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, of the U.S. Army Air Forces, fly in formation. Next, splashes from their guided bombs are shown in water below. A slate appears with illustration and title, "Preset Glide Torpedo Model GT-1." A GT-1 is shown rotating while hung from a chain in a manufacturing area. Another Aeronca GB-1 is on the floor in the background. Four airmen push a GT-1 on a wheeled dolly. They roll it and position it underneath the wing of a B-17. Closeup of them jacking up the dolley to position the GT-1. View of the torpedo secured under the aircraft. Gun camera footage shows a GT-1 on a long glide towards the water, after release from above. View from water surface of the GT-1 approaching the water. At the last moment, its paravane (wing) separates and the torpedo contacts the water. The paravane falls aside into the water. The camera pans over to a makeshift target. The process is repeated with a second GT-1 but it is not seen close to the water. A third demonstration is successful and the wake of the torpedo is tracked from an overflying aircraft.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036014
German prisoners at work, guarded by United States soldiers after end of World War II in Europe

German prisoners working, under guard by United States soldiers shortly after the end of WWII in Europe. U.S. soldiers with rifles guard the working German prisoners in Schweinfurt, Germany. Prisoners working in an area damaged by bombs. Two prisoners carry stones, walking on rubble near a building destroyed by bombs.

Date: 1945, June
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036104
Newsreel depicting victory of Allied military forces capturing German cities and Nazi officials to end World War II.

Newsreel titled 'Allied Drives Split Germany'. Allied troops, tanks and soldiers fight a fierce battle on the streets of Leipzig and gain the control. Allied soldiers seize and guard the radio station in Leipzig. Allied forces win Nuremberg and Braunschweig. Destroyed buildings and houses after the fight. A German commander surrenders to American Major General. Glimpses of Hitler's speech at Nuremberg in 1932. U.S. soldiers atop the same stadium building in 1944. British Army men prisoners liberated and given food and cigarettes. A camp near river Rhine where German prisoners are released and Nazi army officers surrender. German Generals arrested by the Allied Forces. Soldiers of the 3rd Army explore stashed gold and currency reserves of Germany hidden in a salt mine. They also recover stolen art and classic paintings from German museums. Civilians registered by Allied military officials. A crowd in market hears suspension of Nazi government. Nazi army uniforms, arms, caps and badges in a stack to be destroyed. A map showing German-Russian frontier. Russian tanks rushing into German borders after bombing their bases. Tanks advance between destroyed houses, rising smoke and explosion from fights. U.S. and British forces bombing Magdeburg on the Elba river.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036147
American warplanes strike against German Luftwaffe during World War II

Film opens showing air combat scenes from tun camera of several American fighter planes shooting down German warplanes. Some are high altitude encounters with aircraft leaving contrails as they fly. Gun camera views from American planes strafing German airfields and destroying aircraft on the ground. Strafing over lines of communication like roads, highways, canals and railroads. Locomotives struck and huge clouds of smoke issuing from them. Military fortifications being strafed and smoke rising. A huge explosion from a train being strafed. View from American fighter aircraft passing through ball of fire from explosion during strafing. Formation of American B-26 Marauder bombers flying through Flak clouds. One is seen flying level in flames. Another is seen from below. It is in D-Day striped paint and its left engine has been hit and partly torn off. Next, it is seen rolling over and headed down with flames and smoke coming from its left side.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036271
U.S. Marines and armor on sands of Iwo Jima during World War II

Knocked out U.S. Marine M4A3 Sherman tank in sand with track broken loose. Another one, with hatches open and helmets tied to it, sitting on a sand berm. Marine infantry maneuvering in large open area. Another knocked out Sherman tank and closeup of the name,"Agony," printed on tank. Knocked out Sherman tanks in a gully and several undamaged, positioned with guns pointed over top of nearby sand berm. Marines carrying a wounded one on a stretcher.

Date: 1945, February 26
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036303
Arab prisoners at an Israeli military prison camp during Arab-Israeli war

Israeli Defense Forces soldier (IDF) stands beside cactus bush and sprays de-lousing agent on two men. Arab prisoners moving about inside a prison camp. Prisoners enter the camp under guard, each carrying possessions provided to them. Soldiers talk with prisoners. A barb wired fencing along the camp border. Views of the camp prisoners and prison life. Israeli soldiers dig trench and erect tent houses at their base. Israeli soldier talks to Arab prisoners. Arab prisoners appear to wear a uniform with a large dark diamond shape on front and back of uniform.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036311