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American soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery at Japanese airplanes during the Battle of Midway during World War II.
Color footage shot under the direction of John Ford, whose film crew was stationed at Midway during the battle. Japanese aircraft flying above Midway Island as they commence attacks. U.S. Marines firing an antiaircraft machine gun. Black flak bursts in the sky. Four SB2U - 3 ‘Vindicator’ dive bombers, of Marine Corps VMSB-241, taking off from Midway Island, with single bombs slung under their bellies. They pass a B-17 parked at side of runway. Japanese planes bombing Midway. An explosion near the camera with debris flying all about. A bomb hits only yards away from the camera. A hangar hit and on fire. American airplane overhead. Another bomb burst with debris thrown everywhere. U.S. Marines trying to deal with destruction and fires. Close up as they raise the American flag on a tall flagpole. A flaming fuel tank raising black smoke with the flag flying in the midst of the destruction. A Japanese airplane in flames. A jeep driving over debris near a destroyed U.S. airplane. Marine medic with red cross armband.More bombs striking fuel storage facilities and causing huge flames and black smoke. A Japanese airplane struck by machine gun fire loses power and crashes. The wing panel of a PBY Catalina, painted to simulate a crashed Japanese aircraft, has a puddle of gasoline burning in the middle of the "meatball" insignia.
U.S. infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces march jointly with French infantry during World War I
American and French Army officers, on horseback, salute as a French and American infantry parade on a field in France during World War 1. The American and French flags are carried and various contingents of troops carry their respective identifying colors. Mounted officers accompany their units. General John J.Pershing reviews the joint French-American parade with French President Raymond Poincare and French Prime Minister Paul Painleve. French and American staff officers stand in the background. Animated map show the U.S. flag being overlayed on a smoldering Europe. A U.S. Stars & Stripes shield. (Note: Interestingly, only infantry units participate in this parade. No cavalry, or artillery are involved and rifles are the only weapons seen.)
Damage in London England and nearby areas from German blitzkrieg air attacks during World War 2 Battle of Britain.
German blitz air attack damage in Britain during World War II. British anti-aircraft artillery guns firing at German aircraft in flight in southeast England. The British soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery towards the aircraft. Flak bursting in the sky. A German rescue sea plane heading to assist a downed German bomber. A British Hawker Hurricane aircraft is disabled and its pilot ejects with parachute. The Hurricane crashes to the ground. RAF launches depart to rescue the pilot in the sea. View of the rescued pilot, from New Zealand, being escorted ashore up a wooden dock, wrapped in a blanket. A bombed house. The destroyed buildings and churches in the area. The rubble of houses. Views of Anderson Shelters (bomb shelters) and a man emerging from one, his house in front of it partially destroyed. A captured German pilot, rescued at sea, is brought ashore. Elderly British men discussing the damage. A wrecked statue of British scholar John Milton lying on the ground. The destroyed buildings along the sides of the street in Westminster. Business men walking on the street show identification to authorities to gain access to a bombed area. Houses with exterior walls blown off revealing intact bedrooms inside. A policeman or Bobby picks up and examines a piece of shrapnel.
American political leader Martin Luther King, Jr and other leaders during their third Selma to Montgomery freedom march in Alabama.
A large crowd gathers during the 3rd civil rights freedom march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. People marching on a street in a large number, led by Martin Luther King, Jr and other civil rights leaders including John Lewis. African American political leader Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the people. Buildings in the area. A sign reads: 'Edmund Pettus Bridge'. People seated on the ground at a camping area for much of the group on the first night. A helicopter in flight overhead.
Signing of the National Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the United States.
The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 is enacted into law in the United States. The exterior of the Capitol building. Cars parked along the sides of the street in front of the building. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson addressing audience gathered in the Capitol. People seated on chairs. The President speaks about the voting rights act. People applauding. American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr standing with the other officials and civil rights leaders such as Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and John Lewis, as President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act in the President's Chamber of the Capitol.
America mobilizes for World War I and confronts demobilization afterwards
Opening scene shows Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Newspaper swirls into the image, with headline announcing their assassinations. Glimpse of railways guns firing. View of a ship's bow as it sinks beneath the ocean, is covered by newspaper headline announcing the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, by a German submarine. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at his desk. Newspaper headline reads: "U.S. Declares War !!" U.S. soldiers marching in Washington, DC, with U.S. Capitol building in background. Newspaper announces: "Yanks are Coming!" American General John Pershing on horseback leading a contingent of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). American troops going "over the top" (charging out of their trenches) in France during World War 1. Troops firing French 75 artillery pieces at point blank range. A formation of Allied Airco (de Havilland) DH9 aircraft in flight. Bombs bursting near trenches on the front lines. Renault FT-17 tanks accompanying American infantry on the Western Front. Persons playing roles as employees in the Department of Labor when they served as the War Labor Administration in World War 1. Women in the War Labor Administration working with long paper rolls of personnel records. Women in various war effort endeavors including airplane and arms manufacturing. Men working in a wartime steel plant. Marchers and a band demonstrating for the rights of workers to organize. People celebrating the at the end of World War 1, by gathering in the streets, throwing tickertape, dancing in the streets and waving effigies of the Kaiser. Stern view of the U.S. Army Transport Ship, President Grant filled with American soldiers returning from France at the end of the war. Lettering on stern reads, "U.S.A.T. President Grant" (The ship, AP-29, was originally the German ocean liner Konig Wilhelm II, and seized from Germany on 6 April 1917.) Views of United States soldiers returning home, disembarking, and assembling on a wharf home on American soil. Department of Labor persons assisting returning soldiers and prospective employers. Views of workers on farms, and in factories.
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