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Women, children and hostesses walk on a canopied gangplank on ship USNS Barrett (T-AP-196) in New York.

Sailors and people on United States Navy Ship Barrett (T-AP-196) in Staten Island, New York. Empty bunks in a troop compartment. Dependent women and children walk. Hostesses walk on a canopied gangplank. Some children are assisted by sailors. .

Date: 1952, June 13
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067221
Royal New Zealand Air Force P-40 aircraft operating on Torokina Air Strip, Bougainville in World War II

Allied flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) gather near a tent on Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea, during World War 2. Two drink cups of water from a canvas Lister bag. View of control tower silhouetted against light sky background with tents clustered on ground below. A P-40, with RNZAF markings, taxis past the camera and is then seen on the active runway. A ground crewman waves on three more RNZAF P-40s as they taxi.

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067450
U.S. rocket experimenters launch the world's first liquid fueled rocket in the United States.

Launching of first liquid fuel rocket on a Staten Island New York beach in 1933. U.S. rocket experimenters including George Edward Pendray launch the first liquid fuel missile. They prepare for launching of the rocket and fill fuel of rocket which is powered with gasoline and liquid oxygen. Missile being launched and its fuel tank explodes due to over heating. Rocket crashes down on beach. Experimenters stand with pieces of the broken rocket. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Date: 1933
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071118
U.S. Marines inspect Japanese flag and unload LCVT in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II.

United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Three Marines inspect a Japanese flag. A Marine attaches a bayonet to Japanese rifle and fires the rifle. Wounded marine on a stretcher being unloaded from a jeep. Marine being carried to a medical center. Another Marine lights up a cigarette for him. Landing area, lagoon and off shore islands. LVT-3 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) off shore as Marines unload a LCVT (Landing Craft Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077480
U.S. Marines dig graves and paint crosses at a graveyard in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II.

United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. A Marine paints a white cross for a burial yard. A cross at the cemetery bearing a sign that reads' Cemetery no.1' A105 mm Howitzer in foreground on an island. A truck tows a 155 mm Howitzer on a carriage. Landing area and artillery dugout on the shore. Three anti aircraft gun and mount dug in off the shore. Three shell cases lying on ground. Cemetery as men dig graves. A M3A1 tank moves into a jungle. Turret of M3 Stuart tank.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077481
Test drill of defense systems against aerial attack of U.S. mainland in World War 2; American bomber fighter planes in test.

Searchlights and sirens at night. B-18s at Mitchel Field taxiing in and airmen looking at map before taking off for test "bombing" of a wide area of the United States northeast during World War II. Cameramen at the field. Airmen boarding B-18 and B-18 taking off. Close up of button worn by civilian observers (many are Legionnaires from the American Legion), with label "Aircraft Warning Service - Volunteer Observor." Shows sky watchers at posts observing aircraft overhead and starting air raid drill. Telephone switchboard operators relaying information to airports. View of large wall map and controllers in pursuit plane headquarters noting details of incoming air raid report. Fighter pilots of U.S. Army Air Corps scramble at base and run to their waiting P-40 aircraft to intercept the bombers. P-40C aircraft conclude test and are then seen in formation flying over New York City. Skyline and skyscrapers of Manhattan Island seen below with fighter aircraft in formation.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039297