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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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036014
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and other Nazi officials at military ceremonies during World War II.

Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and high-ranking Nazi officials attend a military review during World War II. Wehrmacht flag on top of a government building. Wehrmacht troops addressed by Hitler. Guards stand with Nazi flag outside the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin). Homage to Austrian Nazis after invasion of Austria by Nazi forces. Wreath at the Neue Wache. Soldiers salute them. Civilians salute Hitler. Nazi German soldiers march in Berlin.

Location: Germany
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675036551
Nazi infantry troops supported by tanks and artillery advance in Ukraine on eastern front during World War II.

Map of Eastern front around Charkow, Ukraine. German Army troops advance in that region during World War II. Nazi Pz.IV tanks advance in Ukraine supported by infantry and artillery. A motorcycle messenger crosses the snowy eastern front. Soldiers on motorcycles cross streams. Nazi artillery fire at and completely destroy a building. Infantrymen take aim and fire at Soviet defenders. Infantrymen and tanks of 1SS Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler advance through the frozen roads of Charkow. Firing breaks out in a building. A sniper fires from inside a building. Buildings destroyed due to battle. Head bandaged on wounded German military officer.

Location: Charkow Ukraine
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675036552
General Motors guidelines for maintaining private cars during World War II, when none were manufactured in the U.S.A.

General Motors film entitled: "It's up to US," explains how to maintain private cars during World War 2, when all manufacturers switched to production of war materiel. Bugler, in U.S. Army uniform, blows reveille. Montage of American scenes, including homes and gardens; mountains; forests and lumberjacks felling a tree; an oil well gusher spewing crude oil; open pit mining operations; Niagara falls; flock of sheep grazing; workers picking cotton and it being delivered to a processing plant by horse-drawn wagon; a large timber log being cut into boards in a lumber mill; steel being manufactured for the war effort; a woman housewife or homemaker saving foods in a refrigerator in a vintage 1940s kitchen; a man cutting his lawn; a woman vacuuming her carpet; a woman taking clothes from a washing machine; a farmer plowing with a tractor; automobiles on American road and in parking lot of a defense plant. A driver with worn and dented 1938 Chevrolet Coupe car parked in front of a home is assisted by another who drives up behind him in a 1941 Oldsmobile and gives him a push. Sign at a Chevrolet service garage reading: "Official O.P.A. Tire Inspection Station." A 1942 Chevrolet 2-door fastback car drives into the garage. Mechanic greets driver and begins routine service, including: adding distilled water to battery; draining oil from car up on hydraulic lift. Scene shifts to a mechanic lubricates fittings on a 1937 Chevy on a lift at a gas station. Scene reverts to the earlier garage where mechanic drains cooling system, and refills it. The mechanic removes the carburetor and services it on a bench. He checks distributor rotor and makes compression checks. He cleans and re-gaps spark plugs, and checks tires and brakes. Cars driving on a town street. Mechanic aligning wheels on 1941 Chevrolet. Animated illustrations of tire wear from alignment problems. Servicing air in tire of 1942 2-door Chevy. More animated illustrations of tire problems. Illustrated explanation of rotation for bias tires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 8 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036559
Dionne quintuplets, 5 identical sisters from Canada, present at launch of five cargo vessels in the United States

Dionne quintuplets, the five identical sisters from Canada, present at launch of five cargo ships at Walter Butler Shipbuilders in Superior, Wisconsin. Luggage belonging to the five Dionne quintuplets. The Dionne sisters and their parents wave from a moving railroad train. The Dionne sisters each launch a ship one after the other assisted by a U.S. Navy officer. The Dionne sisters and their mother walk escorted by navy officers.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036894
Documentary titled 'Why We Fight, The Battle of Russia' depicts history of battles fought by Russia defeating invading armies.

A documentary titled 'Why We Fight, The Battle of Russia' depicts battles fought by Russians, fighting military raids from other nations. Dramatized scenes of invasion of German knights in 1242. Town Pskov destroyed and civilians roped. In the battle of Novgorad, the Russians under emperor Alexender Nevesky defeat the Germans in a fierce battle. The Swedish attack Russia and get defeated by Russian army in battle of Poltava in 1704. French troops retreat in a frozen desert after getting defeated by Russians in 1812. German Kaiser Wilhelm II inspects World War 1 troops on Eastern front in 1917. Russian army of cavaliers and infantrymen march for battle. Map shows a part of Russia, Ukraine occupied during the battle. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036930
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