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Brief scene of Lockheed Constellation aircraft on first public flight over hills near Burbank, California,

Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.

Date: 1943
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044940
Allies, including U.S. Fifth Army, encounter heavy enemy resistance in amphibious assault at Salerno, Italy, in World War 2

Allied invasion at Salerno, Italy, during 2nd World War. Scenes of U.S. Sherman tanks, military vehicles and troops, moving easily through Sicily. Animated map depicts allied invasion routes from Bizerte, North Africa, to two points on opposite sides of Italy mainland. Convoys emerge from smoke screens in bay of Salerno, Italy. Allied warship creating heavy black smoke screen. Decks of LSTs crammed with trooops and vehicles. Allied warships bombard Salerno coastline. Commandos, Rangers and Seabees, in first assault wave are targets of German guns and dive bombers. Pontoon boat dropped from LST, with 35 Seabees aboard, strikes a mine, and is destroyed, setting off conflagration on the LST. Other LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) discharging vehicles to the beach over floating causeways, under enemy fire. Destroyed U.S. Sherman tanks, vehicles and a U.S. P-40 aircraft , litter the beach. A Seabee uses semaphore flags to direct an LST to beach area. Seabees build shelters for war materiel and dressing stations where allied wounded are treated. Seabees continue to unload supplies to beachhead. Brief view of Lieutenant General Mark Clark, 5th Army commander, on the beachhead. Allied casualties being tended. Stretcher bearers carry wounded. Allied troops advancing on roads in Italy. Admiral Moreell, chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, concludes narration of the Seabee documentary, from his office in Washington, DC

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044974
Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., army and navy officers reviews troops in North Africa during World War II.

William Frederick Halsey Jr., U.S. Naval officer reviews troops in North Africa during the World War II. Admiral Halsey along with army and navy officers watch tanks roll by. Views of tanks rolling by. Admiral Halsey, army and navy officers stand and pose for camera. Enlisted men at attention to . Admiral Halsey and army and navy officers salute. They review the tanks. Mobile equipment roll by. Soldiers laden jeeps ride in review towards Admiral Halsey. Views of mobile equipment in review. Admiral Halsey standing in front of a cabin plane and makes a speech. He gets into plane with other naval officer. Plane taxis on runway. Plane takes off.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044975
French colonial African troops drill and present arms during a review in North Africa during the World War II.

Soldiers and civilians stand outside a recruiting building. Recruits in civilian dress. Soldiers and civilians carrying bags as they enter the recruiting building. Recruits come out of the building carrying duffel bags. Few of them wear French helmets. Recruits with French helmet pass as they come out door. French colonial black African troops along with rifles. French colonial African troops drill and present arms. Troops at attention. Pack animals and troops being inspected by officers. Troops march in column. Column of pack animals on march. Troops march along boulevard. Officer talks to soldiers.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044976
Studies to determine attitude of American soldiers towards their jobs in United States (WW2)

Attitude of United States Army soldiers towards their jobs and World War II. Soldiers stand in formation. Chart reveals their ignorance of jobs. Soldiers march with flags. Charts of the Signal Corps and Corps of Engineers show the percentage of the ASF liking their own jobs most. Soldiers parade. Buildings in the background. The study reveals that most of the United States soldiers not like their job. The percentage of the soldiers in the army reduced to 50 percent in the last few months. A study is made to find out other information. An airplane in flight. Soldiers were asked about their understanding of their jobs, what do they feel about combat and the effects of war films on them produced by the army. They were also asked about their opinion as which country do they feel is trying hardest to win the war.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045492
Training the soldiers and providing them with an understanding of their jobs in United States (WW2)

The ignorance of soldiers about their jobs and the war, United States. Stresses the psychological need for hating the enemy. Dramatizes the battlefield treachery of soldiers. Soldiers fire and bombard on the battlefront in World War II. Smoke arises from firing and bombarding. Tank moves on field and fires. A soldier bombing a barbed wire entanglement. Other soldiers fire machine guns. They advance forward on the front. News headlines about the soldiers and their ignorance of job reveals that the soldiers are not prepared to fight. They do not have the understanding of their job. An officer gives lecture to soldiers in the 'Classification Section' to provide them with a proper understanding of their job. The soldiers read books and magazines. They work on the tanks and other war equipment. Training the soldiers mentally. Weekly news about the war on boards.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045493