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The Grand Palace, Paris, harboring French Resistance fighters, is set on fire by order of German General Dietrich von Cholitz

German occupied Paris, during World War II, around time of liberation of Paris. The Grand Palace (Grand Palais), a Free French stronghold, is set on fire by German troops under orders of German General Dietrich von Cholitz, Commander of the Paris Garrison. Dense smoke rises from the building. Clouds of smoke cover the top of the building. Shadow of trees in water.

Date: 1944, August 23
Duration: 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041924
Causes of indicator jamming in military radio sets; also civilian couple listening to1940s console radio

Military training film depicts the causes of indicator jamming on the radio set, SCR-268. A ship underway. Newspaper headlines read about the German battleships which escaped British Army because their radio signals were jammed. Soldiers talk on radio. During Jamming weird pattern start appearing on the monitor screen. Sensitivity knob of the radio. Signs of jamming are seen. Scene changes to a civilian couple in a family living room sitting on a couch beside a console radio. They listen to the radio and talk. The man gets up and adjusts the tuning dial and the volume dial on the radio. The couple switches off radio because of interference in the radio broadcast. An animated diagram explains the jamming. Radio waves bounce back from the target. Target sends radio energy longer then those that bounce back. Jamming takes place. Jamming can be improved by making adjustments. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 7 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041929
Allied forces and German Army in Battle of the Bulge

German counter attack in Battle of the Bulge, in world War 2. U.S. Army Sherman tank crews load artillery shells and fire from wooded positions. U.S. artillery crews load shells and fire heavy guns under camouflage nets. Scene changes to German forces: German infantry advancing past knocked out U.S. artillery piece and Sherman tank. A Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer rolls by behind the soldiers and the wreckage of tanks from recent battle. German Panzer V "Panther" tank advances, with several soldiers riding on top, followed by a Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer with a few German soldiers in and on top of it. Grille Ausf. M self-propelled artillery gun fires. German infantry and trucks with German soldiers enter a village. British RAF Hawker Typhoon aircraft dive and fire rockets at German ground targets. U.S. forces fire artillery and regroup in a forest. U.S. troops move through water and mud in a town. U.S. Army soldiers carry wounded on stretchers. British troops escort German prisoners of war in a town. U.S. Army trucks move through deep water flooding the main street of a small town. An American soldier places his foot on edge of a bin and water pours out of his boot. American soldiers take a chow break to eat.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041938
City of Ravenna in Italy and Tirana in Albania liberated from Nazi German forces in World War 2

Allied forces advance through mud and snow in Italy. Mountains in the background. Jeeps, trucks and infantry enter Ravenna in Italy. Allied troops in automobiles. Troops on streets. Buildings in the background. Flags on a building. A sign reads 'Tirana'. Several people on streets. Partisan troops enter and liberate Tirana in Albania. A wrecked building in view. Albanian people carry banners and flags and march on streets celebrating. Albanian partisan solders and soldiers of the National Liberation Army march and participate in the parade. Albanian soldiers and politicians watch from a grandstand, including communist leader Enver Hoxha who is briefly seen addressing the crowd. A low-flying aircraft in flight above the liberation celebration.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041939
The first major bombing of Tokyo by B-29 aircraft.

Bombing in Tokyo. U.S. aircrafts stand on an air base. Automobiles on the ground. U.S. Soldier writes 'Only the beginning' on a bomb. U.S. pilots briefed by an officer. Pilots confer near an aircraft. The pilots climb in B-29 bomber aircraft. Planes taxi and take off. They fly through heavy flak. Animated maps show the planes flying over and bombing on Tokyo. Aerial view of Tokyo. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Planes in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041940
Airfield operations during the bombing of Tokyo.

Camps seen at ground in Japan. An aircraft in flight. Trees in the background. An aircraft catches fire and falls on ground. Black smoke rises up. A jeep stands near it at night. Men extinguish fire by throwing water at the burning wreckage. Men stand near it. United States bomber aircraft B-29 Super fortress takes off. Men stand at a hilly terrain. U.S. aircraft B-29 aircraft in flight. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041941