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View of coastline, port, supply depot and prison in Devil's Island, French Guiana.

Coastline of the Devil's Island is seen from the deck of a vessel in the sea. Several ships and boats underway. People at peer. Transport ships 'Cantal' arrives at the port. Small sail boat passes in the background. Workers handle supply crates at the port. Exteriors of a supply depot building. Overhead view of the Devil's Island prison. Prisoners on the prison ground can be seen.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030229
Activities at the Devil's Island prison including, prisoner identification, quarters and food inspection.

Man takes finger prints of a prisoner under supervision of a guard at the Devil's Island prison in Devil's Island, French Guiana. Accession racks arranged in alphabetical order. Photograph of the prisoner is taken. Prisoners move along a prison corridor. Prison cells are locked by guards. Food given to the prisoners inside the cells through compartments in the doors. Prisoners fill water container in an open compound.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030230
Warden talks with his officers at Alcatraz island in California, United States.

Warden speaks to several officers and then enters the administration building at Alcatraz island in California, United States. He inspects area around the prison. A light house is seen at the island. Guards are seen occupying various posts around the facility.

Date: 1947
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037522
Officials inspects the military prison at Alcatraz island in California,United States.

A board reads United States Penitentiary as officers check baggage at Alcatraz island in California,United States. A light house is also seen at the island. Officials enter the registration office to inspect the prison. Officials inspect the prison cells and the mess as photographers take pictures. One of the inspecting official talks to an officer on duty and looks at some of the paintings. Officers line up and they fall out as a senior officer calls out their names from a list. An officer on duty at the prison office where keys of various cells hang on a huge keyboard.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037523
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat rescues downed U.S. Marine Corps pilot in Solomon Islands during World War II.

Rescue of Marine Corps pilot, Milton H. Vedder, who was shot down on April 25, 1943, in an aerial battle over Vangunu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. View from a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat as it takes off and then flies low over islands and water. Two Marine F4U Corsairs are seen flying escort above the PBY. View from the PBY as it lands on the water and taxis past a native shack while approaching Segi Point shoreline. Crewman on PBY looks through binoculars. Native canoe approaches with Lieutenant Vedder. Native and beach observer in a boat. Man in hat is probably coast watcher Donald Kennedy. Rescued pilot Lieutenant Milton N. Vedder, in boat, smokes a cigarette. View from PBY as it takes off. Vedder and others conversing inside the PBY. Several views of the two U.S. Marine F4U Corsair fighter escort aircraft. Other F4Us are seen in distance. (Note: reportedly, the two escorting F4U Corsairs were flown, respectively, by Major Weissenberger, the Commanding Officer, and Major Leary, both from Lt. Vedder's squadron, VMF-213. )

Date: 1943, April 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074718
Atom bomb Test Able conducted on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands as a part of Operation Crossroads by the United States.

Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 10 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075073