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A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zero fighter plane being tested at Wright Field, Ohio, during World War II

Army Air Forces records describe this as flight tests conducted at Wright Field on a Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 MK2-SSF Hamp fighter plane, Army Air Forces (AAF) No. EB-201. (Recognized later, as a variant of the Zero, these Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 planes were renamed "Zeke 32.") Flight tests were made from January 9th to March 10th, 1944, to compare this aircraft with AAF fighters and to verify tests made in Australia by the Special Duties and Performance Flight of T.S.-7, Directorate of Technical Services, Melbourne. Test pilot in the cockpit with engine running. Closeup of pilot (possibly Captain Ralph C. Hoewing, who became first Commandant of the AAF Test Pilot School). He takes off from the airfield. and is seen in flight. Various aerial views of the Zero are seen including: flying overhead and from above as it flies over Ohio farmland. The pilot enters a shallow climb; and is seen from above and behind. He performs a slow descending roll. Finally, he buzzes the airfield at low altitude and high speed, and then brings the aircraft in for a smooth landing. (Note: This aircraft was rebuilt by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit in Hangar 7 at Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Australia, from the wrecks of five Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zeke's captured at Buna, New Guinea, during the war.) [ Ref. WWW. hangar7.org.au ]

Location: Ohio United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062282
Lieutenant Colonel J W Greene and other officials work on leaflets encouraging Japanese surrender in Philippines.

United States Lieutenant Colonel J W Greene converses with other military officers at an American base late in 1944. He looks at a printed surrender leaflet with English words "I Cease Resistance" and hands it over to another officer. Men work at their individual desks. A man working with a Japanese copy of a leaflet, to be distributed as part of information warfare or psychological warfare in World War 2.

Location: Philippines
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043004
King George VI inspects the Royal Navy Units, the 8th Army and Indian troops in Italy (WW2)

Allied Forces with mechanized units and tanks enter Florence, Italy in World War II. British Army soldiers moving across Tuscan hills and countryside towards Florence. French, Indian, South African, British and Polish Allied soldiers under the command of General Harold Alexander resting and riding on top of tanks to Florence. Italian civilians greet the British and Allied troops in Florence. King George VI of the United Kingdom arrives in Italy and is greeted by General Maitland Wilson. King George VI inspects the Royal Navy Units aboard ships in Naples, Italy on July 23, 1944. Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham accompany King George VI on motorboat inspecting the port of Naples. British Royal Marines and soldiers of the United States 5th Army form a guard of honor for the king’s return. The king boards a British cruiser. King George VI takes a ride in a car with Commander-in-Chief General Alexander. King George VI inspects the 8th Army of United States and Indian troops. He reviews Polish Units with Polish General Władysław Anders and General Oliver Leese. King George VI confers knighthood on General Leese in the field.

Location: Florence Italy
Date: 1944, August 28
Duration: 5 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043451
German troops fire machine guns and artillery at enemy in Warsaw, Poland.

German troops with rifles and equipment march on a road in Warsaw, Poland during 1944 Warsaw Uprising of World War 2. German troops fire tanks. Soldiers fire machine guns from bushy area. German soldiers with panzerfaust anti tank weapons.l Explosions on ground. Soldier looks through binoculars. German Sturmgeschütz III (Stug III) Assault Guns firing. Russian tanks moving in distance. Close up views of destroyed Soviet tanks.

Location: Warsaw Poland
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043477
German Ju 87 aircraft dive bombing on suburb area of Warsaw in Poland during Warsaw Uprising.

German Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87 aircraft bombing suburbs of Warsaw in Poland during 1944 Warsaw Uprising of World War 2. German soldier looks at bombing raid from a bunker. Formation of German Ju 87 aircraft attack large buildings in suburbs of Warsaw. Explosions on two buildings targeted. Aerial closeup view of Ju 87 dive bombing intended target building. Massive explosion as building blows up. Fire and smoke and debris in the air.

Location: Warsaw Poland
Date: 1944
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043478
Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott assumes command of the 5th Army in Italy during World War II

On 10 December 1944, Lieutenant General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. (newly appointed Commander of the 5th Army) arrives by jeep at a U.S. Army encampment in Italy during World War II. He is escorted the headquarters of II Corps, on the Apennine front below Bologna, where he is greeted by Major General Geoffrey T. Keyes. They walk together around a building. The next day General Truscott is seen saluting as he is escorted by Major General Willis D. Crittenberger, Commander 1V Corps. Next, General Truscott is seen at the headquarters of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces contingent of the 5th Army, where he greets its Commander, General João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais and his aides. As General Truscott leaves, his jeep passes a Brazilian honor of soldiers who salute him. Brigadier General, Donald Carlson. new Chief of Staff of the 5th Army, accompanies Generals Truscott and Crittenberger to a forward observation post near the village of Castelluccio. They observe from a bunker overlooking a valley, where white smoke is rising. (Narrator states that the smoke screen indicates the position of the Allied line of the IV Corps Sector on 11 December.) Next the three American officers are seen making their way up a mountain side, with smoke rising from the town of Vergato, in the background below, where heavy fighting is taking place. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Italy
Date: 1944, December 10
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044518
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