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U.S. soldiers use natural vegetation to camouflage artillery and hide vehicles behind bare trees in Italy during World War II.

A film underlines the importance of tactical exploitation and counteraction of shadows and use of nets, underbrush and other camouflage during World War II. U.S. soldiers land on an island in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The soldiers try to eliminate the black hole made by a tent opening by using a blanket. U.S. 5th Army in Italy. To remove shadows of oil tanks, engineers use steel wool on chicken wire. Soldiers use natural vegetation to camouflage artillery in Anzio, Italy. In Casino, U.S. soldiers use bare trees to hide vehicles. U.S. soldiers in Sicily. A garnished fish net is draped over a tank to hide it. At Anzio beach troops dig a trench to hide a tank and then cover it with hay. Soldiers try to camouflage a jeep.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050680
Allied invasion and campaign in Sicily, Italy during World War II.

A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.

Date: 1943, July
Duration: 10 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050916
Several ordnance men work on bombs aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea.

Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A small group of personnel watches the recovery of an aircraft. An A-7A aircraft comes to a halt on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. The aircraft taxis on the flight deck. A tractor in the right foreground. An A-7A aircraft making a recovery, rolls to a stop. A wire is released from a tail hook. The aircraft taxis out. Ready bomb stowage area behind the island, a large amount of bombs secured to the bomb carts. Personnel working in the far background. Ordnance personnel working around the bomb fuse carts. An ordnance man holds a bomb fuse in his hand. Ready bomb stowage area behind the island. Ordnance personnel working in the background. Bombs and bomb fuses in the foreground. An ordnance man works with a hand full of safety wires attaching them to a fuse cart. The ordnance man wheels a fuse cart down the deck area. Personnel standing between the aircraft. The ordnance man wheels the cart down the deck toward the A-7A, stops at the A-7A. An ordnance man attaches two fuses to two separate bombs. A fuse being screwed on the nose of a bomb by the ordnance man. The ordnance man attaches the safety wire. A clip being put on the safety wire of the bomb. An ordnance man works with the safety wire on the bomb attached to the A-7A. United States Navy F-4J Phantom II and U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder in the background on the flight deck.

Date: 1968, January 22
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051012
Airships in flight over Statue of Liberty

Views from one of two U.S. Navy Class C airships in flight over Bedloe's Island, New York City. Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island. Airships pass over the Statue of Liberty.

Date: 1918, December
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052579
Graves at Ninoshima Military Quarantine Hospital where thousand bodies were buried after bombing in Hiroshima.

First aid stations in Hiroshima after atomic bombings. Animated chart shows distance of various schools from epicenter. Schools used as first aid stations. Nurses unload patients from a truck parked outside school. Patients assembled in a large ward. Several view of doctors performing an autopsy. Animated chart shows distance of Ninoshima Military Quarantine Hospital from epicenter. View of island in the background and a man oaring boat in water. View of buildings on island. Graves where thousands of bodies were buried. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, October 1
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052712
United States 63rd Regiment troops battle on foothills in Manila.

U.S. troops fight the enemy in Manila, Philippines. U.S. 63rd Regiment troops battle toward Manila. Tanks fire on foothills in Manila. Troops advance through tall grass. Troops run in wooded area. Casualties' area treated. Mortar crew fires on enemy positions from top of hill. Troops advance behind tank in wooded area. Troopers fire rifles. Artillery shells bursts on hill. Trooper throws grenade on enemy position. U.S. 592nd Amphibious Engineers land on Carabao Island on April 16. Troops disembark from landing craft. Troops move along mountain road. Troops advance under cover of machine guns on mountain. Japanese caves blasted with TNT charges. Explosions on mountainside throw billows of smoke in air. U.S. 38th Division troops land at heavily fortified island of Fort Drum. (World War II; WWII;World War 2; WW2)

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052938