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People indulge in water skiing, Miami, Florida.

Water skiing in Miami, Florida. A view of the beach. Palm trees planted on the beach. A bridge and buildings in the background. People hold the tow rope and enjoy water skiing. A man named Jackie Jacks water skis with his young child riding on his shoulders at the same time. Two young men are shown water skiing. They go up and ramp and one spills forward into the water during the landing.

Date: 1942, February 2
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053585
People find ways to escape the heat in Chicago, Illinois

'Chicagoans seek heat relief as mercury mounts '. People in swimsuits on the beach at Lake Michigan in Chicago. Men and women crowd the beach. Skyscrapers of Chicago are seen from the background. Children enjoy a shower as a fireman sprays them with a hose. Children holding each other while dancing in the shower.

Date: 1935, July 15
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058528
U.S. LCU (Landing Craft Utility) loaded with equipment heads for the shore, United States.

Capabilities of U.S. Landing Crafts, carried by various amphibious ships, United States. LCU (Landing Craft Utility) underway at sea. Another landing craft in the background. LCU loaded with cranes and other equipment as it heads for a beach. Ramp of LCU lowered at beach.

Date: 1953
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060078
Promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II.

A film titled 'What If They Quit' dramatizes promotion of war bonds in the United States during World War II. A man carries a box walks out of a building. He tries to convince a man named Joe who thinks that he cannot afford to buy war bonds anymore. Workers work in factories and on an assembly line contributing to war effort. A U.S. Task Force underway at sea. U.S. Marines hitting Pacific island beaches. Naval bombardment on sea waters. U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) parade in formation. U.S. troops advance on a beach under heavy fire. The man on the street convinces Joe to buy war bonds and says that if American troops can afford to fight then American citizens can also afford to buy bonds.

Date: 1944, January 3
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061501
Ship's company manning rail during services aboard Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, U.S.

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. U.S. 14th Naval District band on one of the keys to left of the memorial. Crowd on the beach in the background. Ship's company manning rail during services. Men at quarters on board USS Buchanan. Colors at half mast on memorial. Wreaths being dropped from memorial to water by Navy and Marine personnel. Band on one key, spectators on beach in the background. Marine rifle squad on platform built over the memorial. Sailors in ranks on the deck, looking towards memorial during services. Memorial during dedication with colors at half-mast. People seated aboard the Arizona Memorial.

Date: 1962, May 30
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061879
U.S. Navy and Marines conduct Amphibious Assault exercise.

As film begins, U.S. Marine paratroopers are seen jumping from an R4D (Douglas DC-3) transport aircraft. View of the airplane with Marines parachuting from its cargo door. (The aircraft has "QF"and number 17225 stenciled on its tail, and United states Marines on its fuselage.) A marine descending on opened parachute is seen from below. Narrator describes them as "Pathfinders," to establish landing zones. As they hit the ground, the parachuting marines quickly set up homing devices, electronic signals and markers to guide incoming helicopters. The amphibious assault carrier, USS Princeton (LPH-5) is seen underway at sea, with her deck full of marine helicopters. She is accompanied by a transport ship. Closeups of the carrier and helicopters, from low flying helicopter overhead (unseen). Scene shifts to pilots being briefed aboard the ship. Marines in battle dress on the carrier flight deck. They double-time and board their assigned Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. View from inside a helicopter as marines board it. View from helicopter flying above those on flight deck shows those below with their engines running. Deck crew directs launching of the choppers. The H-34s are followed by Sikorsky H-56 helicopters carrying heavy equipment. Several views of them flying near the ship. Formation of helicopters in flight en route to landing areas. Helicopters heading to the beach and landing in formation. Closeup of them landing and marines moving quickly to exit and take up their positions ashore. An artillery piece suspended from a helicopter, being lowered to the ground. A number of views of marines and equipment deploying from helicopters. Scene shifts to landing craft in formation approaching the beach. Explosion occurs on shore.

Date: 1961
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064853