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The Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, "El Aquario," at Seward; Expedition train goes from Seward to Fairbanks.

View of Midnight Sun from bow of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, El Aquario, underway in Alaskan waters. Mountains are seen as she proceeds through Resurrection Bay, towards Seward, Alaska. Views of the harbor at Seward, where several ships are seen. The El Aquario, seen at the dock in seward. The camera pans the pier, which contains rails for cargo handling. Another ship is docked behind the El Aquario. Slopes in background are covered in evergreen trees. Railroad station and warehouses are seen. View from atop a railroad train, shows rail lines, bridge, buildings, a ship in the harbor, and mountain in background. Captain George Goddard, supply officer for the expedition, stands with another officer and points to chalk writing on an Alaska Railroad caboose car reading: "Capt. Goddard return back on." He and the other officer are then seen on rear platform of that car on a railroad train. Goddard lights a cigarette. View from that caboose platform as the train pulls out of the Seward train station. View from atop the caboose showing the last six cars, containing expedition supplies, preceded by other cars making up a long train. Views of snowy landscapes beside the tracks as the train proceeds. Picture of the Fairbanks railroad station as the train arrives.

Date: 1934
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064905
A USAF AC-119K Stinger gunship landing at home base, Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio.

A USAF AC-119K Stinger gunship making long straight in final approach and landing on runway at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. Aircraft displays IH tail code and 3-digit number.

Date: 1969
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067915
An officer carrying side arms walks with the Queen and hula girls ready for a performance follow them in Hawaii.

Activities of residents in Hawaii during World War II. Crowd of spectators is seated on the ground. Hula girls get ready for a performance. An officer carrying side arms crowns a "queen" for the festivity. He and the "queen" walk together towards a microphone at edge of grass,and other girls follow. Wires and utility pole. A long line of vehicles turning off a highway. View of residential buildings. Heavy foliage in the foreground. A strip of ground plowed up for a Victory Garden. An automobile moves down a street. Two children run along a sidewalk past homes. A boy climbing a palm tree.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072320
Plywood used to make crafts, boats and airplanes for the Invasion of Normandy during World War 2

Plywood used to make war material for the Invasion of Normandy. Birch, maple and mahogany logs are boiled for 24 hours. The logs are rounded on rollers and then peeled into long sheets of veneer. Women war production workers take out thin sheets of wood made from the logs. The sheets are then put into drying ovens to reduce the moisture. Women make an alternating wood and glue pile. These are stacked and put into a machine press to make the finished plywood. Workers put together and weld the prepared plywood. The plywood is used to make landing crafts, boats, pontoons, army holding boards, gliders and fighter planes. Men construct boats and crafts. A glider takes off. Worker under the plane. British de Havilland Mosquito bombers parked in a row. The plywood was a major component of the Mosquitoes .

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020670
U.S. Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field in October, 1945

Views of the U.S. Army Air Forces fair hosted at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1945.The highlights of the event were exhibits of captured German and Japanese aircraft, rockets, and equipment. A German V-2 Rocket Motor on display. Soldiers observe the rocket. A German Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker multi-role aircraft on display. A German Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe fighter on display. A German pilot's victories recorded on the side of a plane. Two soldiers take a look at a Japanese Kamikaze bomb. One of them gets into the bomb seat. American officers and soldiers view the exhibits. 'Alles Kaputt' written on the side of a German Junkers Ju-290 bomber (one of the candidate aircraft, with further development, in Germany's Amerika Bomber project for a long-range bomber capable of striking the United States). Soldiers walk under the plane. 'Transient Aircraft' written on the control tower building in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020923
United States Army soldiers advance under camouflage during World War II

World War 2 United States soldiers demonstrate individual concealment and camouflage. Soldiers advance under individual concealment. They walk on a dirt road with grass and flowers on wither side. They walk such that their shadows are thrown off road. An enemy air observer amidst the clouds in the sky. The soldiers are spotted, they jump into the trees by the road. They take cover in a thickly wooded area. Soldiers in camouflage with guns. Guns fired. Soldier in prone position fires. A soldier takes cover in a slight depression in the ground and works his way forward. They spread out and advance. Run among long dry grass in groups. Soldiers take cover, camouflage themselves and lie low among bushes, trees and other foliage. An observer emerges from behind a hill and runs. A soldier in prone position fires. Another one runs and takes cover in a shell hole. Soldiers use trees and their shadows for camouflage. One looks over a bush. Enemy fire. Soldier observes through a bush. Soldiers run out from behind a bush amidst enemy fire. They move across an open stretch in. A soldier runs, hits the ground and throws a grenade. One looks through binoculars to survey the surroundings.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020986