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Lieutenant General Brereton bids farewell to U.S. paratroopers leaving RAF Greenham Common to invade Normandy in World War II

American paratroopers depart England for the invasion of Normandy, France (D-Day), during World War 2. U.S. paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, help each other with their gear, as they stand beside a C-47 aircraft, on RAF Greenham airfield, England. A crew chief cleans the window of the C-47. Two paratroopers, with camouflage painted faces, converse. Three air crewmen, two in leather jackets, pose by the airplane. One, a Lieutenant,holds an oxygen mask and carries a 45 automatic in a shoulder holster. View from inside the cabin, as paratroopers climb aboard the C-47. Lieutenant General Louis H. Brereton, Commander, 9th Air Force, smiles as he offers something to a paratrooper who reaches out from the airplane for it. Brereton laughs and reaches out to shake the paratrooper's hand. The General salutes as the aircraft taxis away and joins a long line of C-47s preparing to take off. Ground crewmen wave to the departing aircraft. The aircraft begin taking off at dusk with their wingtip lights illuminated, bound for the coast of Normandy, France.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058881
The largest strawberry pastry being cut at a gourmand festival in Lebanon, Oregon.

The largest pastry being sliced in Lebanon, Oregon. A sign on the pastry reads 'Lebanon is a strawberry city'. A woman cuts the pastry with a seven feet long knife during a gourmand festival. Pieces of the pastry in plates. Men and women cut many more slices of the pastry.

Date: 1935, June 5
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058967
United States Navy airship Akron takes off and in flight during a trial in Akron, Ohio.

United States Navy airship Akron being successfully tried in Akron, Ohio. Crew members gathered around the 785 feet long airship as it prepares for its maiden flight. The airship in flight. Aerial view of the airship in flight.

Date: 1931, September 24
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059118
Marines load in LCVPs to move towards the Philippines coast as naval vessels fire at the coast during World War II.

United States Naval fleet off the coast of the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Marines climb over the side of cargo nets and into an LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). The marines go over the side of a ship into the LCVP. A four barrel 5" 38 caliber naval gun aboard a destroyer fires. A United States destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the coast. 5" 38 caliber naval gun fires. The destroyer bombards the beach. An LSMR (Landing Ship Medium, Rocket) fires rockets. Shells explode on the beach. A United States battleship of Nevada class camouflaged by Thayer method bombards the beach. 5 inch and 40 mm guns fire at the beach. Crew loads and fires a 3"50 caliber gun. Explosions occur. An LCS ( Landing Craft Support) near the beach. The destroyer of Fletcher class bombards the beach. Aircraft fly over the convoy of ships. Sky lookouts on the bridge of a ship. Camouflaged destroyer and a heavy cruiser of Baltimore class bombards the beach. Twin mounts on a cargo ship bombard the beach. A man with a long glass leans against a signal lamp towards the beach.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059139
U.S. soldiers put huts on fire and cross a stream during the invasion of New Guinea of World War II.

United States soldiers during the invasion of New Guinea during World War II. Two United States soldiers throw gasoline on native huts. The huts on fire as smoke rises. Men atop an improvised observation tower. A man at a multiple 50 caliber machine gun. A long column of soldiers wades through waist deep water as they cross a stream.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059164
War industries lead to overcrowded cities and lead to problems of housing, education and congestion in Mobile, Alabama (WW2)

"War Town" shows how War industry leads to problems in Mobile, Alabama during World War II. A large number of war workers at a shipyard in Mobile as they go to work building ships for the war effort in World War 2. Cranes at the shipyard. Men work at the shipyard as they fit Allied torpedoes. The men weld and rivet ship parts. Men work in various other factory and manufacturing industries like paper, aluminum, gypsum, steel, and machine shops supporting need for war material. Many men move out walking through the gates of the "Alabama Dry Dock and Ship Building Company" in Pinto Island, Mobile, Alabama. Many people in war materiel industry leads to congestion on roads and traffic on streets of Mobile. Crowd of workers on foot leaving manufacturing areas. Crowd of workers tries to board a city bus. Woman bus driver puts full bus in gear and drives away. Bus, car, and pedestrian traffic in Mobile on street corner with W.T. Grant Company in background. Long queues outside liquor stores, restaurants, and pay windows. Overcrowded schools as children exit the Barton Academy (Barton Academy Foundation P. O. Box 571 Mobile, Alabama 36601-0571) and are seen playing on playgrounds. Men drink in a crowded bar and men and women dance in a makeshift tented dance hall. Various rides including a Ferris wheel at an amusement park.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059206