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Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad arrives at Gilze Rijen air field in Holland

A U.S. Air Force C54 aircraft taxis, with outboard engines shut down, to the ramp at Gilze Rijen Air Base in Holland, during NATO Air Forces exercise Project Cirrus. Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces Europe, and Commanding general of the Allied Air Forces in Central Europe, descends a long ladder to the ramp. He is greeted by A Dutch Air Force General and poses with other NATO Air Forces officers. He is briefed by a NATO officer, and then surrounded by reporters who interview him. Next, he enters a 1950 Ford sedan staff car and is driven away. The next scene shows Norstad in discussions with NATO fliers at a camp in open fields. Closeup of Norstad with two NATO Generals (one from Norway). Broader view of the group showing elements of the camp in the background.

Date: 1951, September 28
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048593
A Gloster Meteor jet of the Royal Netherlands Air Force is fueled at Gilze Rijen air base in Holland

NATO Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands, 1951. Camera shows a group of parked Gloster Meteor jet aircraft of the Netherlands Royal Air Force. An officer and airman climb about the cockpit of one plane. One aircraft is seen parked in front of a large cylindrical structure. The number "3" is displayed on its nose wheel cover. A portable power unit sits under its left wing. Next scene shows a fuel truck with long boom positioning the fuel hose directly above the fuel port on the aircraft. An airman atop the aircraft handles the refueling hose during the refueling. Closeup of him controlling the hose. Scene shifts to a Meteor aircraft taxiing past parked aircraft. View back to the fuel truck that has now retracted its boom and refueling hose. Next, a pilot wearing flight suit and a seat pack parachute climbs into the cockpit of a Meteor plane. Closeup of him settling into the cockpit and checking the flight instruments and controls. A Meteor aircraft is seen landing in the background.

Date: 1951, September 29
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048596
Allied paratroopers in gliders continue airborne assault in daytime, on D-day, after initial airborne troop drop the night before, in World War II

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Allied trucks and equipment move up from beachhead after D-Day. Half-tracks, armed with antiaircraft guns, move up from the beachhead. Back in England, gliders are readied for mission. A long line of Paratrooper medics wearing Red Cross Arm bands, board gliders. View from airplane flying over an airfield filled with C-47 tow planes, and gliders, all painted with invasion stripes. Closeup of Sergeant with British 6th Airborne Division showing Pegasus insignia on his sleeve. British paratroopers boarding a Hamilcar glider. U.S. paratroopers boarding gliders. View from above of Allied gliders being towed across the English Channel View from a ship in the invasion convoy, of tow planes and gliders overhead. View, from aircraft overhead, of invasion flotilla below. Distant view of Allied aircraft shot down by German antiaircraft fire, near the coast of Normandy and exploding in flames upon impact. View from the air of areas flooded by the Germans as a defense measure. Parachutes and gliders on the ground from earlier sorties. Gliders in this wave cut loose from tow planes and maneuver independently. Glimpses of Allied fighter planes moving fast and high above the scene. A glider splashing down in one of the flooded fields. Other fields, studded by the Germans, with poles 12-to 15 feet tall as defense against gliders. Gliders landing. Paratroopers leaving a Horsa glider, after landing.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048613
World War I military equipment in Richmond, Virginia during a Liberty Loan Drive

Liberty loan drive in Richmond Virginia, United States. Soldiers unload military equipment from the "Victory Loan train" at railroad station. A mobile searchlight comes down the ramp followed by a Holt tractor. Troops work to download a long range artillery piece on a four wheeled chassis.

Date: 1918
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048756
World War I military equipment and troops parade during Liberty Bond Drive in Richmond, Virginia.

Liberty Loan bond drive parade in Richmond, Virginia, during World War 1. The parade uses half the street with traffic moving on the other half. Spectators line the center of the roadway as well as the sidewalk. Military cadets parade followed by U.S. army soldiers with military equipment from the "Liberty Loan Train." A Holt tractor pulls a heavy artillery piece followed by a small contingent of soldiers. They are followed by two Holt tractors and a mobile searchlight. Several army trucks bring up the rear of the parade. Confederate Civil War veterans wave with their canes as the parade passes.Military cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) parade The two Holt tractors perform circular spins as they approach the edge of the Capitol grounds. The State capitol building is in the background. An equestrian statue and monument is prominent on the capitol grounds. It depicts George Washington, surrounded by smaller statues of Revolutionary era figures: Andrew Lewis, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson and John Marshall. A long line of army trucks brings up the rear of the parade.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048757
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard units parade in New York City for Victory Loan Drive.

U.S. Navy contingents comprise most marchers in a Victory Loan parade in New York City. Crowds on the sidewalks watch a U.S. Coastguard color guard with shouldered rifles march past carrying the American flag and Coast Guard Anchorage flag. Behind them a temporary arch with Red Cross symbols is stretched across the avenue. An advertisement for Sivertown cord tires is stretched across, above the arch. The Coast Guard contingent marks time briefly and then continues. From the opposite side of the avenue, a U.S. Navy band is seen marching to cadence of a snare drum only. They are followed by Women Yeomen (F) of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Next is seen a large contingent of U.S. Navy men, carrying shouldered rifles. A large sign at the sidewalk reads: "They are finishing their job, Are you? Invest in Victory." An open busload of sailors and some soldiers passes, followed by an open truck filled with farmers in overalls, carrying a sign. Two marines ride on opposite running boards of the truck. A float is seen. Scene shifts to views from behind the parade. Victory Bond posters are fastened to lamp posts. Flags and long banners are displayed. A huge sign across a building reads: "New York will see it through." View to oncoming parade, again, shows U.S. Navy Nurses marching, followed by their own bugle corps (not playing). A Navy band follows (not playing) and then some more women Yeomen (F). U.S. Marines in campaign hats, carrying shouldered rifles, come next. They are followed by a squad of New York City mounted policemen. More Women yeomen,some in black hats and some wearing ties and white hats.

Date: 1919, May
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048787