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Life aboard the American troopship, SS Leviathan, during World War I.

The upper deck of the SS Leviathan, carrying American Expeditionary Forces to France during World War 1. Formerly the German ocean liner, Vaterland, she is the largest ship afloat, and carries 12 thousand troops. This footage shows the U.S. Navy commissary Officer inspecting various functional activities related to care and feeding of the crew and troops aboard. He checks sides of beef in cold storage of the meat locker. He samples a pie in the bakery; and inspects the galley. Next sequence shows Army troops forming two chow lines as they come down into the mess area, carrying their individual mess kits. Mess personnel serve the troops, who then proceed to long tables where they eat.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068752
B-47 SAC unit is briefed about a mission at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.

SAC unit arrives for a briefing session at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet SAC(Strategic Air Command ) unit members arrive in a room for a briefing session. An officer with long mustaches holds papers in his hands. A paper kept on a desk. Members seated on chairs. Men stand at the base. A medical van arrives and they get in the van. Vehicles move in the background. Buildings in the background. A sign reads 'Brize Norton, R.A.F. Station 3920th Air Base Group, Welcomes You'. SAC members take notes. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to next officer Major Hess. He attaches maps onto another map, and describes the mission to the bomb wing. The crew members take notes.

Date: 1953, October 31
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068765
The Bell Aircraft XV-3 "Convertiplane," precursor to the Osprey, is tested in Hurst, Texas.

The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) tiltrotor aircraft, s/n 54-147, is tested in Hurst, Texas on August 11, 1954. This was the first of what would become a long line of Bell 'Osprey' tiltrotor planes. Bell Chief Test Pilot Floyd Carlson sits in the cockpit of the XV-3, also known as the "Convertiplane." Another man stands beside the cockpit and talks to Carlson. Wide shot shows the XV-3 hovering in front of the Bell Aircraft Corp. building. Three blade rotors mounted on the ends of the wing.

Date: 1955, August 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068824
U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft in flight and drop bombs on a battleship underway at sea in the United States.

U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft in formation flight in the United States. A Wright Brothers aircraft in flight. A flight line area and early model aircraft parked in a long row. A pilot and ground crew stand in front of the aircraft. Hangars in the background. A commanding officer turns around and gives signal for men to board the aircraft. A formation of early aircraft flies low over a field. A formation of nine U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone LB-5A in flight. Two formations of bomber aircraft in flight. The fighter aircraft maneuver. The bombers in formation. Men hidden in a clump of trees. A formation of bombers overhead. Troops fire rifles at the aircraft. A fighter aircraft flies over an open field and lays a smoke screen. Ground soldiers advance across the open field. They are hidden by the smoke screen. Several early model aircraft take off together. The aircraft in flight overhead. Formations of bombers overhead. Fighters flying top cover. A battleship underway at sea. The battleship firing heavy guns. A formation of LB-5A in flight. The fighters are above the bombers. Bombs fall toward a simulated battleship in a desert area. A bomb strikes a battleship in water. Direct hits and misses scored upon the vessel. A formation of early model two engine bombers Curtiss models with twin wings and twin tail in flight overhead. A bomber aircraft shows a bombardier's hand throwing a switch releasing bomb load. The bombs explode on a bridge.

Date: 1930
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068853
Pilots undergo a training in the use of 30 caliber Lewis Machine Guns in France during World War I.`

Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An airman puts a film into a camera unit on a 30 caliber Lewis Machine Gun. U.S. pilots undergo a training in the use of 30 caliber Lewis Machines Guns. Hangars in the background. Targets set up on tripods. A long line of pilots undergoing gunnery training. Airmen set up model targets on the tripods. A target placer moves a target as directed by a gunner.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068932
U.S. Marines launch amphibious assault against Japanese forces at Betio, Tarawa Atoll, in the Pacific during World War II

Scene is dawn viewed from deck of a troop transport ship off the coast of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, on D-day (November 20, 1943) for the amphibious assault by U.S. marines against the Japanese- held atoll, in World War 2. Marines loaded into a Higgins boat at the side of the transport ship. Several such landing craft maneuvering off the ship's bow. Benson-class destroyer bombarding the coast. Closer view of the destroyer with landing craft nearby. Glimpse of Japanese Aichi D3A (Val) dive bomber above. Two bombs exploding in water near the camera ship. U.S. Navy F4F aircraft flying low bombing and strafing. Glimpse of Navy warships bombarding after Navy planes depart. Then many landing craft are seen, some from the USS Sheridan (APA-51). Mixture of quick views showing naval gunfire, Marines in landing craft (including closeup of two marines looking out from inside one). U.S. Naval aircraft bombing inland, close to the shoreline. A derelict Japanese ship, displaying battle damage is seen in the surf. (Narrator notes that Japanese machine guns were set up and fired at landing craft from this hulk.) Closeup of radio operator on deck of invasion vessel. Views of amphibious landing vehicles tracked (LVT) moving toward shore. All American Higgins boats and LVTs subject to heavy Japanese machine gun and mortar fire, as well as bombing by Japanese Aichi D3A dive bombers. Burning landing craft in the surf. Landing craft arriving at the beach under heavy fire. One is marked, "KA 20-11" indicating it is from the USS Virgo (AKA-20). Long shot of Marines strung out on section of beach. Closeup of marines wading ashore from wrecked LVT. Several marines move along a concrete pier. Many marines are hunkered down behind it. Various views of marines pinned down on the beach. Some sheltered behind an LVT.

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069059