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Scenes from Battle of Midway during World War II. U.S. Naval Academy cadets graduating June 19, 1942.

Scenes from the Naval Battle of Midway, in World War 2. A helmeted sailor, on deck of a U.S warship, silhouetted next to a propeller blade. A Fletcher-class U.S. Navy destroyer in background. View from near top of a Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane on the USS Portland (CA-33),as she fires two of her 5 inch antiaircraft guns, amidship,during the battle of Midway. Air is filled with low-altitude black flak smoke. A Japanese G4M1 model 11 ("Betty") bomber flies close by at low altitude across the line of sight. Smoke rises from the Portland's gunfire. Another Betty bomber low over the water in far background. Aerial view of a burning Japanese cruiser, far below, maneuvering to evade American attacks. View from U.S. airplane circling closer to the smoking Japanese cruiser. Closeups of panned stills showing severely damaged Japanese warships. Scene shifts to a large formation of Navy personnel in dress whites, where U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz is decorating navy personnel who distinguished themselves in the battle. Nimitz sits, visiting a wounded sailor, at a hospital. U.S.Army Air Forces B-17 Crews, who bombed Japanese ships, are seen being interviewed on Midway Island. Scene shifts to war production workers assembling aircraft in factories in the United States. U.S. warplanes being manufactured. B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft being rolled out of a plant. Graduation ceremony at the U.S. Naval academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. Spectators watch as the cadet corps parades. View inside the historic hall of the old academy filled with spectators, cadets graduate a year early due to the war. Graduating cadets shaking hands with Academy administrators. Cadets of the class of 1943 cheer and throw their hats in the air at end of commencement ceremonies on June 19, 1942.

Date: 1942, June 19
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040843
Edgewood Arsenal War plant employees honored during the Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland (WW2)

The Army-Navy 'E' Award ceremony at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States during World War II. United States Senator from Maryland Millard E. Tydings delivers a speech from a podium. Senator Tydings thanks the people and the workers of the Edgewood Arsenal for their support. Major General William N. Porter Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service delivers a speech. He hands over the Army-Navy flag to Captain Leahy, Naval Liaison Officer at the Edgewood Arsenal. The Army-Navy flag being unfolded on the stage. The flag hoisted on a pole. Captain Leahy announces the names of three oldest employees of the war plant of the Edgewood Arsenal and presents award pins to the employees.

Date: 1942, November 23
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066404
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942, during World War II.

Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, in World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins,including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Egyptian women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits riding in a jeep. He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and Major General Lloyd Fredendall, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers as he arrives in Tunis in August, 1942 to visit British troops, en route to Moscow for his first meeting with Stalin.

Date: 1942, December 25
Duration: 7 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033510
U.S. soldiers wash and dry clothes in a mobile laundry in Maryland, United States.

U.S. soldiers demonstrate a mobile laundry developed by Quartermaster Corps for the troops in field. A mobile laundry truck passes through a forest in Maryland, United States. It is parked near a pond. Two soldiers put a landing gear on the ground so that a container may rest on it. Two soldiers set the corner stand jack. The trailer is uncoupled and the prime mover is camouflaged under a tree. Four soldiers set up the laundry machine. The soldiers connect a pipe from the machine to the pond. Two soldiers setting up a water pump. The soldiers unloading laundry from a truck. A soldier puts on the washing machine. A soldiers loads the machine with clothes. A soldier takes out the clothes from the centrifugal drier. Two soldiers take out dry clean cloths. Some soldiers pack the clean cloths. A truck filled with the clean clothes leaves. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057536
A B-26 Marauder taxis and takes off in Maryland, United States during its fist trail.

The trial of U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber in Maryland, United States during World War II. A B-26 Martin bomber parked in front of a hangar. A small group of civilians walk past the nose of the B-26 bomber in front of the hangar. Front view of the B-26. Trees in the background. A pilot in the bombardier's compartment in the nose of the B-26. The tail view of the B-26. The left engine of the B-26 starts. It taxis away from the hangar. The B-26 takes off and is in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068884
A sea jeep ' Aqua Cheetah' moves in water as well as on land in Maryland, United States.

A film titled 'Aqua Cheetah' shows water and land test of an Aqua Cheetah sea jeep at the Holabird Quartermaster Motor Base in Maryland, United States. A man drives a sea jeep in water. The man drives the sea jeep on a road. He operates the controls of the jeep. The man gets off from the jeep and opens the engine at the back of the jeep. A propeller on the jeep. The Aqua Cheetah moves on a dirt road. The man drives the sea jeep in the water and crosses a river easily. A building in the foreground. The jeep in water. The jeep comes back on land and moves on the road. A car parked in the foreground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068957
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