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Medium tractor moves over muddy ground in Aberdeen, USA.

Medium tractor on proving ground, Aberdeen. Medium tractor T-31 moves over muddy terrain. Tractor moves over terrain with and without 4.5 caliber gun on M-1 carriage.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024692
Mortar carrier T-21 at Aberdeen proving ground in USA.

Mortar carrier T-21 circles the field at Aberdeen proving ground. It moves over rough and level terrain. Soldiers open rear door revealing mortar. Soldier climbs into the carrier and inspects grenades and other equipment. (Note: The 4.2" M2 heavy mortar recoil was hard on the halftrack chassis so the T-21 was cancelled and never adopted.) (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024693
Japanese bombers take off to attack Port Darwin, Australia, during World War II

"Bombing Raid on Port Darwin". An animated map with Japanese writing shows course of Japanese Air Force bombing mission (probably from Poeloeti-Penfui Airfield, West Timor) against Port Darwin, Australia, during World War 2. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers taking off on the mission. Airmen on the field wave their hats at the departing planes. View from nose greenhouse of a bomber breaking ground on takeoff. Formation of G4Ms in flight. View inside, of pilots in cockpit. Pilot holding control yoke. Japanese writing on cloth fastened near right cockpit window.Crew members eating lunch en route in flight.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024833
Child naming ceremony or Miyamairi at local Shinto shrine in Japan (WW2)

Parents take a newborn baby for a Miyamairi (literally "shrine visit") to pray for good health at a Shinto shrine in Japan, during World War II. A Japanese man writes his child’s name using a calligraphy pen. Man displays his child’s name in front of an altar. A Japanese couple takes their newborn child to a Shinto shrine. The couple and the child’s grandmother sit in front of a clerk. The grandmother holds the child as mother sits next to her. The Shinto priest recites a prayer and swings a tamagushi right and left. The priest gives holy sake to the mother for the child. She feeds sake (symbolically) to child and then she drinks it. Priest folds the paper of Japanese writing and gives it to the family.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024915
Maestro Arturo Toscanini at Wave Hill, his home in Riverdale, New York, during World War II

Music Maestro, Arturo toscanini, is seen in the library at Wave Hill, the mansion in which he is living during World War 2. His grandson, Walfredo Toscanini, is relaxing on a sofa in the background. The Maestro, paces the floor, as he listens to a phonograph record. Toscanini family pictures are seen on a piano, where the maestro is seated playing from a musical score. He pauses to annotate the score.

Date: 1943, December 10
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675025691
Arturo Toscanini conducts Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, during World War II

Arturo Toscanini conducts orchestra and chorus in Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, at NBC's Studio 8-H, New York City. The NBC Symphony orchestra includes typical instruments plus harp. Tenor Jan Peerce is joined by the Westminster Choir onstage. Among other national themes, the performance includes British and American national anthems, concluding with the latter. (Note: This film was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information.)

Date: 1943, December 10
Duration: 8 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025692