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FBI catches Operation Pastorius criminals and hands evidence of their sabotage plots to the United States Military.

A picture of German leader Adolf Hitler. Footage of Pearl Harbor attack during World War 2. A reenactment shows landing of Operation Pastorius would-be saboteurs in Long Island, New York and presence of the FBI at the site collecting evidence the Germans had buried. Evidence of their plots to bomb various sites in the United States is collected by the FBI and presented to the United States Military. Views of some of their captured equipment and uniforms. Faces of the Operation Pastorius captured criminals (who included George John Dasch, Ernst Peter Burger, Herbert Haupt, Heinrich Heinck, Eddie Kerling, Herman Otto Neubauer, Richard Quirin, Werner Thiel) during their military tribunal hearing in July - August 1942.

Date: 1942, July
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064795
Japanese elders at a meeting table in the United States.

Men of Japanese descent at a meeting in the United States, circa 1941-1942, near time of opening of relocation centers and internment camps for Japanese citizens. Men sit at a meeting table. A man stands and speaks. A man wears glasses. A man smokes.

Date: 1942
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675026119
U.S. aircraft carriers USS Belleau Wood and USS Bunker Hill, and battleship USS New Jersey are launched in the United States.

Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.

Date: 1942, December 6
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069144
Students at FBI Academy Quantico, Virginia, United States going through a pistol drill.

Students at FBI Academy Quantico,Virginia, United States going through a pistol drill. Group firing from different angles and positions. Instructor in stand speaks over PA system. August 1942. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, August
Duration: 7 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022168
War bond parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City includes many floats, including from USSR, Belgium, Norway, and South America .

World War 2 war bond parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States. Soldier, in pith helmet, walks with a young boy in uniform.A float with beauty queens from South and Central American countries. A dinosaur-dragon float, representing the Axis powers. A float portraying the devastation and suffering at Bataan and Corregidor. A float showing George Washington rolling up his sleeves, and lined all around with soldiers, sailors,Marines, air raid wardens, and the like. An open car, surrounded by motorcycle policemen, carrying Parade Grand Marshal, Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, and a New York City official. A float of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, depicting Stalin on a white horse, and a sign saying: "Victory in 1942." A float with Soldiers,Sailors, Marines, American flags, and pretty women, with sign reading: " Sign Your War Bond Pledge June 14-24." United States flags fly on the buildings. A contingent of Norwegian Air Force, followed by Norwegian sailors and a large float of a ship, with sign reading: "Norway's Seamen, Norway's Front Line Soldiers, 3rd Largest Fleet in United Nations." A float of Belgium. Contingent of Greeks, led by one dressed as ancient Athenian warrior, followed by group carrying a small replica of the Parthenon.They are followed by Greek women in traditional costumes of Amalia and men in traditional uniforms of Evzone. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalk. Marchers carry placards 'Destroy Hitlerism'.

Date: 1942, June 13
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053918
Small war plants' participation in U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States (WW2)

United States Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States. Workers at small war plants during production of different materials in World War II. Two officers looking at a sample fur cap. U.S. military personnel with Quartermaster Corps officers seated around a table discuss procurement of materials in association with small war plants. A diagrammatic representation of the increase in the number of purchase transactions and the volume of dollar purchases as a result of the small war plant participation in the Quartermaster Corps supply program for the period of November 1942-43. Workers at the war plants.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070047