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German prisoners arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace during World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg,Germany.

World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Fifteen Germans come out of a prison gate. They are on a trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. The prisoners, including both former German Army soldiers and Borkum Island civilian resdients, aboard a truck. Two armored cars escort the truck. They arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Sign over door reads "Borkum Island Court Room." The prisoners enter the courtroom in the palace. They take their seats. Seven United States judges seated in the court.

Date: 1946, February
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056090
Animated map of Tarawa and factors that played a key role in planning for the Battle of Tarawa during World War II.

A training film titled 'Tarawa operations' about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. A map of the Pacific region depicts the location of the Gilbert Islands. A map of the Gilbert Islands including Tarawa. Animated map of Tarawa depicts the area of the atoll. A map of Betio island depicts its area. Animation depicts wind direction that helps in anchoring of landing crafts.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057712
Damaged airplanes parts are brought to a service center and are repaired in the European Theater.

Role of Air Service Command in repairing and salvaging damaged airplanes and equipment in the European Theater during World War II. Air Service Command personnel, a jeep and damaged aircraft in an open field. The personnel inspect the damaged aircraft. They dig mud and make a ditch. A truck with a flat trailer pulls the aircraft out of the ditch. A DUKW drives down a water stream. It delivers tools and damaged section of the aircraft to an air service center. The service center personnel checks harnesses of parachutes in a parachute shop. Experts replace the damaged bearings of the propellers. A personnel hands over a generator to a sergeant. An ordnance personnel checks guns. The sergeant tests the points on the generator. Engine experts repair the gear of an engine. A welder welds heavy parts. A personnel gets off from a vehicle and enters into an air conditioned trailer shop. In this shop defective instruments of aircraft are put in a vacuum chamber. A repaired aircraft takes off. A ship burns and smoke rises. The damaged ship. A personnel types on a typing machine. Aircraft in the background. The Air Service Command personnel get into a boat. The boat underway along a ship. The personnel climb onto a ship. They see an island. They move towards the island as they get into a barge. They find damaged parts of aircraft on the island. They inspect fuselage, wings, guns and shells of the aircraft. Damaged aircraft and its parts are taken to the air service center.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058160
U.S. Air Force aircraft drop parachute food supplies over Japan following floods and volcanic eruptions.

Disasters in Japan. Rescue operations in Kyushu Island after being stricken by floods. Japanese people evacuating on Honshu Island following volcanic eruptions. Flooding in Honshu Island. U.S. Air Force aircraft drop parachute food supplies over Japan.

Date: 1953, July 30
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058251
U.S. Marines using flame throwers against Japanese, Chinese troops during Sino-Japanese War, aftermath mass suicide of Japanese

A film titled 'The San Jose Project' gives an introduction of chemical warfare tests carried out by U.S. Army on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Film opens with scenes of U.S. troops battling Japanese on Pacific islands during World War II. Tank mounted flamethrower being used to burn Japanese from caves. Backpack style handheld flamethrower being used by U.S. Marine at mouth of a cave. A Japanese soldier emerges from a cave and is shot by American soldiers. Scene changes to China, where Chinese troops march near fields during the Sino-Japanese War before World War II. A wounded soldier carried by Chinese troops. Scene changes again to Mariana Islands during World War 2. Piles of bodies of Japanese civilians and soldiers at base of a cliff from which they jumped to commit suicide rather than be captured or killed by American forces. A Japanese civilian jumping off of a cliff. Japanese civilians at waters edge jumping into water.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060513
U.S. soldiers load and fire a disappearing gun and ammunition kept in a store room in the Philippines (WW2)

During timeframe of Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Ships and landing craft underway at sea. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur shake hands with Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. President Quezon speaking with General MacArthur. A car exits a tunnel in Corregidor Island. Artillery shells in an underground storeroom. A fire control room in Corregidor Island. Soldiers walk inside a building. They discuss amongst themselves. United States and Filipino soldiers defending Corregidor Island from Japanese forces. United States prisoners of war walk along a field. The soldiers load and fire a United States Army disappearing gun.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675062381