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Two British spitfires and a C -47, towing a glider, take off in France

Forward air operations in France during World War II. Two Spitfire Mk IX aircraft, of 222 Squadron, RAF, with white stripe invasion markings on them, take off from dirt field, raising dust as they depart. Trucks drive over the field raising dust clouds. U.S. Army Air Force C -47 Skytrain takes off towing a United States Army Air Force Waco CG-4 glider. Wreckage of two Spitfires and a Tempest or Typhoon aircraft, in D-day paint, are seen on the field. An operator is shown, working in the mobile control vehicle.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068872
U.S. 1st Marine Division invades the Palau Islands during World War II.

Film opens with animated map showing places in the Pacific near the island of Palau. A formation of U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers is seen in flight. Glimpse from the air of the Palau archipelago. Aerial view from a B-24 of its bombs exploding on the center of a Japanese airfield below. Aerial view of a U.S. Independence-class Aircraft carrier of Task Force 58. Officers and sailors on carrier island watch as a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft takes off .from the aircraft displays geometric marking on its tail, known as a "G-symbol." In this case it is a large white diamond containing the airplane number inside another diamond. (The United States Navy Pacific Fleet, assigned G-Symbols to the CV and CVL class carriers of Task Force 58. These were assigned to each carrier and appeared on all aircraft operating from it. ) A formation of Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft flying above clouds. Closeup of one with diamond G-symbol and number on its tail. Broad view from the air of TBF Avenger aircraft in flight and Navy warships maneuvering in waters below. Sea level views of some warships in the Third Fleet. One is a Portland-class Cruiser. Wide aerial view of ships in the task force. Cruisers and battleships bombarding Palau and nearby targets. Closeup of heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28) firing her port side 5 inch 25 caliber guns and 40 mm A/A guns from the stern.. A TBF Avenger dive bombs a shore target. More views of warships with shells bursting in background. Shells bursting at the shoreline. Closeup glimpse of marines in landing craft U.S. Marine Corps LVT(A)4 Amphibious Tanks heading toward the beach on September 15, 1944. An LCI(L) Landing Craft Infantry (Large) firing close to shore. Shells striking shoreline installations. View from aircraft of landing craft speeding toward the beach and many more maneuvering offshore. Closeup of marines moving about on the shore of Palau with smoke rising and sounds of gunfire. A marine running through foliage at the shore. Marines manning a command post and communications center in the jungle. Marines firing rifles from a tree line. One firing a Browning M1919 machine gun and another throwing a hand grenade. Marines firing rifle grenades. Marines move forward and encounter a dead Japanese soldier lying next to his flame thrower. They reach the edge of the airfield, where two Japanese aircraft are just barely seen. They walk past dead Japanese at a machine gun emplacement. More views of Marines fighting at the edge of the airfield, and entering into the open area of the field, where fires are burning. .Wrecked Japanese aircraft are seen on the field. Marine infantry cross the field behind an M4 Sherman tank. Barges are seen carrying construction cranes and equipment to the island. A tracked crane drives onto the airfield. Bulldozers work on the edge of the airfield. A power shovel fills trucks with coral deposit material for resurfacing the airfield. Trucks dumping their contents at the field. Bulldozers and earth scrapers level the airfield surface. A TBF Avenger aircraft is the first to land on the unpaved airfield.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068877
Retrospective on the late baseball legend Babe Ruth, after his passing in 1948

Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch the game in the stands. Babe Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy (possibly a polio victim). An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of boys sitting outside on the steps, waiting to get a glimpse of Babe Ruth. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, knocks on his locker in the locker room, and emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.

Date: 1948, August 16
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068879
King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah of Iraq, visit the Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany in San Diego, California

King Faisal II of Iraq, and Prince Abdul-Ilah, visiting the USS Oriskany (CV-34) in the United States. The King and Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, look at U.S. Navy carrier-based F9F Panther, jet fighter aircraft, on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. (Prince Abdul-Ilah is briefly seen, as well.) The King talks to a pilot, Lt. John L. Stiles. F9F aircraft of VF-103, and sailors in the background. Lt. Stiles climbs into cockpit of an F9F. The King looks at Lt. Stiles in the cockpit. Lt. Stiles puts on flight helmet and looks out of the cockpit, talking to King Faisal II. Iraqi National Flag displayed on the ship's island. Sailors and pilots, including Lt. Stiles, on the deck. Prince Abdul-Ilah conversing with Admiral Martin in background. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah on the bridge of the Oriskany. The King looks through a telescope while, below, on the flight deck, a F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron VF-781 taxis past. Several U.S. Marines in dress uniform stand on deck as a helicopter lands. A sailor with a motion picture camera joins them. King Faisal II walks, with Admiral Martin and another Admiral, across the deck. He carries a small motion picture camera and wears a white covering on his head. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, on the bridge. Officers crowd around, obscuring the King, as they observe a demonstration. Explosion and bullet splashes are seen in water behind the ship.

Date: 1952, August 29
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068899
King Faisal II and his royal party boards a barge and the King walks up a ladder to the deck of USS Oriskany in the U.S.

King Faisal II of Iraq in San Diego, United States. A Greyhound Bus over a bridge. The King's royal party walks down a gangplank. They board a barge. The barge underway. The Iraqi and the American flags on the barge. It ferries the King to a ship. USS Oriskany underway. The barge approaches the ship. King walks up a ladder to the deck of the ship. Sailors on the deck.

Date: 1952, August 29
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068901
German prisoners of war board a train at a railroad station and are taken to interment camps from France.

German prisoners of war transported from France to Britain during World War II. Trucks loaded with prisoners sent to interment camps. Insignia of the United States on the trucks. A building in the background. The prisoners in the trucks. They exit the trucks and board a ship. The prisoners on the deck of the ship and are transported to interment camps. Troops holding guns stand on the deck of the ship. German prisoners disembark from the ship. They stand in a squad and are counted. The prisoners at a railroad train station. They board a railroad train. An officer gets in a separate railroad car. The officers seated inside the car. A U.S. Army Military Police soldier with a gun on his shoulder stands guard.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068903