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C-130 Tactical Airlift aircraft demonstrate Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System.

Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System shows airlift delivery method where aircraft deposits parachute supplies when landing is not possible. Parachute supplies deposited by an aircraft flying low. Parachute low delivery system shows a plane releasing parachute with supplies at a certain height from drop point at ground. Interior views of C-130 aircraft including pilot and controls. The cargo hatch is opened and the extraction parachute is deployed. Once the parachute catches the wind outside the craft, it pulls the connected supplies out of the plane and on to the ground. View of supply drop using many parachutes of different colors, with parachutes opening and supplies falling to ground. Supplies offloaded from aircraft at landing field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051879
Flight test of a rotary-wing aircraft designed by Canadian designers.

A group of Canadian designers come up with rotary-wing aircraft that combines a conventional engine with free-spinning rotors. Technicians examine the plane while pilot boards for take off. Aircraft taxies, hangar in the background. Aircraft takes off from runway. Aircraft flies on airfield.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1964, July 30
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052052
Electricity produced by turbine generators in a power plant in the US, and uses for that electricity in cities and homes.

Commuters climbing stairs from subway to street and seen inside the lobby of a New York City office building. An electric utility switch yard. Heavy construction equipment in operation and interior of private home, where electricity is always available. Boy playing with electric railroad toy trains on floor of living room. A woman housewife using an electric mixer in a vintage 1940s kitchen. A man turns on a wall light switch. View of turbine generator deck in a power plant. Use of fuel to produce electricity is explained by animation. Burning of fuel to transform water to steam. The steam is directed towards a windmill which converts heat energy into mechanical energy. This mechanical energy is converted into electric energy by a turbine generator. The working of turbine generator is explained.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053355
President Harry S. Truman announces surrender of Germany in World War II. Crowds celebrate in streets of Manhattan

VE Day (Victory in Europe) May 8, 1945. From the White House, in Washington DC, President Truman announces that Germany has surrendered, bringing World War 2 in Europe to an end. Americans are seen celebrating the good news in the streets of downtown, Manhattan, New York City. Crowds on Wall Street and cheering on steps and in front of statue of George Washington at Federal Hall. Ticker tape falls on Wall Street. View of Trinity Church between tall buildings. Cheering crowd fills Times Square. Many in the crowd are soldiers, sailors and other military servicemen in uniform. American flags are seen on buildings and some carried by people in the crowd.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053386
Animated film shows Private Snafu battling a dragon and explains facts about fear to soldiers in World War II.

Animated film targeted at American soldiers during World War 2 talks about fear and the body's response to fear. shows the cartoon character Private Snafu as a knight. He rides on a horseback. He experiences fear as he battles a dragon. The effect of fear on body functions is explained. In danger the nerve messages from the brain stimulate the body for action. Narrator describes effects of nervous system and adrenaline on the body, including more glucose reaching the muscles from blood, improvements in vision and hearing, enhanced ability to run or fight.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053498
Sneak craft used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations.

Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. Some methods used as sneak craft are human torpedoes, midget submarines, explosive boats and torpedo boats, aka Schnellboots or S-boats. Allied ships destroyed by sneak craft. Meditaranean naval sites seen include the harbors at Alexandria and Algiers. Rock of Gibraltar. Dramatization: a swimmer used for sneaking. A man wears tight suit and breathing apparatus. The swimmer in water. The swimmer can remain underwater for half an hour. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053510
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