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Allied paratroopers jump in Markham Valley, New Guinea.

General Douglas MacArthur speaks to Allied paratroopers before their landing in Markham Valley, New Guinea. Paratroopers briefed with the help of a map. Paratroopers look at Tommy guns and other weapons. Equipment loaded onto a truck. Paratroopers loaded onto a military truck move to the airbase. Planes lined up at the base. Men put on their combat gear and board the aircraft. Aircraft in flight. Paratroopers jump and descend at Markham Valley. Planes in flight as parachutes descend during the first mass parachute jump in Southwestern Pacific. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049255
Field Marshall Smuts at British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.

Field Marshal Smuts visits Cairo. Field Marshal Jan Smuts along with Lord and Lady Hiller at the British Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. He holds Lord Hiller's son and takes a walk with the family. Smuts at a parade ground where he delivers a Christmas message to soldiers. He reviews a parade. Soldiers march past the Field Marshal. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049256
Elephants assist in loading activities in Burma during World War II.

Elephants used by Allies during World War II. In Burma elephant pulls a log of wood. A mahout tries to get on the back of an elephant as he stands on its teeth. Elephant pulls a log of wood. Elephants push a wooden log up a ramp and load it onto a carrier. A baby elephant and its mother at work in the jungle. Two elephants pull and push an Australian Bofors gun up the steep slope of a hill as Australian forces of the British empire guide the effort

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049258
United States patrol boats underway in Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France.

PT boats patrol transport area in the Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France during World War II. A United States PT (Patrol) boat underway in the Atlantic. A man on the bridge looks through binoculars with an American flag in background. Men at 50 caliber machine gun and another one at 20 mm gun. Guns fired. Men aboard a PT boat signal semaphore. A man from a torpedo boat signals semaphore.

Date: 1944, June 1
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049262
Allied battleship fires in Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France.

PT boats patrol transport area in the Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France during World War II. A man aboard a PT (patrol) boat wearing a life jacket. Allied battleship fires. Smoke in the background. PT boat comes along side another vessel with men aboard the boat.

Date: 1944, June 1
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049263
Mines detonated in the Atlantic Ocean before the invasion of France.

United States Naval vessels underway at sea before the invasion of France during World War II. A fleet of Naval vessels underway in the far background. Explosions occur at sea as water splashes. A United States Navy YMS (Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper) underway at sea as it detonates mines. Mines detonated and explosions occur.

Date: 1944, June 1
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049264