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Royal Air Force bombers drop bombs over target areas in Burma during World War II.

The Royal Air Force bombs Burma during World War II. British airmen on an airfield in Burma. Bombs brought in on a bomb cart. An airman rolling a bomb to the underside of an aircraft to fix it onto the bomb rack. A few airmen fixing the bomb onto the bomb rack on the underside of the wing. A man in front of one of the wings of the aircraft and the pilot standing in the cockpit with the hatch open. The bomber aircraft taxis on the airfield and takes off. The aircraft in flight over the clouds. The pilot in the cockpit. Aerial views of the target areas in Burma. Bombs being dropped on the target areas. Explosions occur and smoke rises from the explosions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069939
Allied soldiers are greeted by Italian people and the soldiers revive an airfield in southern Italy during World War II.

Allied soldiers in southern Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers on tanks advancing through the streets of southern Italy. A number of men and children holding a banner that reads 'Soldiers of Liberation, You are Welcome'. A photographer with a camera around his neck in front of the crowd. Soldiers moving in columns along the streets. Buildings along the streets. People with belongings on cattle carts coming back to Italy after they were driven out by the retreating Germans. A British soldier helping the people to unload their belongings. The soldier beside a cart with a child. The cart in front of a small hut. A soldier leading cattle away. The soldiers carrying small boxes move among the trees. The soldiers moving on a path. Troops on tanks moving through a water body. Hills and mountains in the background. The soldiers moving in columns through a stream. An aircraft at an airfield. A former Italian Commandant and other officers talking. The soldiers unearthing a booby trap. Equipment on the airfield. A damaged hangar. Debris strewn on the ground. Allied forces at work on the airfield. British soldiers firing artillery across a marshy terrain. Explosions occur and smoke rises from a building. Several LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) at a sea shore. Trucks moving out of the LSTs. Soldiers beside an LST.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069940
A U.S. Army aircraft on an airfield during an experiment of a rescue operation for stranded airmen in the United States.

Testing of an aircraft rescue operation in the United States. Several airmen on an airfield during an experiment of an aircraft rescue operation for stranded airmen. A U.S. Army aircraft airlifts a sack from an airfield while in flight. A sheep being harnessed by a few men for a live test. The tied up sheep on the ground beside a small fence on the airfield. The U.S. Army aircraft in a low flight airlifts the sheep and flies away. The aircraft parked on the airfield with its door open. A few men take the safe sheep out from the aircraft and untie the ropes around it. A few men tying a pilot for a human rescue experiment. The man placed on the airfield beside a small fence. The aircraft in low flight airlifts the man. The aircraft in flight with the man hanging in a sling. The man is pulled into the aircraft. The aircraft lands on the airfield and the rescued man gets off the aircraft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069988
U.S. 7th Army and French FFI during the recapture of Metz, Strasbourg and Belfort in France during World War II.

U.S. 7th Army and French troops recapture French cities during World War 2. French troops parade in Metz. The troops march in formation through the city streets. U.S. Army Major General Walton H. Walker, who led the U.S. Army and the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in the capture of the city from the Germans. General Walker with other officers walks out of a building. French soldiers stand in a formation during a ceremony in which the city is to be returned to the French. In the official ceremony, General Walker returns the city to French Lieutenant-General Andre-Marie-François Dody, acting for his country.The crowd cheers. The Generals walk away. Scene shifts to Strasbourg, where Provost Marshal McIntyre, of the U.S. 7th Army, accepts the surrender of Two German Battalions (5 thousand troops) from their commanding General. The surrendered German soldiers are lined up in the street. German officers waiting to get into trucks. In another sequence, a sign on a street in Belfort reads 'N.463 Montbeliard'. French 1st Army troops on tanks advance through the streets in Belfort. A sign showing the direction to Belfort Castle. French troops fire at the castle in Belfort. Soldiers behind a wall and an M-3 Stuart tank and an anti-tank gun fire from behind the Theatre Granit building at the Belfort Castle. Explosions occur at places in the castle. An underground tunnel of the Belfort Castle is inspected by a French General. Several officers walking with the General. The French flag hoisted on the castle. U.S.Major General Walker proceeding with officers over a bridge. The officers on a path on a hill. Aerial view of buildings.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069989
Target areas are bombed by United States aircraft and smoke rises in Tokyo, Japan during World War II.

Tokyo bombings during World War II. Flames rise from a target area in Tokyo, Japan after bombings by U.S. aircraft. A truck on fire. A burning aircraft. A field with a few trees. Thick smoke rises into the air in the background. Smoke rising from bombed areas. A road in view. Smoke rising from areas on one side of the road. A burning aircraft on an airstrip and thick black smoke rising into the air. Parts of the aflame aircraft strewn on the airstrip.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069996
Children swim under an aqueduct of a bridge over a river in the vicinity of Corsica Harbor in France.

Corsica Harbor in France. Several boats at the harbor. Buildings along the side of the harbor. A car on a road beside the harbor. A sunken ship in the harbor. A cargo ship. A bridge over a river. Two children swimming under an aqueduct of the bridge get out of the water and run away. A man seated on a donkey. A small baggage kept on the donkey.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070017