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Georgia Tech wins over the University of Tulsa by a score of 20-18 in the 1944 Sugar Bowl Game played in New Orleans.

College football Sugar Bowl game of 1944 between Georgia Tech and the University of Tulsa, played in New Orleans, Louisiana. A crowd in the stands. The game in progress. Georgia Tech University over the University of Tulsa by a score of 20-18

Date: 1944, January 1
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061499
German Ace night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer is recognized for achieving his his 100th aerial victory on October 9, 1944, in World War II.

World War 2 German flying aces, including Rudy Iinz, in leather flying jackets, greet one another during a gathering to celebrate Night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer's100th aerial victory during World War 2. Later, the flyers, now in Class A uniforms, are seen in closeups, congratulating Schnaufer. Closeup of Schnaufer in his class A uniform, wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, including diamonds (awarded on October 16th, 1944).

Date: 1944, October 16
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078932
Battle of Okinawa. Marines carry wounded comrade in a blanket and treat him in a wooded area of Okinawa.

U.S. Marines of 1st and 2nd Battalions,29th Regiment, 6th Division, evacuate wounded in hill areas of Okinawa. Marines in hilly, wooded terrain carry casualty on a blanket. Marines pass with casualty through a wooded terrain. They treat the wounded Marine lying on ground. Marine make casualty tag for wounded marine lying on the ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052760
Landing Ship Medium (Rocket), Cruiser, Landing Craft Infantry shell Okinawa in Japan.

U.S. Navy ships bombarding Okinawa during World War II. At start of film, American warships are seen near the shore of Okinawa. Landing Ship Medium (Rocket), LSMR, Number 651, is firing rockets. A Cleveland class light cruiser is firing its guns to starboard. More scenes of rockets being fired from landing ships, leaving trails of smoke as they go.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024940
Amphibious assault in Operation Gunto of the Okinawa campaign during World War II

A flotilla of American Higgins boat landing craft head for the shore of Gunto, Okinawa during World War 2. Some Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) are also seen. Landing Craft Large, LCI (L) number 326 is seen in the background. View from a Higgins boat landing craft of several LCI(L)s ahead. Silhouette of a Transport Ship is seen in waters close to Okinawa. An undentified white boat is behind it in the sunlight. Beyond that,nearer the shore, is the white hospital ship, USS Comfort (II) (AH-6).

Date: 1945, April 2
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024941
Japanese aircraft attack over USS Maryland off Okinawa during World War 2

U.S. Navy ships shell Okinawa and Japanese kamikaze suicide planes hit USS Maryland (BB-46) during World War 2. USS Maryland (BB-46) in silhouette. Destroyer in the far background. Tracers fired at Japanese aircraft overhead. Flak explodes around Japanese aircraft. Black smoke. Japanese plane head toward ship. A dramatic large explosion in the sea directly in front of the camera position. American ship in distance explodes in flame and smoke. Okinawa in the background. Other vessels around ship. Japanese aircraft burns spiraling down. Long trail of black smoke and then airplane crashes. Cruiser at anchor. Battleship fires in the background. Cruiser sends light signals.

Date: 1945, April 7
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024942