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United States Marines fire with machine gun at Sugar Loaf Hill during Battle of Okinawa in WW2

United States Marines fire at Japanese using a Browning M1917 machine gun during battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa in World War 2. Another Marine holds the ammunition belt for the Marine firing with machine gun. United States Marines fire with machine gun at hilltop.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078488
U.S. troops in Scotland rehearse for amphibious invasion of Normandy, France during World War II

Higgins Boats (landing craft) from the USS Bayfield (APA-33) are seen heading toward the shore on the River Clyde in Scotland, where they carried out amphibious landing exercises from 14 March, through 21 March,1944, in preparation for the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War 2.. Snow-covered mountains dominate the background. View of a U.S. Coast Guardsman standing in one of the boats. Several landing craft are seen near the shore in the background. Snow extends almost as low as the beach. Several landing craft moving in loose formation across the water, with rising moon low on horizon in background. View of one Higgins Boat plowing through the water, towards the camera. The moon is now higher in the sky. American troops wading ashore through surf, in the moonlight. Some stars are visible high in the background sky. Troops coming ashore along a wide stretch of beach. Clouds obscure the sky.

Date: 1944, March
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049846
HMS Furious (47), Turkish battle cruiser and U.S. battleships underway in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I.

Many warships in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I. British battleship underway. British aircraft carrier, Furious (37),seen close up in camouflage paint. The Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. United States battleships, USS Arkansas, USS Florida, USS New York, and USS Texas, steaming out of the Firth of Forth. Smoke stacks of U.S. battleships emitting smoke. The Forth Rail Bridge, over Firth of Forth, is visible in background. A seaplane passes over the ships. USS Manley, a four-stacker destroyer underway.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060919
United States battleships in fog in the Firth of Forth, Scotland during World War I

Battleships of U.S. Division nine, seen dimly,in fog in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I. At first, nothing is moving and water is glassy smooth. Smoke rising from stack of one Batleship. View of the Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. A flushdeck destroyer seen dimly in the fog. A British aircraft carrier with airplane poised on a catapult. Several views of U.S. battleships sitting still in the fog.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060920
Fog brings a vessel ashore, and men and women watch the vessel from the shore, in Collieston, Scotland.

A vessel being brought ashore by fog, in Collieston, Scotland. The waters of the sea lashing against the rocks on shore in Collieston. A vessel partially sunk on the water, being brought ashore due to fog. Men and women watch the vessel from the shore.

Date: 1930, October 6
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054968
Arnold Palmer holds the British Open Championship trophy in Troon, Scotland.

Large crowd gathers at British Open Championship in Troon, Scotland. A board reads names of the players. Arnold Palmer signs autograph. Palmer plays stroke at golf course and sets a record for British Open. Palmer holds trophy.

Date: 1962, July 16
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035449