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Animated map of Tarawa and factors that played a key role in planning for the Battle of Tarawa during World War II.

A training film titled 'Tarawa operations' about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. A map of the Pacific region depicts the location of the Gilbert Islands. A map of the Gilbert Islands including Tarawa. Animated map of Tarawa depicts the area of the atoll. A map of Betio island depicts its area. Animation depicts wind direction that helps in anchoring of landing crafts.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057712
Animated map of Betio depicts position of Japanese coastal defenses during World War II.

A training film about the Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. Photographs of Tarawa taken by reconnaissance aircraft before the Battle of Tarawa. Animated map of Betio island. Depiction of position of 8 inch and 140 mm guns. A map depicts the position of Japanese tank traps. Position of barbed wire fences around the island. Position of coconut barriers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057713
Highlights of Washington DC International Stakes Horse race, in Laurel Park, Maryland, 1960

The American flag flutters, along with several foreign national flags, at the Laurel Park race course in Maryland. Horses run along the track. Highlights of the Washington DC International Stakes. 1960 winner, Bald Eagle, was the only repeat winner of the race, and was Champion Handicap Horse that year.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675057784
Florida game wardens rescue stranded deer from the Everglades and move them to higher ground in Florida.

Florida game wardens run down deer stranded in the Everglades by high water. The wardens in speeding airboats across the wetlands. A helicopter for assistance in flight overhead. The wardens bull dog panicked deer trying to escape. The deer are wrapped in sacks to protect them from their own panic. The wardens load the deer aboard the airboats and bring them to safety on high ground.

Date: 1960, November 7
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057800
A USAAF officer instructs a new B-17 pilot about ground inspection and safety precautions prior to take off.

A U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) training film titled 'How to fly the B-17. Part I. Ground Operations.' about inspections and safety precautions by a pilot prior to take off. A USAAF officer trains a new pilot beginning his career as a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress pilot. A B-17 parked nearby. The recruit confirms possession of weather codes and radio charts. A Sergeant (engineer) gets down the hatch in the aircraft belly and joins the other two. External Inspection: The three airmen inspect various aircraft parts. Tire inspection for slippage marks, outboard brake line for oil leakage, tire tread for cuts or damage, brake line on the in board side. Inspection of the right oleo for the load, whip antenna. Similar inspection of the left hand gear, oleo, and tire. The officer performs checks for: turbo wheel on the engine, check for cracks at welded joints, wheel for clearance, missing bucks, mechanical linkage on the wastegate, skin covering access doors. Check: nicks, dents, cracks on the propeller number 2, anti ice boots, stones between the boot and blade. Inspection of the three blades, propeller governor, engine for proper cooling, engine and propeller number 1. Checks: DI support on one side under the wing, all access and inspection doors, aileron fabric, aileron trim tab for play, antennas present and accounted for. Inspection of the ball turret door, guns horizontal and pointed to the rear, trailing antenna anchored, marker beacon antenna on, breaks, stabilizer, elevator covering and trim tab play. Inspection of the rudder covering and trim, damaged skin parts, elevator down spring through the tail gunner's hatch. The officer instructs the new pilot to repeat the same inspections on the right wing and engines 3 and 4.

Date: 1944
Duration: 7 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057840
U.S. Army Training film about Army Air Forces regulations for pilots training in Boeing Stearman PT-17 "Kaydet" aircraft.

As film opens, a number of U.S. Army Air Forces Stearman Boeing PT-17 “Kaydet” bi-plane trainer aircraft are seen taxiing on an airfield. One takes off and another lands and taxis into position on the flight line. A student pilot leaves the operations building and fastens the leg straps of his seat pack parachute before climbing upon the wing of a PT-17, where he checks the aircraft's Form One record. Closeup of the form. He climbs into the cockpit, fastens his safety belt. Glimpse of magneto switch. Glimpse of fuel gauge. With engine running the pilot activates the flight controls to check proper action. Glimpse of tachometer showing 1550 RPM. View of airplane taxiing in "S" movement because of low visibility with engine in front. Closeup of pilot pausing before takeoff to recheck wind and runway. Views of the aircraft on takeoff, tail wheel rising, and plane becoming airborne. Animated diagram shows precautions for turning out of traffic after takeoff and for avoiding collisions using right of way rule. Glimpse of PT-17 cruising above farmland. Views of the plane flying in vicinity of clouds but carefully avoiding them. Closeup of pilot in cockpit looking all around while in flight. View of cockpit instruments, including compass, airspeed indicator, Needle and ball, and altimeter. Closeup of engine oil temperature gauge. View of the airplane flying close to another and follow rule to prevent collision. Next, the aircraft makes a shallow dive and then executes a spin. Closeup of the pilot signaling everything is OK. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1943
Duration: 7 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057896