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United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas aboard United States ship Bennington in the Pacific Ocean.

United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas during inspection of U.S. Navy 7th fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Plane director on the deck of a United States ship Bennington as he signals to the helicopter. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Korea. Aircraft lined up on deck of the ship. Men move towards the stern of the United States ship St. Paul. A sailor helps Secretary Thomas with a Mae West on the deck of the ship. Sailors salute the Secretary. Secretary Thomas boards HUP-2 helicopter and it lifts off.

Date: 1955, December 16
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042866
A train moving on the Union Pacific Railroad depicts the First Transcontinental Railroad Line of the U.S. started in 1869.

A train moving on the Union Pacific Railroad in the United States. A herd of cattle advances across the Americn plain. Close up view of Long Horn cattle. A train pulled by a black steam locomotive moving on the Union Pacific Railroad depicts the First Transcontinental Railroad Line of the United States opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869. The locomotive engine of the train as it emits black smoke. Mountain and western United States landscape views. A windmill in operation. Distribution of water and farmlands in the Western United States. A herd of cattle crossing a river.

Date: 1966
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075465
The recruitment and training of the SPARS in the United States.

A film titled: 'Battle Stations' on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). The Coast Guardsmen fighting on the battlefront in the European Theater during the World War II. Various citations and medals of honor for the Coast Guards who died while fighting for their country. The Coast Guards marching in formation. Two Coast Guards holding U.S. flag and the flag of USCG lead the parade. Other Coast Guards hold rifles. Coast guard cutters underway at sea. A man aboard the ship watching the enemy actions through binoculars. Other man talking on radio. Smoke from explosions in the area. Dead bodies of the Coast Guards who died in the war in caskets wrapped with U.S. flags. Other Coast Guards standing nearby and salute. Recruitment of women for the job of Coast Guards in the United States. Women taking oaths. The new recruits walking towards a building with their personal belongings for their training. Women in barracks. They ride bicycles and stand at attention on the ground. Women perform drill on the ground. An aircraft parked on air base. A woman walking nearby. The woman standing in front of the building.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076580
Marshals seize produce with unusually high amount of pesticide; farmers treat fields and orchards with pesticides in the United States

A combine harvesting wheat in the United States. Workers picking peaches from an orchard. A ‘Fruit Growers Express’ train transporting produce. Trucks carrying fruits driving in highway. A Union Pacific train leaves a train station. Grain is processed by a machine. A barge sails past a flour milling plant. A Western Fruit Express wagon stands beside rail tracks. Sign in car front window reads “Deputy U.S. Marshal”. Marshal attaches a “Monition” notice to the seized Western Fruit Express wagon. A man offloads crates of produce seized by the United States Marshal. Two farmers discover an infestation of caterpillars in their fields. The farmers inspect leaves from their infested crops. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspector examines produce from a seized wagon. The FDA inspector carries samples taken from seized produce. The FDA inspector writes on the paper bag containing samples and seals the bag with tape. An African American scientist examines samples of produce for illegal pesticide content. A syringe is inserted into a machine for chemical analysis. An FDA District Director makes a call from his office. A General Counsel speaks to an FDA District Director over the phone. A United States District Court arrest warrant against seized illegal produce. A judge signs the arrest warrant and hands it over to a marshal. A farmer drives a tractor and parks in front of a shed. A farmer looks at pesticides inside the shed. The farmer grabs a pack of pesticide and placed it at the back of the tractor. Farmer drives a tractor sprayer to treat pesticide on a field. Sacks of pesticide inside a shed. Camera zooms into a pesticide sack to show warning that reads “DO NOT USE WITHIN 10-DAYS OF HARVEST’. United States marshals seize produce from a Great Northern Railway cargo. The seized cargo is buried in a landfill. United States Marshals oversees the destruction of seized produce. A bulldozer covers the produced with rubble and soil. Animation depicting a caterpillar and various bugs superimposed over farm pests and crops. A praying mantis feeds on a bug. A farmer wearing protective gear drives a tractor sprayer in orchard. Children running out from school. Farmers harvesting carrots. Tractor plowing to expose pests. A farmer releases wasps to control pests. A farmer breeding resistant variety crops. A farmer prepares pesticide inside a shed. An old weighing scale tilting. Farmer opens hose to fill water into the tank of a sprayer. The farmer pours pesticide powder into sprayer. Sprayer treats orchard with pesticide.

Date: 1966
Duration: 9 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037481
Montage of scenes showing the continuous close coordination between the United States and Britain during World War II

Film shows an invasion task force at sea overwritten by a slate reading, "Casablanca." Narrator speaks of January, 1943, in World War 2. View of the city of Casablanca in Morocco. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated next to British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill as they meet in Casablanca, at the Anfa Hotel, January 14–24, 1943, during World War 2. Roosevelt wears a black armband on his left sleeve in mourning over the death of his mother, in 1941. Backs of Military officers seen from behind, with Churchill and Roosevelt on chairs in the background. Then a closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill seated with high ranking Allied military officers behind them, including U.S. Admiral Ernest King and U.S. General George Marshall. View from directly overhead of marching American soldiers. Huge number of British soldiers led by a Rolls Royce armored car, are seen walking across the desert, celebrating their victory over German forces at Tunisia. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt seated on the lawn in front of the White House during the third Washington Conference (code-named Trident) held in Washington DC, from May 12 to May 25, 1943. Closeups of both men. Scene shifts to a U.S. invasion task force in the Pacific. Glimpse of a Benson-Livermore class destroyer near hills in the Pacific. A navy Douglas Dauntless dive bomber flies over ships in an invasion task force. U.S. troops are seen in a Higgins Boat landing craft from the transport ship USS President Jackson (APA-18). Troops storming ashore from landing craft. U.S. troops firing artillery field pieces, and raising the U.S. flag on a captured island in the Pacific. Scene shifts to European theater, where an Allied warship is firing its guns during Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky, ‎9 July – 17 August 1943. Amphibious assault taking place. A jeep is seen pulling an artillery piece through shallow surf. An army truck drives through shallow surf, out of a landing craft. Breech view of artillery gun being fired and shell ejecting. A shell exploding near the camera. Camouflaged antiaircraft guns firing. Series of brief scenes showing Soviet Russian infantry and tanks advancing against German forces in Russia. Next scene shows Benito Mussolini in military dress uniform, giving a speech, and then posing next to a Bronze statue of Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, in Rome, Italy, as troops march past him. A bust of Mussolini being pulled down. Rioting Italians. Axis defenders in Sicily, carrying a white flag as they surrender to Allied powers. Views of Lieutenant General Mark Clark and a Major General pleased at the surrender. American troops being cheered by Sicilians as they ride in jeeps. Italian men receiving food after the surrender, as a British soldier stands nearby. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over the Northwest Pacific. Aerial view of Kiska in the Aleutians. B-17 flying Fortress bomber in flight with bomb bays open. Bombardier at his station in the aircraft he presses button to release bombs. Formation of B-24 bombers dropping bombs. View from aircraft of them exploding on the ground. Aerial view of surfaced German submarine being strafed by Allied aircraft. After several attacks it is sunk. B-24 bombers raining bombs over Germany. Huge explosions on the ground raising plumes of white smoke. Bombed out remains of Coventry Cathedral in England. Religious services being held in the ruins. View of the Pentagon building just outside Washington DC, and the British Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, England. View of Quebec Canada. A Canadian sentry on a hill. The Wolfe–Montcalm Monument in Governors' Garden beside the Château Frontenac, Quebec, Canada. Views of the Chateau Frontenac. Canadian troops patrolling around the Hotel. Royal Northwest Mounted Police on the grounds. Canadian soldiers with antiaircraft guns, scanning sky for possible threats. Armed couriers loading bags of official dispatches into a car. The dispatches being delivered to waiting aircraft. Censors examining postal mail. Conference attendees showing their passes to Canadian Mounted police officers at the hotel entrance. Closeup of an actual pass issued to a U.S. Army Major.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051796
Training film about Plans and Strategies of U.S. and Japanese forces during the Battle of Coral Sea in the Pacific Ocean.

A United States Naval Training Film about the Battle of Coral sea. Diagram shows plan of Admiral McArthur in the South west Pacific and South Pacific. The support system collected and strategy of Allies at Japanese coasts. Task Force (TF)17. Enemy areas covered by photographic survey. U.S. Admirals discuss islands and targets. Japanese ships used in battle. Battleships and ships included in Task Force 17 and TF 11 described. First Phase shown. Communication between TF 17 and TF11 in the Pacific Ocean. TF 17 at sea. Moves of both task force. Activities of TF 17. TF 11 fueled at sea. 60 miles difference between both task forces. The Allied plan of offensive action on Japanese islands. Encircling operation of enemy force from east.

Date: 1950
Duration: 6 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046473