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Seventh U.S. Army soldiers prepare for the Allied Invasion of Southern France during Operation Dragoon of World War 2

From a 1952 U.S. Army television program titled The Big Picture. U.S. troops in a fox hole in Korea. A U.S. tank carrying many GIs in Germany.US ski troops in Alaska. Amphibious training on beach in Puerto Rico. United States Army Sergeant James Mansfield introduces the story of United States Seventh Army in the Allied Invasion of Southern France, "Operation Dragoon." Army Colonel William Wilson Quinn seated in office, with army rifle on his desk. He refers to the "Blue Badge" which is the Army infantryman's badge. Then he introduces the story of the Seventh United States Army: On 14 August 1944 Bay of Naples is seen as an open air Marshalling area. Barrage balloons float above the area. Large landing ships sit at dock with their front loading doors open. 3rd,45th and 36th division combined into 7th United States Army. Mechanized war equipment being loaded and checked off the loading chart. 7th army soldiers march through streets. Red Cross workers distribute donuts. Soldiers board ships. Ships leave harbor to join convoy. Ships docked at the West Coast of Corsica. Officers meet for conference aboard ship. Men attend last minute details. Some pray. Animated map depicts the route of the advancement by the troops. Port Cros and Levant : French commandos landed on these islands. U.S. B-25 bombers in flight drop bombs. Fighting ships take their positions. Navigators, gunners and signal men alert. Soldiers prepare for fight. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft fly in formation. A B-24 bomber over mountains. B-25s in flight.509th Parachute Infantry Battalion being inspected at airport. Paratroopers get into aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off. United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain and C-54 Skymaster military transport aircraft in flight toward Southern France. Paratroopers descend to ground and advance. Gliders land. Soldiers unload and ready artillery. Aerial view of rugged terrain. Ships underway at sea. Officers look through binoculars aboard ship.

Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 7 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072829
AF sergeant issues guns to enlisted man inside armory at Radar Installation during Operation Skywatch in the United States.

Operation Skywatch in the United States. Radar installations on a snow covered ground. A sign reads 'Headquarters AC & W Squadron'. A windsock. Snow in the background. Snowplow clears the road. A sign reads 'road conditions 120 mile area' on snow covered road. Caution lights. A car stops at sentry shack. Air Force (AF) sergeant issues guns to enlisted man inside armory at Radar Installation. Two Air Force enlisted men play ping pong in recreation room. A barber gives haircut to Air Force enlisted man. An enlisted man buys supplies from the shop. The purchaser at shop. The enlisted man enters and sits down in barracks. Skiers start down a slope. Men skiing.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072909
Cierva C.8L autogiro makes the first rotary-wing cross-channel flight from Croydon (London) to France.

Flight of Cierva C.8L autogiro (G-EBYY) from Croydon, United Kingdom to France, the first cross-channel flight by a rotating wing aircraft, on 18 Sep 1928. The pilot Juan de la Cierva and the editor of 'L Illustration' M Bouche stand near the 180 hp Lynx-powered autogiro. The men get into the autogiro. The pilot talks to spectators and photographers gathered around the autogiro. The autogiro takes off and is seen air-to-air over the channel. After the flight to St Inglevert, the autogiro later lands at Le Bourget airport, Paris (where it is now preserved at the Musee de l'Air). Men approach autogiro. The pilot sits on edge of cockpit of the autogiro.

Date: 1928, September 18
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072956
USAAF Generals interact and look at B-25 Mitchell aircraft parked at an airfield in the European Theater during World War II.

U.S. Generals at an airfield in the European Theater during World War II. Military police drive in front of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) General Henry H Arnold's staff car. United States Air Force (USAF) General Hoyt S Vandenberg greets General Carl Andrew Spaatz. Staff car with five star insignia moves. USAF General Elwood Richard Quesada walks on airfield. Aircraft parked in the background. General Vandenberg, General Spaatz and General Quesada interact. They walk and look at B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft parked at the airfield. USAF General James Wayne McCauley and General Graham E Shirley walk. Colonel Milliard, Chief of Staff of 9th Air Force, Captain Bennett, General Vandenberg's aid and unidentified officer interact. B-25 aircraft taxis down perimeter. General Arnold and General Spaatz greet officers on airfield and get in cars.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073241
A dramatization depicts: civilians point at the sky and look through binoculars at an aerial contraption in the United States.

Paper print. Early motion picture from turn of 20th century depicting fictional early flight. Humorous Dramatization. Policeman at Aircycle Police station scans sky through spy glass or telescope. Sign reads: "Aircycle Police Station number 38." Another sign reads: "Speed limit over cities 100 miles per hour." Air contraptions being built by two men. Sailors on a ship beat a large fish on deck. Citizens and policemen running and pointing skyward and looking through telescopes. In the air, a man appears riding a bicycle airplane. A man and woman prepare to board a balloon airship. A man flies by flapping large wings like an ornithopter. A man walking on the sidewalk is disturbed by rush of air from the balloon airship. Photographers rush to an observer to photograph the sights.The observer-reporter has a very very long nose.

Date: 1902
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073372
President Richard Nixon and Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi review Iranian troops at an airport in Tehran, Iran.

United States President Richard Nixon visits Tehran, Iran. United States Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 27000) taxis at an airport. Iranian troops lined up in honor of the United States President. Iranian and American flags flutter from a review stand. Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and other dignitaries walk towards the Air Force One aircraft. President Nixon and the First Lady Pat Nixon descend the stairs of the aircraft. President Nixon is greeted by Iranian officials. The Shah of Iran and President Nixon stand on the review stand. Troops march past the review stand. The wife of the Shah of Iran and Mrs. Nixon stand in front of the Air Force One aircraft. President Nixon is greeted by officials.

Date: 1972, May
Duration: 5 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073709