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U.S. aircraft bomb target areas and PT boats patrol a shoreline as troops disembark from landing crafts in New Guinea.

United States troops land on New Guinea, Saidor during World War II. United States Army Air Force A-20s of 3rd Attack Group 5th provide aerial cover. PT (patrol torpedo) boats patrol a shoreline while troops disembark from a landing craft. The aircraft fly in formation and drop bombs over the target area. Smoke from bombardment. An airstrip and a harbor captured.

Date: 1944, March 21
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061658
U.S. Army airborne infantry training before and after World War II

U.S. Airborne forces in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft, painted in invasion stripes, take off as darkness falls, on June 5, 1944 (night before D-Day) and assemble in large formation headed toward France. Airborne troops seated inside cabin of a C-47. Some smoke cigarettes. One has "Rocky" stenciled on his helmet. One smokes a cigar. An officer stands in doorway of plane and then jumps, followed by his "stick" of troopers. View from ground of parachutes filling the sky overhead. Momentary view of troopers on the ground in Normandy. German troops, taken prisoners of war, marching in a town under guard, with their hands on their heads. Scene changes to post war training of U.S. Army airborne troops. They are seen practicing how to hit the ground. They practice use of static lines in wooden mockups of aircraft; and jump from towers, and engage in actual airborne exercises, at Fort Benning, Georgia. View of war materiel being airdropped from rear of an aircraft. Special parachutes being used to drop jeeps and artillery pieces.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061685
Sport Parachuting Club at Fort Bragg and the Army Parachute Team during a public demonstration

A sign identifies the "XVIII Airborne Corps Sport Parachuting Club" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Members of the club are seen standing at an operations counter inside the building. Each of them wears a patch with the club logo. A large open air stadium is seen where the Army Skydiving Team will perform. Paratroop members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team walking to an Army AT-19 aircraft. view of the aircraft in flight and of the pilot at the controls. Army Team members seated in the cabin of the airplane. View of large open area below with markings on the ground. Below, men sit near signal panels used to convey information to the jumpers.The first jumper signals to the copilot who signals back. The jumper goes out and free-falls. On the ground, signal panels call for various maneuvers which the trooper performs. Spectators look upwards to see the maneuvers. View from the plane, as the jumper opens his chute and steers toward a target marked on the field, which he hits perfectly. Another jumper leaves the airplane and repeats the process. View from the jumper of his altimeter. His chute opens and we see the ground target from his viewpoint. He lands.

Date: 1962
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061688
Montage of scenes showing U.S. Army Parachute Team engaged in free-fall maneuvers (skydiving) at various times and places

A mix of scenes involving the U.S. Army Parachute Team as members execute maneuvers in the air to research various techniques for aerial maneuvers applicable to airborne military operations. Team members executing maneuvers as they skydive on various occasions. Individuals photographed in a variety of different maneuvers. Three jumpers in formation. Several viewed skydiving with smoke grenades making trails as they free-fall in a public demonstration. Team member's chutes are seen opening as they approach the 2200 foot altitude during a skydiving exhibition. View from a jumper's camera as he descends by parachute toward a target marked on the ground. View from the ground of Army skydiver about to land. Sequence of Army Parachute Team members landing successively on a ground target.

Date: 1962
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061691
U.S. Forces land supplies and reinforcements in amphibious landings North of Pusan during Korean War

LSTs 742 and 869 seen discharging tanks and other vehicles 35 miles North of Pusan, South Korea, in , 1950. Reinforcement troops wade ashore from landing craft. A column of North Korean prisoners is marched, under guard, along a road. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur is greeted by officers as he steps from an airplane. He boards a jeep. View from an airplane flying over the area. It flies above and behind a B-26 as it fires an air-to-ground weapon that explodes in a ball of fire on the ground.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061704
Dignitaries and President Eisenhower discuss about the successful recovery of a space capsule from an orbit in the U.S.

The recovery of a capsule from an orbit in the United States. Successful launch of Discoverer XIII, the satellite is recovered from the Pacific. Men watch the satellite. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower with other dignitaries. United States Air Force Chief Thomas White addresses the dignitaries. He presents the U.S. flag to the President.

Date: 1960, August 15
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061720