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Downtown Memphis Tennessee buildings, park, and port with river boats on the Mississippi River

The skyline and business district of Memphis Tennessee. A horse-drawn cart coming down a wide boulevard. Factories and various buildings. River boats with paddle wheels; and also barges at docks of the Mississippi River beside the city. Wording "US Mail" visible on the side of one river boat. Smoke billowing from the stacks of the steam ships. A little girl wearing a hat and feeding pigeons in a park.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023079
Glimpse of U.S. Navy Seabees at Saipan port, after the U.S. defeat of Japanese forces there in World War II

Glimpse of Amercan Navy Seabees, in a boat backing away from a dock at waterfront, in Saipan, after defeat of Japanese on the island during World War 2. A mobile derrick stands behind the boat. The area contains damaged and destroyed facilities.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050874
German Naval (Kriegsmarine) submarines at a home port and heading to sea

Opening scene shows German sailors gathered around two naval officers on a dock. One is in a dark uniform with dark hat. The other is in working uniform and a white hat. He renders traditional hand salute. View from further away shows many sailors and a couple of officers crowded together on a wooden pier, and shifts to reveal sailors lined up formally on the deck of a submarine tied to the pier. Sailors are gathered informally on the deck of another submarine in the background. A closeup from below shows officers saluting from the bridge of the first submarine. Sailors wave their hats from a pier next to a large docked ship, as the submarine sails away into the harbor. Change of scene shows submarine cruising on the surface passing a camera on another boat (unseen). Views of a surface warship with sun in background obscured by mist. Submarine seen submerging. Closeup of sailor using a signal lamp on a submarine. A submarine and surface warship signalling each other with lamps. A submarine cruising on the surface is passed by a warplane at low altitude. Scene shifts again to two submarines cruising on the surface side by side. Glimpses of wakes churned up from some surface vessels.

Date: 1943
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675034444
Allied forces gather in British seaside ports and depart in convoys to invade France during World War II

Opening scene shows U.S. troops, tanks, jeeps, and trucks assembled in a sandy marshaling area in southern England preparing to proceed, on 30 May 1944, to embarkation points for the invasion of France during World War 2. Troops are seen heading toward Sherman tanks, landing vehicles, tracked, and other military vehicles. An army Captain is seen overseeing some of the activity. The troops riding armored vehicles and trucks begin moving in formations from the marshaling area. Wading tanks and Sherman tanks, some pulling artillery pieces, are seen moving through an English town.(An unusual deep wading tank with no turret and two forward guns in the front is seen. (It seems to be a modified Stuart tank.) Next, the vehicles are seen arriving at a seaport pier, where a large transport ship is docked. A heavy truck is seen loading in reverse aboard British Landing Craft T 453, at Trebah gardens (Polgwidden cove) at Falmouth docks, Grove place slipway falmouth, England. View from the landing craft as another truck backs into it. Another truck driving forward onto a landing craft. Allied troops marching toward the embarkation points and marching from a pier to board a transport ship. Troops boarding USS LST 376. Troops boarding Higgins boats to be ferried to their transport ship, the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) anchored in the harbor. Troops stepping from the Higgins boats to board the Samuel Chase. Some of the troops boarding the transport ship by means of a landing net, and being helped aboard as they reach the top. Camera pans across the harbor where transport ships are moving to their places in the invasion convoy. View from a ship underway, with other transport ships behind it and barrage balloons in the air above. Troops on a ship's deck shooting craps with dice. Sailors playing with a small puppy. Soldiers napping on deck. View of sailors on a warship being briefed in groups about their forthcoming combat roles. Troops being briefed about the invasion operations. Troops checking and making sure their personal arms and equipment are ready. One soldier shining his boots. The U.S. battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) seen at anchor. Closeup from rear of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, British Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay and another officer on the deck of British light cruiser, HMS Belfast. Major General Clarence Ralph Huebner, Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division ("The Big Red One") standing on deck of the cruiser, USS Augusta (CA-31) together with Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, who is later seen with his Chief of staff, Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble, on the deck conversing with officers. An unidentified American admiral walking along a ship's deck followed by a Captain and other members of his staff. Other officers conversing on a ship's deck. Inserted near this point is a view of a U.S. Navy Vice Admiral walking along a deck followed by a Captain and other naval officers.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035968
Congressman Charles A. Halleck and his wife with officers on a patrol boat at Schierstein naval port in Germany.

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. Two U.S. Navy Rhine patrol boats in Schierstein naval docks. Congressman Charles A. Halleck and Mrs. Halleck with a number of U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army officers board one of the patrol boats. The patrol boat backs out from the dock and goes off into the basin.

Date: 1955, September 1
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031764
Naval awards ceremony aboard a Soviet warship at port in World War II

Elements of Soviet fleet at anchor in calm waters during World War 2. An armed sailor stands guard by a cruiser, at a dock. Soviet sailors stand on deck of the cruiser, in front of twin gun turret. An admiral's launch approaches the ship. Soviet admiral boards and salutes officers of the ship's company. He rapidly reviews the officers and men on board. One large single gun turret seen at center deck flanked by two smaller ones. The admiral pins a decoration on several officers and sailors. Several officers and seamen are seen wearing their medals.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675072023