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U.S. soldiers work out in trainnasium and taught pistol techniques at a secret camp in the United States.

A documentary shows a training program of U.S. Army hand picked volunteer soldiers in a secret training camp for guerrilla warfare during World War II. The students, masked to conceal their identity, enter the wooded area. The quarters for the students in the wooded region. They work out in a trainnasium. The soldiers swing on a rope. Climb up on a rope and practice other guerrilla tactics in the obstacle course. The students stand in formation and an OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officer teaches them the new pistol techniques. A target in the background. The officer wearing a mask demonstrates different handgun techniques specially adapted for fast offensive actions. The officer teaches them the firing action of the hand gun and students practice the action. A close up of a student wearing mask and practicing. They learn the techniques through demonstration and supervised practice. A student stands in front of a target. The officer instructs him and other look on. He fires at the target. A close up of the target. The student firing. He removes the magazine and reloads the magazine. The officer instructing and the student fire. The OSS officer walks up to the target and points out at the good shots.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069184
An OSS officer demonstrates a technique of throwing hand grenade to a student at a secret camp in the United States.

A documentary shows a training program of U.S. hand picked volunteer soldiers in a secret training camp for guerrilla warfare during World War II. An OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officer wearing a mask teaches a new technique of throwing hand grenade. The officer demonstrates the throwing of the hand grenade. A U.S. soldier wearing a mask looks at him. He performs the same action. The officer instructs him. A target in the background. The student throws the grenade and it directly hits the target. The officer and the student hide behind the stacked sacks.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069186
Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer ride bicycles as Mrs. Fischer gives birth to quintuplets in the United States.

Birth of the Fischer quintuplets in South Dakota, United States. The two older children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer ride bicycles in front yard area. Close-ups of the boy and girl riding bikes. Their house in the background. Views of the St. Luke's Hospital ward in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where Mrs. Fischer gave birth to five new children. The quints in a hospital. Nurses and a doctor look after them.

Date: 1963, September 16
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069241
Daughter of Thomas Alva Edison christens the Polaris Submarine named for her father

Mrs. Madeleine Edison Sloane, second daughter of renowned American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, christens the Polaris Submarine, USS Thomas Alva Edison (SSBN-610), at the yard of Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Connecticut. Mrs. Sloane with other officials on a platform. She is briefed by an official and then breaks a bottle of champagne to launch the boat, which moves smoothly down the ways into the water. Spectators cheer. The crew of the new Polaris submarine seen on her deck, following the launch.

Date: 1961, June 15
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069261
Animation shows the functioning and working of the AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar in Florida,United States.

A USAF film report covering the principles of electronics phased array radar AN/FPS-85 for performing functions of satellite surveillance and spacecraft instantly and concurrently. A view of the space. A satellite moves in the space. The AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Men working at drawing boards. The Bendix Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Cars parked outside the building. An array antenna on top of the building. A five-storey array antenna Bendix facility. A view of the AN/FPS-85 Spacetrack Radar at the Eglin AFB. The antenna elements on the radar. The AN/FPS-85 radar facing equator. An animation depicting the functioning and working of the AN/FPS-85. The functions include satellite detection, recognition of old targets, tracking of new targets and target signature data.

Date: 1965
Duration: 7 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069282
Scenes of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt in 1920s and 1930s.

New York Governor, Al Smith, candidate for President, seen with Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), encouraging him to run for Governor. FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt in an open car following his successful election as Governor. On July 14, 1933, now President Roosevelt, is seen in an open car, with Eleanor, on the grounds of the Catholic University of America. He is dressed in top hat, and Eleanor holds large bouquet of flowers. FDR is later seen,wearing mortar board and gown, as he and Eleanor converse with University Rector James H. Ryan, after receiving an honorary degree as part of the day’s commencement exercises. Montage of scenes showing Eleanor Roosevelt in various political and charitable activities during the 1920s and 1930s.

Date: 1930
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069294