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Milo Garrett Burcham instructs a pilot flying a P-38 Lightning aircraft operating on a single engine in the U.S.

A film about single engine operations of a United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. Milo Garrett Burcham talks to a pilot from a control tower. The nose wheel of the aircraft. The pilot operates the drop tank switch and the selector switch. He applies the toe brakes. The aircraft taxis. The aircraft in flight. The pilot communicates with men in the control tower. The pilot operates the tank selector switch and the booster switch is put on. The governor control is operated. The right engine of the aircraft stops. The pilot spins the rudder tap. He operates various switches. He operates the feathering switch and the manual propeller switch. The governor control is operated to reduce the speed. The aircraft approaches for a landing. The landing gear of the aircraft is lowered. The flaps are positioned. The aircraft lands. Milo Garrett Burcham watches as the aircraft lands. The aircraft in flight.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068574
Bombed and fire gutted buildings, fallen telephone poles in Chungking (Chongqing), China (WW2)

Bombing of Chungking (Chongqing), Republic of China during World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Bombing attacks on Chungking (Chongqing) by the Japanese show concentrated bomb burst on the city. Geysers of bomb hits in the Yangtze River. A burning section of the bombed city. Bombed and fire gutted buildings. Fallen telephone poles and wires. Two Chinese firemen fight blazing fire. Heavy smoke in the background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068882
A crowd at a shipyard in Newport News, Virginia during the launching of aircraft carrier Hornet (CV-12), during World War II.

The launch of aircraft carrier Hornet at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Aircraft carrier Hornet under construction at a shipyard. The bow of Hornet with the American flag. Scaffolding for construction. The christening of the aircraft carrier Hornet by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. The new aircraft carrier slides down the ways into the water. A crowd in the foreground. Several people holding umbrellas. Shipyard scaffolding in the background. The carrier anchored in the James River. Two tugs near the carrier.

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068883
U.S. and British troops capture the cities of Tunisia during the Battle of Tunisia.

The Battle of Tunisia in North Africa during World War II. A sign board. U.S. troops on trucks enter Ferry Ville. The troops on trucks hold guns. U.S. tanks advance on a field. Firing from across a lake. Buildings in Bizerte city in the foreground. U.S. troops on a truck fire guns. The troops in a jeep enter the city. A sign reads 'Bizerte'. A tank drives past on a road and fires. Buildings on either side of a street. Smoke rises due to the firing. The troops advance forward. A soldier with a gun checks a damaged building. The troops stand in a group. A damaged building in the foreground. British troops in jeeps and on motorbikes enter Tunis. The troops carrying guns and on tanks fire. A tuck in the foreground.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068906
A large parade celebrates the end of the North African Campaign in Tunisia, North Africa.

The end of the North African Campaign of World War II. Bizerte and Tunis civilians greet French, U.S. and British troops. The troops in jeeps. People crowd on either side of streets. The people crowd in a street and give 'V' sign for the victory. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops on tanks. People hold flags. The soldiers hold guns and parade.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068908
Day two of the amphibious assault on Betio, Tarawa atoll, by U.S. 2nd Marine Division, during World War II in the Pacific.

U.S. Marines of 2nd Marine Division setting up communications on beachhead of Betio, Tarawa Atoll, on day two of their amphibious assault against Japanese forces there, in World War 2. Individual marines moving low and fast across the sand, as gunfire sounds all around. Casualties being moved on litters. Entire area under fire with destruction everywhere. Marines taking cover wherever possible. Some firing machine gun from sandbagged position. Area covered by smoke from gunfire and explosions. Marines shielded by remains of Japanese structures as they move about, engaged in fierce fire fights. More wounded being tended. Marines using hand grenades and flame throwers against Japanese soldiers in fortified positions. Marines moving carefully across series of Japanese positions, checking for remaining Japanese defenders. Several move against a Japanese position in a hill, using small arms hand grenades and flame thrower. Many dead Japanese soldiers are seen on the other side of the hill, after it is taken. Marine carrying a machine gun and setting it up. An ambulatory wounded marine.

Date: 1943, November 21
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069060