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The "Big Blowup" forest fire of 1910 in Elk City Idaho. Firefighters recruited.

History of fire fighting in forests in United States. United States President Theodore Roosevelt standing with several persons, including John Muir and Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot. Roosevelt on speaker's stand. Picture of Northern District Forester, William B. Greely and his staff, in Missoula, Montana. Scenes from 1910 during period of drought. A ranger checks a rain gauge. Picture of Smoke rising in a forest as a fire breaks out in Montana. Firefighters are recruited and head to Montana on horses and mules. Smoke rises as fire spreads across the forest. Firefighters work with hand tools and axes in attempt to control the fires. August 20, 1910, hurricane force winds create the "Big Blowup" fire storm starting in Elk City Idaho. Destruction in Wallace, Idaho. Scenes of aftermath, showing swaths of destroyed forest. Men in area filled with smoke, felling a large tree using axes. Forest Rangers standing on a mountain peak, scanning the horizon, with field glasses, for signs of fire. A Ranger on horseback. A Ranger approaches a fire, puts his backpack down and starts to clear brush. A fire warden standing on a peak looking for signs of fire.

Date: 1910
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058684
Network of offices of United States Veterans Administration across United States as they serve the veterans.

United States Veterans Administration's role for the war veterans of World War II. War veterans of World War 2 exit a building with smiles on their faces, holding up discharge papers at the end of World War 2. Veterans at United States Veterans Administration office. A map of United States depicts the 13 cities in which the Veterans Administration offices have been set up. Map of U.S. depicts the network of Veterans administration offices and traveling Veterans Administration representative locations across the United States. A traveling V.A. representative enters the "John Dyson" grocery, feed, fertilizer, and general store in a small town. Sign outside the building reads "Attention Veterans" and describes the weekly visit scheduled at that location.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058766
Lieutenant Colonel Hughes meets Montagnards of a village in Vietnam.

Lieutenant Colonel John C. Hughes Commander of United States 52nd Aviation Company in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Colonel Hughes walks with Special Forces soldiers. He greets children in a village. A child holds a cross bow. Colonel and a Vietnamese man smoke a cigar. Montagnards watch as Lieutenant Colonel smokes the cigar. Colonel lights the cigar of a dwarf woman as she carries a bundle of wood on her back. He poses with two dwarf women carrying bundles of wood on their backs. A boy holds a cross bow.

Date: 1965, January 13
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058792
Various landmarks in Rome, Italy photographed during World War II

Landmarks in Rome Italy as seen during World War 2. Palazzo Venezia at the Piazza Venezia, with flag marking the famous balcony where Mussolini spoke. The Victor Emmanuel Monument or Vittoriano (Altar of the Fatherland, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). The Palazzo Senatorio (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) on Capitoline Hill. The grave of John Keats (the English poet) in the Protestant Cemetery (Via Marmorata, 00153 Roma RM, Italy).

Date: 1944
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058912
Allied troops enter the city and people celebrate and pray in Rome, Italy during World War II.

Allied campaign in Italy during World War II. Allied troops and equipment advance in southern Lazio region on the way to Rome. Various street signs on the way read “Rome”. A map of Lazio region in Central Italy showing the advance of Allied troops into Rome. Nazi German soldiers withdraw in front of Porta San Giovanni (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 00100 Roma RM, Italy), near the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Deserted streets of Rome as the Nazis withdraw, an Italian priest walks nearby. Italian man gives a speech in front of crowd, cheering for the incoming Allied troops. Allied troops enter Rome and civilians celebrate their liberation. Newspaper headlines about the liberation of Rome. Pope Pius XII addresses a large gathering from a balcony in the Vatican City. People gather and pray in Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Lazio. 00184). People lay down flowers around dead soldiers. A soldier removes his gear and helmet as he enters a church. A church bell rings.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059428
General Spaatz and others visit the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment wing in Tinian, Mariana Island.

General Carl Spaatz in Tinian, Mariana Island during World War II. U.S. General Carl Spaatz, General Barney M. Giles, General Nathan Twining talk to General John Davies, Commanding General of 313th Bombardment Wing near a jeep at an airfield. Rear of an aircraft in the background. General approach the headquarters of the 313th Bombardment Wing. Two signs read ' Commanding General' Chief of staff' another sign in the background reads ' Headquarters 313th Bombardment wing '

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059564