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Crew of the B-47 Stratojet bombardment group being briefed at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England.

A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. Interiors of a briefing room. The crew of the B-47 Stratojet bombardment group is being briefed. They mark notes upon maps and folders. Men make notations on a map and a folder. Officers stand at large wall map tracing aerial root pattern. The first officer passes a pointer over to the second officer who places another map labeled 'Prog Valid 02/1600' upon the wall. Crew members write information on pads during the briefing.

Date: 1953, October 31
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031847
Crew members stand near a B-47 Stratojet and climb inside the plane at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England.

A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The crew members of a B-47 Stratojet stand in the shade of the fuselage of the plane. An airfield hangar building and a control tower in the background. Men wear Turkish type hats. Three men climb inside the plane. The ground crew chief replaces a ladder inside the plane and closes the hatch.

Date: 1953, October 28
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031849
A B-47 Stratojet takes off and smoke trails come out of the plane at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England

A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. A B-47 Stratojet takes off. Smoke trails come out of the plane. Trees in the background.

Date: 1953, November 4
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031850
A U.S. Navy F9F Panther pilot undergoes training for photo reconnaissance at Naval Air Station Miramar during Korean War

A film titled: 'Fighter Photo-Eyes of the Fleet' on the importance of photographic reconnaissance. A board reads: "Composite Squadron Sixty One - VC-61" outside a building of Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, United States. F9F Panther aircraft in formation fly by. A jeep arrives. A pilot gets off the jeep. The pilot arrives near the building. Men load cameras in an airplane. Interior of an office. Officers seated at a desk in the office. The pilot shakes hands with the officers. They look at a model of an aircraft. The pilot walks with his luggage. A jeep arrives near him. He shakes hands with the man driving the jeep and talks to him. He sits in the jeep. The jeep drive away. Buildings along the sides of a street. The jeep comes to a halt and the man gets off. Man enters building with sign "BOQ Office". Inside a man loads film into a camera. The man seated with other crew members inside a building. An officer instructs them on aerial reconnaissance photography techniques in the classroom. View of three Republic F9F Panther aircraft in formation flight overhead. The man looks at the aircraft. He writes a formula and explains to the crew.

Date: 1953
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077243
Montage of scenes showing the continuous close coordination between the United States and Britain during World War II

Film shows an invasion task force at sea overwritten by a slate reading, "Casablanca." Narrator speaks of January, 1943, in World War 2. View of the city of Casablanca in Morocco. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated next to British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill as they meet in Casablanca, at the Anfa Hotel, January 14–24, 1943, during World War 2. Roosevelt wears a black armband on his left sleeve in mourning over the death of his mother, in 1941. Backs of Military officers seen from behind, with Churchill and Roosevelt on chairs in the background. Then a closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill seated with high ranking Allied military officers behind them, including U.S. Admiral Ernest King and U.S. General George Marshall. View from directly overhead of marching American soldiers. Huge number of British soldiers led by a Rolls Royce armored car, are seen walking across the desert, celebrating their victory over German forces at Tunisia. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt seated on the lawn in front of the White House during the third Washington Conference (code-named Trident) held in Washington DC, from May 12 to May 25, 1943. Closeups of both men. Scene shifts to a U.S. invasion task force in the Pacific. Glimpse of a Benson-Livermore class destroyer near hills in the Pacific. A navy Douglas Dauntless dive bomber flies over ships in an invasion task force. U.S. troops are seen in a Higgins Boat landing craft from the transport ship USS President Jackson (APA-18). Troops storming ashore from landing craft. U.S. troops firing artillery field pieces, and raising the U.S. flag on a captured island in the Pacific. Scene shifts to European theater, where an Allied warship is firing its guns during Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky, ‎9 July – 17 August 1943. Amphibious assault taking place. A jeep is seen pulling an artillery piece through shallow surf. An army truck drives through shallow surf, out of a landing craft. Breech view of artillery gun being fired and shell ejecting. A shell exploding near the camera. Camouflaged antiaircraft guns firing. Series of brief scenes showing Soviet Russian infantry and tanks advancing against German forces in Russia. Next scene shows Benito Mussolini in military dress uniform, giving a speech, and then posing next to a Bronze statue of Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, in Rome, Italy, as troops march past him. A bust of Mussolini being pulled down. Rioting Italians. Axis defenders in Sicily, carrying a white flag as they surrender to Allied powers. Views of Lieutenant General Mark Clark and a Major General pleased at the surrender. American troops being cheered by Sicilians as they ride in jeeps. Italian men receiving food after the surrender, as a British soldier stands nearby. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over the Northwest Pacific. Aerial view of Kiska in the Aleutians. B-17 flying Fortress bomber in flight with bomb bays open. Bombardier at his station in the aircraft he presses button to release bombs. Formation of B-24 bombers dropping bombs. View from aircraft of them exploding on the ground. Aerial view of surfaced German submarine being strafed by Allied aircraft. After several attacks it is sunk. B-24 bombers raining bombs over Germany. Huge explosions on the ground raising plumes of white smoke. Bombed out remains of Coventry Cathedral in England. Religious services being held in the ruins. View of the Pentagon building just outside Washington DC, and the British Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, England. View of Quebec Canada. A Canadian sentry on a hill. The Wolfe–Montcalm Monument in Governors' Garden beside the Château Frontenac, Quebec, Canada. Views of the Chateau Frontenac. Canadian troops patrolling around the Hotel. Royal Northwest Mounted Police on the grounds. Canadian soldiers with antiaircraft guns, scanning sky for possible threats. Armed couriers loading bags of official dispatches into a car. The dispatches being delivered to waiting aircraft. Censors examining postal mail. Conference attendees showing their passes to Canadian Mounted police officers at the hotel entrance. Closeup of an actual pass issued to a U.S. Army Major.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051796
United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers operating at RAF Hardwick, England, in World War II

Film opens showing several Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers, of the USAAF 93rd Bombardment Group, taxiing on the airfield at RAF Station Hardwick, in England, during World War 2. Numerous views of United States B-24 Liberator aircraft taking off, landing, and flying in formation over the aerodrome. Various examples of nose art and airplane names are seen. Among these are: a B-24 named 'Shoot Luke'; and another named 'Ball of Fire Junior'. A third B-24 is named 'Heinie Hunter'.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046284