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Admiral Karl Doenitz reviews German sailors and addresses them in Germany.

A 'U' boat training station is reviewed in Germany during World War II. Admiral Karl Doenitz, the Commander of the German Navy, is greeted by an officer. He reviews German sailors. The Admiral addresses naval men. The sailors standing at attention.

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675071992
Film about Atlantic Alliance preparedness for anti-submarine operations

Opening scene shows view from cockpit of a jet aircraft approaching to land on deck of the U.S.Navy anti-submarine aircraft carrier, USS Bennington (CVS-20). The aircraft lands and then taxis as directed by crewman toward parking place. (Narrator mentions the Atlantic Alliance, involving 15 Nations.) Slate shows "NATO ANTISUBMARINE." Scenes of Atlantic Ocean waters, some breaking on rocks, some showing whitecaps. Montage of World War II scenes dealing with submarine threat. A submarine periscope visible above the surface. View of a surface vessel, from submarine's periscope. Glimpse from fast-moving boat, of World War II Atlantic convoy underway. Aerial view of convoy of ships in formation underway. Periscope in water and below water view of torpedo being fired. Torpedoes exploding as they strike Allied ships. Underwater view of a submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking with bow pointing skyward.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072000
Allies bring reinforcements and supplies following the succesful establishment of beachheads during the invasion of Normandy, France, in World War II

Beachhead at Normandy, France, following the Allied invasion in June, 1944 during World War 2. Numerous supply ships are in the water offshore. Landing craft are all along the beach. Military vehicles fill the beach itself. British and American troops, ashore, observe ship maneuvering near a floating dock. British infantry pour from the open ramp of large British landing craft, behind some American troops already landed and walking along the shore. American soldiers aboard a landing craft next to a transport ship. Closeup of one of the soldiers in the craft, who wears "Screaming Eagle" patch of 101st Airborne Division. The open deck of an exceptionally large landing craft is seen jammed with U.S. troops, ready to depart from a transport ship. They wave for the camera. An American army truck driving out of British Landing Ship Tank (HM 415) onto a floating dock. It makes its way behind others headed toward the shore. Closeup of soldier wielding a sledge hammer to secure pierced steel plank (Marsden Matting) onto the beach. A DUKW (duck amphibious truck). German prisoners of war, disarmed and under guard, marching casually toward the beach. Closeups of some passing the camera. View from the beach of some wading out to a waiting landing craft. View on the beach of others approaching the beach for evacuation. View shifts to captured German film depicting German coastal defenses and structures of the so-called "Atlantic Wall." German Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel, accompanied by Field Marshal, Gerd von Rundstedt, as they inspect the fortifications. Views of coastal guns. Several German soldiers, using a 4-wheel dolly, roll a huge shell and powder charge out of a bunker. They roll it toward a camouflaged railway gun. German soldiers climbing steel stairs up to the railway gun and hand-cranking the barrel into firing elevation. Marshal Rommel accompanied by a Navy admiral and a soldier, walks up to the twin barrels of a coastal defense gun. the pause directly in front of the barrels and converse. The Admiral and the soldier both salute, perhaps acknowledging a comment or order from Rommel. Extreme closeup of the gun barrels.Next, back on the beachhead, Briitish soldiers are seen walking along the beach past knocked out German fortifications and standing near other abandoned ones. A British soldier swings a sledge hammer a reinforced concrete structure on the beach. A French man and woman waving at American troops passing them. British soldiers riding in a British Universal Personnel Carrier, MK II. Two Frenchmen wave at the troops. In nearby town, British soldiers are happily greeted by local inhabitants, including a woman with a baby on the sidewalk; children looking out a window; and people gathered at a street corner. A British soldier holds a French boy and offers him a piece of candy. An American M7 ("Priest") self-propelled 105mm howitzer and armed with a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun. It moves through an intersection controlled by an MP (military policeman). Another one named "Apache" follows it. Local French inhabitants cheering the Americans as they pass through the town. An American soldier stands near several children as a DUKW amphibious truck veers somewhat, to avoid them while passing. He bends down to talk to the children and shares some candy with them. Infantrymen walk into a town, keeping close to buildings on both sides of the street. French men,women, and children wave and show "V for Victory" signs as some military policemen walk past.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072013
Allied troops construct airstrips and Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall inspect Allied positions in France.

Allied troops in France during World War II. A bulldozer levels land for constructing airstrips. A group of men discusses. Ground troops unload a truck. Several aircraft in flight. Airplanes land at a constructed airstrip. Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D Eisenhower and U.S. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall arrive. They both view Allied positions. A damaged airplane on the ground. Artillery is fired and explosions and smoke rise. Tanks pass along the streets of a city.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072014
President Nixon visits the Hall of Heroes and looks over displays of medals at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. President Nixon shakes hands with civilian employees. The President visits the Hall of Heroes and looks over the displays of medals. Photographers take photos. Nixon moves ahead with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle G. Wheeler. He speaks to officials in an auditorium. View of the Pentagon building. Cars of the President and his party pull out of the parking area. Views of an officer and his medals.

Date: 1969, January 31
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072027
Guns salute and various service honor guards standing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon building with military units in the foreground. A gun salute. Color guard standing with flags. President Nixon and other officers standing beside the building. Photographers take photos. Various service honor guards standing.

Date: 1969, January 31
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072030