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817th Army engineers build new emergency airfield, near Salerno, Italy during World War 2

U.S. Army 817th Army engineers build airfield within 24 hours near Salerno, Italy, in World War II. Members of the U.S. Army 817th Engineers Battalion are seen employing construction equipment to create a new emergency airfield near Salerno, Italy, during World War 2. A bulldozer uproots trees separating a tomato patch from a wheat field so both can be combined to create a larger space for an emergency airfield. A road grader passes a soldier seated in a piece of parked construction equipment, as it levels the ground. The operator in the parked equipment takes a drink from his canteen. Next, soldiers are seen wielding picks, and other hand tools to untangle clumps of earth and roots. Camera shows them next, working at the edge of the large cleared earthen airfield. They pause to wave to a P-38 lightning aircraft that has just landed at the new field. The P-38 passes on its landing roll, raising a cloud of dust. (Note: Moments after the end of the clip, this, first to land, P-38 had a fatal collision with a water truck, concealed in dust at the side of the runway.

Location: Italy
Date: 1943, September 11
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024672
Activities near the German news agency GmbH, DNB office at RKU in Ukraine.

Activities at a shoemaking establishment and the German news agency GmbH, DNB office at RKU in occupied Ukraine during World War 2. Exterior of a shoemaking establishment. An officer and a woman stand outside. The officer inspects a boot given him by the woman. Two officers clown around, one holding a hammer and another holding scissors. Another officer separates them. Sign on the building reads, "Schuhmacherei Roelof Pot." A painting of a boot is seen on the building. People stand near a cart. A man distributes bread from the cart. Some men work on a wooden structure. One man saws wood using a hand saw. A Dutch NOC officer (Nederlandse Oost Compagnie) inspects the construction. Men come out of a German news agency GmbH, DNB office at RKU building and discuss. A sign on the building reads, 'DNB Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro, DNB Dienststelle beim RKU."

Location: Ukraine
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045858
U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators bombers fly from Guadalcanal to New Guinea during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Force planes are transferred from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands to New Guinea during World War II. B-24 Liberator bomber being refueled in Guadalcanal. Formation of B-24s in flight over sea en route to New Guinea.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, May 31
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074952
U.S. 8th Photo Recon Squadron preparing photos of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Guinea, during World War II

U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, in Australia, preparing aerial photographs they took of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Rabaul prints being dried. A photo tech working on the prints. Another airman arrives and works with him. The prints are trimmed and sorted.

Location: Australia
Date: 1943, May 28
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077240
Constrruction of the Holland Tunnel that connects New York to New Jersey.

View, from inside the mouth of a rough earthen tunnel, showing Actor Lee Marvin speaking about Clifford Milburn Holland, who was Chief Engineer on the project to build a tunnel under the Hudson River, linking New York and New Jersey. View inside construction work area. The project's chief designing engineer, Ole Singstad, explains the problem of ventilating the exhaust fumes from cars traversing the tunnel. Scenes of workers down in the tunnel during construction. Governors Arthur H. Moore, of New Jersey, and James Walker, of New York, shake hands at the boundary of their two states, inside the Holland Tunnel,under the Hudson River, during a project completion ceremony. Interestingly, they stand on each other's side of the boundary as they shake hands. Motorcycle policemen escort some of the first cars through the tunnel at its opening. View from rear of a car traversing the tunnel, of other cars following. Engineer Singstad speaking more about the tunnel ventilation.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023507
President Richard Nixon and Melvin R Laird during News conference on New Draft Plan at White House in Washington DC.

News conference on New Draft Plan at White House in Washington DC. President Richard Nixon and Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird enter the conference room. President Nixon makes a short statement on the New Draft Plan and leaves the conference room. Melvin R Laird speaks to the reporters. Photographers take pictures and reporters take notes.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1969, September 19
Duration: 9 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043680
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