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Italians celebrate the news of Italian armistice during World War 2

Several Italian civilians gathered in town square. A band of musicians stands with the civilians. Italian civilians celebrate the news of Italian armistice ending hostilities with the Allies during World War II.

Date: 1943, September 9
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041946
A new unsinkable life raft being tested and demonstrated as men hoist the sail in the United States.

A new unsinkable steel life raft being tested and demonstrated in the United States. A 3000 pound steel raft that floats on either side in a hoist. Concentrated ration boxes on the raft. A signaling mirror being shown by a merchant seaman. The raft in the hoist and being dropped into the water. Seamen jump into the sea. They man the raft and hoist the sail. A smoke signal being used. The raft sails in the water.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059293
Birth of the new Paricutin volcano sends lava and smoke from a crater in Mexico.

Birth of the Paricutin volcano in Michoacan, Mexico, which rose up from a corn field. Volcanic eruption seen in Mexico as the new volcano is formed. A farmer watches the eruption from a safe distance. Columns of smoke rises after the volcanic eruption. Explosions occur as smoke and lava rise from the crater of the volcano. Flaming lava erupts at night from volcán Paricutín.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059299
U.S. amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean from Guadalcanal to invade New Georgia during World War II.

Amphibious forces of United States Army leave Guadalcanal harbor to attack enemy positions on the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. troops and equipment are loaded aboard LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry). Marines and infantry board the LCIs. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for an LST (Landing Ship Tank) anchored at Guadalcanal harbor. Amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean head for New Georgia on the Solomon Islands. Soldiers look through binoculars. U.S. Army Air Force fighter aircraft in the sky. .

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060495
U.S. troops land at Attu Island, Aleutian Islands and the Australians bombard Japanese positions in New Guinea.

Allied campaign against the Japanese during World War II. United States troops loaded in landing crafts head towards Attu Island, Aleutian Islands. Naval guns aboard ships fire at Japanese positions on the coast. Soldiers land and wade through water amidst heavy firing. Royal Australian aircraft take off from an airstrip in New Guinea to bombard Japanese positions on the island. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur. A pilot in a cockpit as Japanese positions are being bombarded.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065880
Chinese and U.S. troops swim across a river to take up new positions and 14th Air Force provides a cover to the troops in Burma.

Chinese Army airplanes in Burma during World War II. Commander of U.S. forces in China Joseph W. Stilwell directs U.S. trained Chinese soldiers in a jungle. Troops carry a raft and move towards a river. Chinese and U.S. troops swim across the river to take up new positions. General Stilwell with other officers. The troops advance through the jungle. A soldier looks through binoculars. U.S. and Chinese troops fire guns. A U.S. soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier loads shell in an anti aircraft gun and fires. The troops cross a bridge. Men carry a wounded on a stretcher. U.S. and Chinese nurses treat the wounded. Chinese troops in jeeps move through the jungles. U.S. 14th Air Force provides a cover to the advancing troops.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069162