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U.S. Army soldiers in trenches during atomic bomb blast in Nevada desert.

Nevada testing ground. Operation Tumbler-Snapper U.S. Army soldiers in trenches crouch down and cover their ears as they prepare for an atomic bomb detonation blast. Flash on horizon as bomb is detonated in nuclear test. Men emerge from trenches and point while mushroom cloud from explosion rises before them. View of blast wave with heavy dust approaching camera position. Dust cloud from blast hits men while many still have their heads above ground level. A soldier covers his mouth as dust from blast wave hits him.

Date: 1952
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078360
German forces retreating after the Battle of the Bulge, use demolition charges to delay pursuit by Allied forces during World War II

German soldiers walk through snow on the German Border with Switzerland during World War 2. A sign identifies the border. German troops in steel helmets and carrying weapons, trudge through snow near a village. Troops use flame throwers to set a house afire. Closeup of a German soldier in profile. German soldiers set up wiring to remotely detonate demolition charges. Soldiers run from a building. Demolition charges explode on both sides of a road causing trees to fall across the road, blocking any Allied forces that may attempt to pursue retreating German forces. Demolition charges destroy a row of buildings. An explosion in woods near a tall smoke stack. Soldiers preparing a remote detonating device. A charge explodes destroying the smoke stack. More explosions in woods and a block of houses being destroyed.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078936
U.S. Air Force mechanics working on an Boeing RB-50 Superfortress at Naval Air Station Keflavikduring the Cold War (Operation HIRAN)

Slate is displayed (Title “HIRAN SITES”). A US Air Force RB-50 Superfortress (a reconnaissance version of the B-50 Superfortress) is parked at Naval Air Station Keflavikduring. A mechanic works on one of the aircraft’s engines. Mechanic tightening a bolt with a wrench. Two men working on the engine. An RB-50 Superfortress parked, one of its propellers slightly moving. Mechanics check the engine. Point of view POV of plane starting take off from runway. An RB-50 Superfortress reconnaissance plane takes off from the runway.

Date: 1956, June 4
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078961
U.S. Air Force Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter flies at Keflavik Airport during the Cold War (Operation HIRAN)

An airman fuels a US Air Force helicopter (Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw) during Operation HIRAN. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter takes off. The helicopter glides slightly above the ground. The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter lands back in the same spot it took off.

Date: 1956, June 4
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078962
U.S forces intercept and shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Bougainville Island (WW2)

United States airmen on wing and fueling a P-38 Lightning aircraft to prepare for a mission in World War II. A military jeep carrying some airmen drives by. An airman gets off the jeep and runs to a P-38. The United States airman climbs the P-38 and takes his seat, his comrade closes the aircraft canopy. An airman closes his aircraft canopy. A P-38 with engines running. A fighter-bomber (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) begins to taxi in the airfield. An airman in the control tower signals using a light. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning takes off from the airfield. A group of Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft zoom in the sky. Aerial shot of Bougainville Island coast. Japanese Zeroes flying in the sky, seen via gun camera footage. Two Japanese bombers are flying, one of the bombers catches fire after it was attacked by American aircraft. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning slightly angles in a maneuver. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning fires at the Japanese in front. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning chases and fires at the Japanese aircraft, a Mitsubishi Betty. Cockpit aims at Japanese aircraft. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning fires, the Japanese bomber is hit and explodes into a ball of fire. Three Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft fly in the sky. Three airmen, Lieutenant Besby Holmes, Captain Tom Lanphier and Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, laugh facing the camera. Ending slate.

Date: 1943, April 18
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078973
The first-term inauguration of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol

Opening credits of “The Fighting President”, a film about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Scrolling description about how the economic collapse of the United States made it possible for Americans to vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their new President. First Inauguration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol. “I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So, help me God”. Crowd cheers after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ends his oath.

Date: 1933, March 4
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079072