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An African American beautician manicures the fingernails of a black man in Atlanta, Georgia.

Occupations of African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia. A black beautician manicures fingernails of a black man. African American manicurist uses a cuticle pusher on the man's fingernails and cleans them. Manicurist trims excess cuticles using a cuticle nipper. Beautician uses an electric nail file to refine cuticles.

Date: 1939
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075667
Painting and mothballing B29s and B-17s in the United States

U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft at an airfield in United States during World War II. A civilian spray paints the wing of a B-29. A painter uses a roller around the wing insignia. Several civilians using ladders, paint a B-29 Superfortress. Man on forklift empties 55 gallon drum of mastic liquid into power sprayer. Sprayer nozzles are shown. Operator sprays mastic material on fuselage of mothballed B-29, to seal it. B-17 with mastic sprayed on tail section of fuselage. A Wright 3350 radial engine from a B-29, on a stand and series of views as it is gradually mothballed. View of sealed B-29 airframe, with engines removed, and hosing connected to various openings.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075681
American built Curtiss Hawk aircraft piloted by French pilots down German airplanes in France early in World War II.

French pilots fly American built Curtiss Hawk airplanes in France early in World War II. French pilots board U.S. built airplanes to combat German aircraft. Formations of French Curtiss Hawks in flight. A German Dornier Do-17 bomber descending in normal flight. French fighters in the area. Downed German He-111 bomber near front lines is inspected. Frenchmen eat lunch using part of wrecked German bomber as a table. Holes on the damaged German aircraft. The Imperial German Eagle insignia is on the fuselage of the wrecked airplane (with no swastikas). But swastikas appear on the empennage. A triangle with 87 inscribed in it appears on the fuselage, indicating that 87 octane fuel should be used.

Date: 1939, November 27
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075696
The Wright airplane flies over Fort Myer in Virginia, United States during an official exhibition of its flight.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright prepares to board the airplane with U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm. A crowd around the launching tower. U.S. soldiers pull a weight up in the tower. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. A crowd attends the event. The airplane lands. The airplane being readied for a flight. Orville Wright stands near the cockpit of the aircraft.

Date: 1909, September 27
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075724
Army Service Forces recruits undergo training in the United States.

images of Army Technical training manuals dealing with gas masks; camouflage; heavy tanks; and machine guns. U.S. Army Service Forces (ASF) recruits rushing down a hillside into waters of a swift river and swimming across. They undergo Live Fire Exercises near \end of their training. The must crawl while trainers fire rounds from a Browning M 1917 machine gun over their heads. An explosive charge goes off as the recruits crawl past. ASF troops are briefed about invasion techniques, by an instructor using a realistic small scale mockup of a port city. Recruits crouch over a model of front line terrain. Model trains operate as a training aid. Students at doorway of the U.S. Army School of Military Government. Numerous student studying in the library. In a classroom, a military officer instructor discusses the mission of governing an occupied country with cooperation of the existing governing officials. Closeups of officers discussing the occupation of Germany, at length. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075790
The Signal Corps recruits being trained and study communication equipment in the United States.

A U.S. military training film titled "Pro Patria Vigilans" on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. Signal Corps. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur aboard the U.S. Army Battleship USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremonies of World War 2 in 1945. General MacArthur speaking on board the ship at the closing of the surrender proceedings. Aircraft flying in formation overhead. Antiaircraft guns directed towards the aircraft. Signal Corps recruits train at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The recruits dive and swim across water. The soldiers attend lecture by an officer. A sign reads: 'Field Radio Course'. Men working in the radio room are trained. Views of soldiers learning to operate radar. Various radar dishes. Closeup views of radar screens. An officer training the soldiers with the help of a model. The coastal defense training of the soldiers. The soldiers study the communication equipment. Soldiers working on communication switchboard equipment, telegraph, and teletype machines. A small messenger aircraft takes off and lands near the message center. A sign outside the building reads: 'Master Message Center'. Soldiers receive a map and clear it through the message center. Spinning equipment in the message center (possibly related to decoding or encryption). Officers seated at a desk, discussing a map.

Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075796