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French fighter planes swoop low over Landing Crafts carrying Foreign Legionnaires in North Africa.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. French fighter planes swoop low over a beach. Dummy explosions on the beach. Landing Crafts approach the beach. Soldiers get off the crafts and run inland. U.S. Navy and French officers watch the exercise. Black smoke due to the explosions. A LC with a flag approaches the beach. Soldiers wade through the water towards the shore. Planes fly low over Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) off shore. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020875
French Foreign Legionnaires climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft during practice landings.

French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Soldiers climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft. U.S. Navy sailors and French soldiers in Landing Crafts. Soldiers seated in the crafts. The Landing Crafts head towards the beach. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020876
Lt. Col. James Doolittle directs the Doolittle Raid on Japan and receives an award from Madam Chiang Kai-Shek.

From a 1943 newsreel covering the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in Japanese waters. B-25 Mitchell medium bomber planes lined up on the deck of the carrier. Lt. Col. James Doolittle and Hornet skipper Captain Marc A Mitscher with the 80 volunteers seated near a 500lb bomb on board. He ties a Japanese medal (awarded to U.S. officers for humanitarian aid to Japanese people) on the bomb. The carrier in heavy seas 800 miles off the Japanese coast. A Japanese patrol boat is sighted and sunk. The survivors are taken prisoners. The crew readies the loaded bombers. General Doolittle in the cockpit as he leads the takes off. The planes take off in rough weather to bomb Japan. The Yokosuka Naval Base bombed and ablaze. The planes bomb armed plants, rail yards and oil refineries all over Japan. Soldiers examine a wrecked B-25 in Japan. U.S. pilots hold traditional Chinese umbrellas and pose with a Chinese man. Chongqing: Soong May-ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, awards General Doolittle and his men for the gallant raid. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, April 18
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020885
American troops and war correspondents in Paris during World War II.

American troops and war correspondents in Paris around time of liberation of Paris during World War 2. Correspondents take pictures and record the event. U.S. troops march to the front lines. Arc De Triomphe. Soldiers hold the U.S. flag as they march on the Champs Elysees Avenue. Civilians on the streets. Intact bridges, Opera House, Eiffel Tower, and other monuments. A war correspondent and A Frenchman on the Eiffel Tower. View of Paris including River Seine and bridges. People cross banners that read 'France Libre' and 'Monde Libre.' Crowd in a park. Brussels, Belgium: Spectators gathered at a Race Track. Jockeys race their horses. French women in elaborate hats watch the race.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020916
3rd Armored Division units with French children near Dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line in World War II.

Ardennes, France in World War 2. Green hills in the countryside. American General Joseph Collins talks to General Maurice Rose of the 3rd Armored Division (who was later killed in Cologne, Germany). 3rd Armored Division units celebrate. Soldiers on M3A1 Scout Car; Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep; and Harley Davidson WLA Military motorcycle, coming.out of a gate. French children in school uniform with the soldiers. Soldiers talk to them and pose for pictures with them. White flag on a pole outside a German home. French children stand before Dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line, pyramidal fortifications built by slave labor. They shut their ears due to the loud noise made by gun fire nearby. Soldiers walk among the fortification. A GMC CCKW 5.3 ton 6X6 U.S. Army cargo truck seen in background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020918
Rifle Training indoctrination course for the Fourth Infantry Division of the United States Army at Camp Enari in Vietnam.

Indoctrination of Fourth Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Vietnam. U.S. soldiers and Montagnard Cadre troop in prone position in firing line at the rifle range in Camp Enari. Soldiers instructed by the officers to check their positions and to load their rifles. The soldiers take aim and fire with M16 and M14 rifles with scopes. Target with misses on both sides. A large group of soldiers attend a map reading class. The instructor explains and the soldiers study the maps. Vietnamese Montagnard Cadre troops in prone position in rifle range firing line. Soldiers fire M14 at the target. Close view of a 25 meter (1000 inch) target. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1967, May 15
Duration: 5 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021016