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Americans send letters to service personnel overseas via "V-mail," during World War II
View of a U.S. Post Office building. Patrons line up inside, to use the new "V-mail" system for sending mail to service personnel overseas, during World War 2. They are seen writing letters on special forms that also serve as envelopes, when folded. Senders stamp, and mail them, just like ordinary letters. Next, after being opened and passed by military censors, the letters are fed into machines and photograpned onto rolls of microfilm. Views of microfilm in 100 foot rolls, that carry 1500 letters, each. View of a strip of microfilm with individual letters on it. Bags of mail on the floor of an Army postal facility and a soldier holding one small bag of microfilm letters that contains the same number of letters as all the other bags. Servicemen overseas reading their letters (that have been blown up and printed at normal size).
Japanese fleet moving toward Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese propaganda footage showing Japanese forces heading for attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Turrets of a Japanese battle ship being trained starboard. Japanese Navy flag flying. Bow of battleship and Imperial crest seen. Three Japanese crewmen use binoculars. Japanese fleet underway. Admiral Yamamoto on bridge. Scale ruler used on a navigation map. Japanese title slates seen at beginning of clip.
Charles Lindbergh receives the Cross of the Legion of Honor from France.
Famous aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T. Herrick in Paris, France. He waves the U.S. and French flags. Charles Lindbergh at the Aéro-Club de France. His plane 'Spirit of St. Louis'. People eat at the club during the flyers’ luncheon. Charles Lindbergh honored by French President Gaston Doumergue by 'Cross of the Legion of Honor' at the Élysée Palace (55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France).
Charles Augustus Lindbergh with his wife Anne Lindbergh in Tokyo
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with his wife Anne Lindbergh land in Tokyo , Japan. The Lindberghs drive in an open car with U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Cameron Forbes. They are greeted by a huge crowd on the way. U.S. and Japanese flags waved by people in the crowd. Charles Lindbergh and Anne Lindbergh cross a stream in a garden. They are received by Premier Reijiro Wakatsuki and Army and Navy officers of Japan.
Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York to claim the Orteig Prize as the first Allied aviator to fly non-stop beteen New York City and Paris
View from the ground at Mitchel Field, on Long Island Spirit as the Spirit of St. Louis is seen circling to land. A small group of people stand near a hangar. Lindbergh's plane lands on the grass field and taxis toward three army soldiers there to help him park. Lindbergh, in flying gear, steps from his airplane. Closeups of him standing near it. Scene shifts to Brooklyn New York, where Lindbergh, now dressed in business suit, and surrounded by a crowd, descends wooden steps to enter an open car. He sits prominently in the back of the car, accompanied by Raymond Orteig and officials. Mounted police escort the car. View from rear as motorcade drives along a festooned Brooklyn street with a "Welcome Lindy" banner stretched across the road. Motorcycle police escort the cars. Spectators crowd the sidewalks. The motorcade continues through leafy boulevards and open highways. Everywhere enthusiastic crowds line the way. American flags decorate the lead car. A group of Boy Scouts with massed American flags lines one side of the highway. Crowds, waving American flags, teeter on the edge of the sidewalks along a commercial section of town. View from a high location overlooking Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where people throng the sidewalks and park paths. Camera pans across the park. A motorcade (now grown to include numerous cars) circles to enter at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to the park. A slate reads: At Knights of Columbus Building for a luncheon in his honor." Then the motorcade stops at a building festooned with patriotic bunting and a banner reading: "U.S. Council 126 K of C." Later, Lindbergh enters the open car again with Raymond Orteig and they leave. Next, at the Brevoort Hotel (owned by Mr. Orgteig) an elaborate check for twenty five thousand dollars is shown. It is dated June 17, 1927 and signed by Raymond Orteig. Lindbergh and Orteig shake hands and chat amicably while attempting to pose for a photograph. Glimpse of U.S. Capitol building overlaid by a "Welcome Lindy" sign. Closeup of Lindbergh superimposed on top of that along with a waving American flag.
The December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, as filmed from Japanese aircraft
Scenes filmed from attacking Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. View from Japanese aircraft strafing and bombing U.S. aircraft and hangars on the ground at Ford Island. Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) tail number 229, seen flying past the camera plane. Smoke rising from the ground below. White plumes erupt from torpedoes striking U.S. ships on opposite side of Ford Island. Japanese-captioned still photographs: Of heavy black smoke rising from bombed fuel tanks; Of a torpedo hitting the USS West Virginia; of other ships on battleship row, including the USS Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Maryland, and California. (World War II period).
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