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Activities of U.S.airmen in 323rd Bomb Group, at Denain Airbase (A-83) near end of World War II.

A number of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of 323rd Bombardment Group (9th Air Force) are lined up for takeoff. As they taxi past camera, tail number of one: 43-34344, is visible. All aircraft display the distinctive White Tail identifying the 323rd BG. (The Group is known to some as Wood's Rocket Raiders, so-named for their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson r. Wood.) The location is Denain Airfield (A-83), near the City of Valenciennes, France. The time is April, 7,1945, a month before VE Day. Several airmen are pitching horseshoes, while others watch. They use a shoe to measure how close one came to the pin. Two airment use a two-man saw to saw a timber while a third sits on it to hold it still.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945, April 7
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051955
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft attack enemy targets under Operation Strangle.

Map of Italy shows narrowest part of peninsula where U.S. and British armies are stationed. Map highlights Anzio and Cassino. A building on top of mountain. On island of Corsica, Lt Gen Ira C Eaker, commanding general of the Mediterranean Air Forces, Maj Gen John K Cannon, leader of the Twelfth Air Force, and Brig Gen Gordon Seville of the Twelfth Tactical Air Command, plan Operation Strangle. By animation the operation is explained where pilots of Fifty-Seventh Fighter Group is required to bomb behind enemy lines and cut off the transport of enemy supplies using the P-47 Thunderbolt. Shows destroyed bridges. P-47s taxi at airfield. P-47s parked in flight line. Crew chiefs in canopy of the plane and inspect other sections of plane. Pilots board planes. Planes take off from runway. P-47s in flight over sea, mountains and a castle. P-47s in flight behind squadron leader. P-47s in flight over clouds. P-47s peel off above the bridge. An incendiary bomb is dropped on a bridge. More bridges are bombed. Explosions on bridges. P-47 in flight over fields and railroad tracks. One train spotted. P-47 strafing moving trains. Trains explode. P-47 in flight over coastline and pilot in cockpit. P-47 strafing installations and ground targets. (World War II period).

Location: Corsica France Alto Air Base
Date: 1944
Duration: 17 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051967
Mrs. Beryl Hart and Navy Reserve Lt William S. MacLaren make second attempt to fly to Bermuda.

After failing to find Bermuda on their first flight frim North Beach,Queens, New York, pilot, Mrs. Beryl Hart, and navigator, Lieutenant William S.MacLaren, U.S. Naval Reserve, were forced back to the U.S. where they landed at Norfolk, Virginia. MacLaren replaced his broken sextant, and the pair are seen starting out on their second attempt (this one successful). The pair are seen in flight clothing, with helmets and goggles prepare for the flight. They pose in the cockpit of their Bellanca CH 300, high wing, twin float seaplane, the "Tradewinds." They smile and wave to the camera. The engine starts, and the seaplane taxis over the water and accelerates to flying speed. They break contact with the water and fly off at a moderate rate of climb.

Location: Norfolk Virginia USA
Date: 1931, January 7
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051974
Captain McCreery gives explanation about aerial photography and reconnaissance.

Captain McCreery speaks while looking at reconnaissance film on light table. Captain speaks about aerial photographs which is product of aerial reconnaissance. He further adds that aerial reconnaissance means looking for the enemy from air. This imagery is used by USAF, VNAF and U.S. Army. 13th Reconnaissance technical squadron interprets this imagery. He talks about various methods of reconnaissance. (Vietnam War period).

Location: Vietnam
Date: 1966, November 30
Duration: 5 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052047
Jimmie Caras wins Billiard championship. Various players take part in the contest. Trick shots displayed.

A man plays pocket billiards. Various views of shots being made. Audience watches in the background. Men at desk watch. Winner, Jimmie Caras, is presented with prize. Audience claps for the Caras. Other experts put on demonstrations for the audience. Player tries trick shots using two cues. Audience surrounds the player and table. Man hits the ball without using cue. Close view of player smiling.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052054
Dirigible Hindenburg LZ 129 mooring at tower in Lakehurst New Jersey. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored in background

Airship Hindenburg mooring at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, upon arrival on its first flight from Germany to the United States. The Hindenburg being fastened to the mooring tower. Ground crew lined up by the mooring tower. Distant view of LZ-126 U.S. Navy dirigible, USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored at the field. Tail fin of airship with Nazi swastika emblem on it. Ground crew under tail maneuver the Hindenburg. Crowd and passengers gathered by entrance to cabin of the Hindenburg. Airship Hindenburg and the U.S. Navy USS Los Angeles both moored at lakehurst Naval Air Station, in New Jersey.

Location: Lakehurst New Jersey USA
Date: 1936, May 9
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052058
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