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United States Eighth Air Force command headquarters WW2.

United States Eighth Air Force officials deliberate and issue field orders to drop bombs during World War II. Writing on the frosted glass door reads “Operations A3”. A sign in door reads “No Admittance Briefing in Progress”. Daily operations conference headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. The commanding general shares his plan of action. Map of the United Kingdom and Ireland is seen behind the general. The assistant of the commanding general uses a long stick to point to a wall map. Eighth Air Force officials review a map on the desk. An official shows the commanding general a place on the map. The general makes a decision. An officer from the general’s officer makes a call. Men and women using teletype to write field orders and messages. Operational staff of air division headquarters discuss important details regarding the new field order. Operational staff member points to a large wall map. Other officers listen during a meeting. The chemical officer puts down his phone after a call.

Location: Europe
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079924
Test launch of the OQ-19 target aircraft in the United States

Men unload and place OQ-19 target aircraft from a truck. The truck drives away. Sergeants fit a parachute in the aircraft. A man fixing JATO bottle to launcher with A7-type catapult. Men starting the target engine using a gasoline engine starter. Man adjusts the carburetor setting manually. Fixing starting device to aircraft. The OQ-19 target aircraft on launcher. The OQ-19 target aircraft launches and in flight. Men watching the officer fly aircraft using a hand control (B type radio command guidance system). OQ-19 target aircraft falling by means of parachute after the aircraft’s engine is cut off. The OQ-19 target aircraft and parachute lands on the ground.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079931
General Omar Bradley meets General George S. Patton at 3rd Army Command in snowy Luxembourg (WW2)

United States General Bradley and Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. exit 3rd Army Corps Command in Luxembourg during World War II. (Today the Jean-Pierre Pescatore Foundation, 13 Av. Jean-Pierre Pescatore, 2324 Luxembourg City) General Bradley sits on the passenger seat of a Jeep. It is winter, and snow is on the ground. General Patton stands beside the Jeep, talking to General Bradley. Military Police personnel board Bradley’s Jeep before it departs. The Jeep drives away. Omar Bradley arrives at the headquarters building of the U.S. 12th Army Group Tactical Air Command in Luxembourg (today Spuerkeess Financial Center at Place de Metz 2 Pl. de Metz, 2954 Luxembourg City) Bradley jumps out of Jeep, salutes guard, and walks quickly inside. Staff car drives in the snow and stops at 3rd Army Corps Command checkpoint. A Military Police uses a telephone at ‘Dismount Point’. Soldiers exiting a building at 3rd Army Corps Command as snow falls.

Location: Luxembourg
Date: 1945, January 7
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080026
German troops launch V-2 rockets heading to England (WW2)

Germany launch V-2 rockets against England, United Kingdom during World War II. View of the skies. A V-2 rocket in flight after its launch. Rocket contrails form from V-2 rockets in flight. A V-2 rocket in flight as seen from the ground. German soldier uses a pair of binoculars while another uses a gun sight to watch the launch of V-2 rocket. V-2 rocket contrail forms an arc shaped path. Another rocket launches upwards. German soldiers look up and watch. The V-2 rocket disappears from plain sight.

Location: Germany
Date: 1945, January
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080058
Animated diagrams show how energy is stored and discharged in Edison storage batteries

How Edison batteries function. The are also known as nickel-iron battery or NiFe batteries. An animated diagram shows how nickel iron alkaline storage batteries such as Edison batteries store and generate energy. The diagram shows the battery, generator, switch, motor, and a light bulb. An early nickel-iron Edison battery in wooden box. A later version of the nickel-iron battery invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1909. Pie chart showing the market share of Edison batteries over other portable batteries in 1926. Photograph of German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, "The Wizard of Schenectady". Slate bearing a commentary on from Dr. Steinmetz claiming "complete reversibility" of the Edison battery reaction. Diagram shows the reversible cycle of a portable battery. Animation in the diagram shows how energy is stored in the battery- the oxygen contained in the negative plate is forced to the positive plate by the charging current. The animation demonstrates the discharge of the battery. Plates from used Edison batteries show little decay after years of use.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080177
Jim Henson and other puppeteers prepare and rehearse with ‘The Muppets’ characters

A feature on Jim Henson, creator of 'The Muppets'. The Muppets characters such as the Cookie Monster, Grover, and Herry Monster on display. Big Bird smiling. Oscar the Grouch hiding behind a tree. Cookie Monster holding an A-shaped cookie. The Muppets creator Jim Henson rehearses a Sesame Street sketch as Ernie. Another puppeteer playing as Simon Soundman rehearse alongside Jim Henson in front of a mirror. Jim Henson talks to a colleague beside a woman inside his Manhattan office. “It seems to me that it might be better to use the little guy Harvey Muskrat (sic) for that part” Jim Henson told his colleague. Puppet designers working at the Jim Henson Company studio. A female puppet designer adjusts the dress of Ma Otter from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’. Another female designer cuts fabric from her desk. A female puppeteer moves the head of a Muppet puppet. Jim Henson performs as Emmet Otter from the Muppets movie ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ (1977). Emmet Otter tells a joke to a woman, making her laugh. A puppet designer works to animate Ma Otter. Animatronics control Ma Otter as she uses a sewing machine. Emmet Otter rowing a boat. A puppet designer operates animatronics to make Emmet Otter move. Emmet Otter’s head moving automatically. The Howard Snake from ‘Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas’ moving his mouth. Jim Henson, producers, and puppeteers attend a script read-through. Jim Henson holding Fred Lizard. Puppeteers rehearse as the ‘Riverbottom Nightmare Band’ Muppets. Jim Henson performs as Howard Snake.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1977
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080181
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