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German Luftwaffe operations during invasion of Poland in World War II

German ground support crews pull refueling apparatus from hiding in woods at edge of airfield in Poland, during World War 2. They set up to receive and service arriving German Heinkel HE-111 bombers. A squadron of bombers lands. Ground crews assist them in parking. As flight crews leave their aircraft, ground crews load the planes with bombs. A German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane arrives at the field and rear-seater delivers a reconnaissance camera to waiting ground crewman. View of a rustic field photo intelligence operation in the woods. Technicians wind developed photograph strips using a large cylinder of wooden slats. Photo interpreters study the pictures to glean information about enemy installations and movements. Group of German soldiers working at a large table, outdoors in the woods

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675037613
American soldiers escaped and rescued from Japanese prison camp speak about their experiences at the camp in Philippines

A representative of Prisoners War Branch,an MIS-X officer interviews American soldiers who escaped from Japan's 10-A prison camp in Palawan,Philippines, and then were rescued by U.S. forces during World War II. Private first class Eugene Nielson tells how he was captured soon after the fall of Pearl Harbor. He also speaks about food, medical facilities and living conditions at Japanese camp in Palawan. Corporal William J.Balchus shares his experiences about the life at the prison camp.

Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037625
Captain James Green being airlifted from his crash site by a Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War 2

Men carry injured U.S. Army Air Force Jungle Rescue Pilot Captain James Green from hospital tent to completed MEDEVAC landing zone in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. Green had been injured in a crash of his helicopter. Dr. Underwood talks on hand radio as men sight an incoming Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter. Engineer sets off smoke flare. Helicopter lands and men hold it. Men carry Captain Green on litter to the helicopter and he shakes hands with Pilot Lieutenant Raymond Murdock. Dr. Underwood gives Green an injection in his arm. Men put Captain Green in the helicopter and it takes off. Men cheer and shake hands with Dr. Underwood. This is an early example of one of the first helicopter MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) flights in a combat zone. Prior to this MEDEVAC flight, this particular helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4, had been dismantled at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio on January 17, 1945, loaded on a C-54 transport, and flown to the North Burma theater of operations. It was reassembled and flown by Capt. Frank Peterson, USAAF, on January 26, 1945 to evacuate wounded weather observer Private Howard Ross from a 4,700 foot mountain ridge in the Naga hills of Burma.

Date: 1945, April 4
Duration: 5 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037639
Kaye Don wins Gold Cup in boat racing at Bolton Landing in New York in United States

Kaye Don takes U.S. Gold Cup in one man race' Boat racers battle it out to win Gold Cup speedboat classic at Bolton Landing,Lake George in New York. British racer Kaye Don wins the Gold Cup without facing a tough competition. Kaye being presented the Gold cup.

Date: 1936, July 27
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037657
A weird 25 feet high boat constructed by beachcombers in Fort Bragg, California.

Weird boat made of junk ready for ocean trip-maybe'. A twenty five feet high and four ton heavy boat made by beachcombers in Fort Bragg, California. A beachcomber climbs onto the boat made by using fifteen thousand rivets picked up from city dump. A propeller on the boat is also seen. Beachcombers hope to sail to Germany in the boat, some day.

Date: 1936, July 27
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037659
Hunters hold Goeduck clams in their hands after digging them up in Tacoma Washington, United States.

Clam diggers in Tacoma walk along the beach looking for Goeduck clams spouting water. They point towards some spouts, and begin digging for clams using shovels. Afterwards, they show several Goeduck clams they have dug from the sand.

Date: 1935, May 27
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037671