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United States soldiers prepare and fire mortar during the Korean War.

United States soldiers prepare and fire a mortar in Korea during the Korean war. A U.S. soldier adjusts the angle of the mortar. Soldier adjusts firing pins at base of the mortar shells. Soldier loads shells into the mortar, one at a time, and they fire. Another soldier stands by with fingers in his ears. Soldier re-adjusts mortar aim, and more shells are fired. A soldier speaks on field phone, in midst of site construction.

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044763
United States and Japanese diplomats, naval officers and sailors mark centennial of Commodore Perry Expedition

American and Japanese diplomats, Naval officers, sailors, and local officials mark the centennial of Commodore Perry's expedition at Shiroyama Park in Shimoda, Japan. The Japanese flag is slowly raised by an American sailor. Then the American flag is slowly raised by a sailor of the Japanese Naval Self-Defense Force. A small Japanese boy unveils a new memorial for Commodore Perry and Consul Harris. Admiral Robert Briscoe, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, lays wreaths at the new monuments. Japanese officials also place wreaths, and a Japanese official gives a speech. view of the bay from the memorial. Japanese school girls in traditional costume pose with a model of a "black ship" from Commodore Perry's Squadron.

Date: 1953, May 24
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044773
Commodore Perry Centennial at Perry Park and Black Ship festival in Kurihama, Japan.

Centennial celebration of the Commodore Perry expedition in Kurihama, Japan. Flags of the United States and Japan. Many children wave Japanese and American flags. Japanese and American officials visit the Guoku-Sen-Ji temple. Admiral Robert Briscoe, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, places wreaths at the tombs of five American sailors. People gather outside Perry museum in the park. View of bay. Two American warships can be seen in the distance. Black Ship pageant in the town. Japanese people in kimonos.Japanese culture and traditions are shown. Japanese women perform a traditional dance.

Date: 1953, June
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044774
French troops battle Viet Minh in Diên Biên Phu

Supplies are parachuted to French troops battling Viet Minh in Diên Biên Phu. A bulldozer is air dropped using five parachutes, on November 21, 1953. A French fighter bomber dives low over a Viet Minh position. French troops fire field artillery piece. Smoke rises all around the battlefield. French infantry fight their way up a wooded hillside (many trees broken from combat effects). They fire small arms and mortars. They cook over open fires. Aerial view of French encampment at Diên Biên Phu, in February, 1954, with smoke rising from many small fires.

Date: 1954, February
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: French
Clip: 65675044778
Men load cartons and drums into a freight aircraft at Ashiya Air Base in Japan.

Base operations of U.S. Air Force at Ashiya Air Base in Japan. An animated map shows the air path between Tokyo and Ashiya. A USAF plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit. Signs on a building read : 'Ashiya Air Base', 'Elevation 106' and 'Base operations'. A fork lift carries cartons and loads them into a freight aircraft. Men load drums into the aircraft. The plane taxis. A pilot in the cockpit.

Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044782
Colonel Sverdrup takes breakfast in a jungle at Nadrab, New Guinea.

U.S. Army Colonel Lief J. Sverdrup takes breakfast in a jungle at Nadrab. Soldiers bring him food. A soldier walks to a stream and gets a bucket of water. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, September 8
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044788