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Duties of the crew members during a combat operation of a U.S. Navy warships.

From a U.S. Navy recruitment film. A simulated combat operation of the U.S. Navy begins, with each member of the crew in his position. A mariner blows bugle. Their target is an enemy ship entering their territory. The deck crew loads guns of the warship with huge projectiles. The cannons fire in sequence and the enemy ship is destroyed. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035888
Rescue boats and crew survivors of torpedoed ship, at U.S. Coast Guard Station, Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, during World War II

Views of oil-stained motor lifeboat and cabin picket boat used by U.S. Coast Guard in rescuing survivors from the tanker, R.P. Resor, after it was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-578, on the night of 28 February, 1942, in World War 2. The Resor burned for hours afterwards with fire spread by leaking cargo oil. The only survivors, Seaman John Forsdal, and Coxwain Daniel Hey, are seen in the Coast Guard Station dining room following their rescue.

Date: 1942, February 28
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035893
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, arriving at Shanghai China, right after World War II

U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, steps from his C-54 transport airplane and is met by Lieutenant General Albert C. Wedemeyer, as he arrives in Shanghai, china, right after World War 2. (He has been dispatched to China by President Truman, in attempt to facilitate peace between the the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists.) Marshall, Wedemeyer, and an American diplomat, salute as an honor guard (not seen) presents the colors. Scene shifts to a small motorcade through Shanghai. Chinese police and U.S. Military Police, have set up lines to control large crowd of American service personnel in uniform who gather to greet General Marshall as he enters the Cathay Hotel.

Date: 1945, December 20
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035900
U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, arriving at Nanking China, right after end of World War II

A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport follows a jeep to park at airport in Nanking, china, capital of the Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Government of Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Air Force P-51 aircraft are seen parked on the ramp in background. General George C. Marshall, on Presidential mission to facilitate peace between KMT and Communists, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Chinese Generals Shang Chen; Ho Yin Chin; and U.S. Lieutenant General Wedemeyer and American Ambassador to China, Patrick Hurley. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally escorts General Marshall to a waiting staff car.

Date: 1945, December 21
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035901
Water Borne Missile A-3 with a heavy bomb kept in a U.S. Navy speed boat controllable from a remote control station.

Water Borne missile A-3. A motor boat of the U.S. Navy moving in water. A huge bomb placed in the boat. The operator of the boat, U.S. Navy personnel, stands on land. The operator controls the boat remotely with a joystick controller in his hands. Boat moves on water at high speed. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036027
Review of remote controlled weapons including a glide bomb dropped from a B-17 bomber aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force

A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A Glide Bomb suspended from a roof in a laboratory. A B-17 bomber of the U.S. Army Air Force takes off. Glide Bomb dropped from plane. A straight flight taken by bomb towards its target leaving behind a smoke trail . Bomb falls on ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036028