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U.S. 101st Airborne Division sailors put a life preserver on a puppy dog -- the ship's mascot -- in South England, World War 2

War Correpondents cover World War II. U.S. 101st Airborne Division troops aboard Landing Crafts on the South England coast just before D-Day Invasion. Sailors with a puppy on board. The pup is the ship mascot. Sailors with small life preserver for the pup. They hold up the pup.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020899
The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) lands at Normandy in World War II

Allied troops land in Normandy during reinforcement operations in June 1944, in the weeks after D-Day, in World War 2. The U.S. 3rd Armored Division on Landing Ship Tanks (LST) heads towards Normandy. Tanks, trucks, vehicles and equipment on the LSTs. British crew and officers including the Captain on deck. The Captain looks through binoculars. A sailor looks through a telescope. The beach at Normandy filled with battle ships, carriers and Landing ships wait for the tide to recede off shore to avoid unloading equipment in deep water (landing ramps having been destroyed by earlier storms). Barrage balloons overhead. Soldiers build ramps on the beach. Half tracks, trucks and other vehicles driven off the LSTs and across the ramps on the beach.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020903
U.S. Army Air Forces Fair at Wright Field in October, 1945

Views of the U.S. Army Air Forces fair hosted at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1945.The highlights of the event were exhibits of captured German and Japanese aircraft, rockets, and equipment. A German V-2 Rocket Motor on display. Soldiers observe the rocket. A German Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker multi-role aircraft on display. A German Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe fighter on display. A German pilot's victories recorded on the side of a plane. Two soldiers take a look at a Japanese Kamikaze bomb. One of them gets into the bomb seat. American officers and soldiers view the exhibits. 'Alles Kaputt' written on the side of a German Junkers Ju-290 bomber (one of the candidate aircraft, with further development, in Germany's Amerika Bomber project for a long-range bomber capable of striking the United States). Soldiers walk under the plane. 'Transient Aircraft' written on the control tower building in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020923
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, LCTs, LCVPs and LCIs advance during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II.

Allied fleet advances during the Invasion of France in World War II. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter with a skull and cross bones insignia on the side of conning tower. Rear view of the cutter as she is rolls heavily in the water. Several men on deck in life jackets and steel helmets. Beach area, a Landing Crafts Tank (LCT) and Landing Crafts Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) on the way to the beach. Large explosion on the beach, mushroom cloud comes up. Structure of a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) in the foreground. Smoke covers the beach. Small landing craft in the water. Heavy black clouds in the background.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020927
Hydraulic, fuel and electrical system of a U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar.

Aircraft system as well as normal and emergency operating procedures of the U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar. A T2V-1 taxis on the airstrip. Hangars in the background. Wing span, fuselage length, height and gross weight of the plane. Diagrammatic representation of the plane's hydraulic system. The plane in flight as the landing gear opens up. Diagram of the plane's fuselage system. Total fuel load. The pilot turns on the tip tank fuel dump switch on the plane's control panel. Fuel dumped from the plane. Diagram of the plane's tanks. Diagrammatic representation of the plane's electrical system including the AC / DC systems. Diagram of the boundary layer control system.

Date: 1958
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020946
Pre-flight procedures including exterior and cockpit inspection of the U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar.

Pre-flight procedures of the U.S. Navy T2V-1 SeaStar. Exterior inspection: Two airmen approach the plane to conduct a normal walk around inspection which includes highly important and unique inspection points. The airmen manually retract and extend the leading edge wing flap to check for freedom of movement. They inspect the ram air orifices in the nose of each tip tank, speed brake, fuel dump outlet, boundary layer control orifice, position of snubber piston, main hydraulic reservoir, and upper left fuselage. Interior inspection: The pilot in the cockpit. He inspects the engine, aircraft performance, navigation and fuel controls. He checks the electrical, navigational, air conditioning and lighting controls on the right panel and console. Pre-start Cockpit Check: The pilot adjusts the tip tank switches, oxygen supply valve, main fuel shut off switch, battery generator switch, flight instrument power switch, cabin pressure and temperature switches.

Date: 1958
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020947