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United States troops advance on mountain roads in Volturno River Valley, Italy, during World War II.

U.S. Army trucks moving along a paved mountain road in Volturno River valley region of Italy during World War 2. Sign at the road reads: "Road under direct observation and Artillery Fire. Keep 100 yds interval." U.S. troops gathered at roadside are passed by a jeep and a light truck with a protected anti-aircraft gun mounted in its back. Army signal corps soldiers installing telephone wires on an existing Italian pole. A peaceful valley pasture is disturbed by German artillery shells bursting in it. American army gunners firing a 105mm howitzers at German positions. A cluster of the shells bursting on a distant hillside. U.S. 155mm long tom guns being loaded and fired from camouflaged position in trees, and from under a camouflage netting. The shells exploding and raising white smoke along the base of hill overlooking the valley. Various views of the 155s firing. A wounded soldier being transported on a stretcher, down some mountainous terrain. U.S. infantry marching single file past a dead German soldier. Views of mountain roads blown away by retreating German forces. Combat engineers are challenged to build a bridge against a sheer cliff on the mountain. They employ jackhammers and manual tools and improvise support structures of heavy timbers. An engineer using a sledge hammer to drive a spike into the timbers. A team of men carry a heavy timber. Engineers creating a bridging structure, on the spot, to allow passage from one section of road to another. Finally, a jeep drives across the new bridge.

Location: Volturno River Valley Italy
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053484
World War II. USAAF P-61 'Black Widow' night fighters in Europe. U.S. Navy testing of JATO on several aircraft in the USA

A short U.S. Army feature entitled,"Black Widow" AND "Jato." Introduction is overlayed on map of Europe. Opening sequence features P-61 Black Widows of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, stationed at Florennes/Juzaine (A-78), Belgium, during World War 2, Some of the aircraft are identifiable: P-61A 42-5577 (later nicknamed "Tactless Texan") and "Wandering Wench" (P-61A 42-5590). Narrator states their mission is to intercept German "flying bombs." Mixed footage of P-61s at various places and times, includes some with D-Day invasion stripes. Separate JATO-related footage features USN personnel fitting jet-assisted takeoff bottles on a Grumman F6F-3, possibly at NAS Patuxent River facility, Maryland. Later sequences show a JATO takeoffs by a Douglas SBD, and an F6F-3; and normal takeoff by a Grumman TBF, and a JATO takeoff by a Grumman F4F.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053488
United States Army Operations in European Theater.

A map of Europe. 1st United States Army tanks advance in Duren, Germany. 2nd Army troops fire artillery shells in Sarreguemines, France. 7th Army in Strasboug captures small towns. U.S. Mine Exploders on road. Troops on field. German civilians evacuated. Wounded prisoners carried on stretchers. The U.S. troops firing. Smoke due to explosion. Men observe through binoculars. (World War II period).

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053492
Animated film shows Private Snafu battling a dragon and explains facts about fear to soldiers in World War II.

Animated film targeted at American soldiers during World War 2 talks about fear and the body's response to fear. shows the cartoon character Private Snafu as a knight. He rides on a horseback. He experiences fear as he battles a dragon. The effect of fear on body functions is explained. In danger the nerve messages from the brain stimulate the body for action. Narrator describes effects of nervous system and adrenaline on the body, including more glucose reaching the muscles from blood, improvements in vision and hearing, enhanced ability to run or fight.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053498
Court trial of conspirators in 'July 20 Plot' against Adolf Hitler, in Germany, during World War II..

Nazi Supreme Court trial of conspirators in 'July 20 Plot' to kill Adolf Hitler, during World War 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel heads trial of Colonel Berthold Von Stauffenberg in connection with 'July 20 Plot'. Trial in Courtroom shows judges, accused and witnesses in the courtroom. Large number of spectators in the room. Lieutenant General Steiff testifies as a witness. Diagram and photographs of bomb damage. View of Nazi headquarters after the blast. Army Commandant of Berlin General Von Hasse and Count York Von Wartenberg in the courtroom.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 6 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053503
German Molch and Biber miniature submarines used in maritime sabotage operations against Allied ships.

Methods and machines used by Germans and Italians in maritime sabotage operations. One method in sneak craft is the use of midget submarines. Footage shows transport and use of a German Molch midget submarine. Trucks on road carry it. The submarine is launched in water and recovered from it. Gas engine is added to a larger, faster version of submarines called the Biber. Biber submarines in view. A crew member seated in the submarine. Submarine underway during World War 2.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053512
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