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Soldiers practice to land at Great Sitkin Island in Aleutian, Alaska

United States transport ships anchored at a bay with snow covered mountains in the background, Aleutian Island, Alaska. Brigadier General Joseph Ready, Major General Charles H Corlett of Amphibious Task Force 9, Brigadier General James W Barnett, Colonel Roy V. Richard of 87th Mountain Infantry on board a ship as they look shore wards through a pair of binoculars. Landing crafts move away from ships to the shoreline. Troops disembark from the craft and land onto the shore. (World War II period).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, August 2
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058500
Germans surrender during World War II as General Jodl sign papers at the headquarters of Allied forces in Rheims, France.

Germany surrenders in Rheims, France during World War II. Nazi General Alfred Jodl arrives at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. General Jodl and others enter the building. U.S. General Walter B. Smith, Allied Chief of Staff and other officers at a desk. German General Jodl signs the surrender papers. General Smith also puts his signature on the papers. The surrender document with the signatures of the two Generals. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles. He holds two pens in a V sign.

Location: Rheims France
Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059043
A Supermarine Scimitar aircraft falls into the Atlantic Ocean while landing aboard HMS Victorious.

A Supermarine Scimitar aircraft lands aboard British Naval aircraft carrier Victorious underway in the Atlantic Ocean. HMS Victorious underway at sea as a Supermarine Scimitar, a British fighter aircraft, comes in for a landing. The aircraft lands perfectly, but is suddenly thrown over the side, into the sea, as the arresting cable snaps. The pilot, Commander John D. Russell, is unable to open his canopy to escape. A helicopter is dispatched to assist. But a sailor suspended from the helicopter is unable to help because the plane's canopy is jammed shut. The aircraft sinks with the pilot trapped inside. (Note: This dreadful accident occurred while the HMS Victorious was operating off the Isle of Wight. The pilot, Commander John .D. (Des) Russell, Royal Navy, was Commanding Officer of the new 803 Squadron. embarking for the first time at sea from the Royal Naval Air Station Lossiemouth in Scotland. The aircraft, Scimitar F1. XD240 coded 145/V, sank in 220 ft. of water after plunging into the sea.)

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1958, September 25
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059106
Setting up of hospitals to treat veterans suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders in the United States.

Medical facilities related to neuropsychiatric disorders being provided by the Veterans Administration in the United States. Exteriors of a V.A. hospital building. Animation shows the increase in number of neuropsychiatric patients from 1942 to 1950 and forecasts growing through the 1980s. Narrator describes high prevalence of such problems among veterans. (Also known as "shell shock" or, more recently, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.) Exteriors of hospitals and training schools where neuropsychiatric specialists train. A doctor talks to a patient in a bed. Neuropsychiatric research being conducted in a laboratory. A technician works on an instrument. A neuropsychiatric specialist being trained. A technician works on an instrument. Psychiatrists discuss. They give various therapies to patients like the shock therapy, the socializing therapy in which a patient plays golf.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059193
American and Russian officers inspect tanks and watch Russian male and female soldiers dance in Torgau, Germany

Russian and American officers and soldiers meet togeher in Torgau, Germany during World War II. Group of Russians and Americans gathered around tank which was driven from Stalingrad. American Major General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General of the U.S. Army 69th Division, seen with his Russian counterpart, Major General Vladimir V. Rusakov, Commanding Officer of the 58th Guards Division near the Elbe River and the town of Torgau, Germany. Rusakov and Reinhardt inspect a tank. Russian and American officers talk. Russian male and female soldiers dance. Russian and American officers, including Rusakov and Reinhardt, and their staffs, watch the dancers.

Location: Torgau Germany
Date: 1945, April 27
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060154
Static tests of jet engine of U.S. buzz bombs and fly-bys at Dearborn, Michigan during World War II.

Testing of U.S. buzz bombs at Dearborn, Michigan. U.S. buzz bombs, duplicates of German V-1 bombs, being produced and fuselage is assembled at Toledo, Ohio. Jet engines are assembled at Dearborn, Michigan. Raymond Blough and Henry Ford II watch the operations. A static test of jet engine of U.S. buzz bombs. Fly-bys of U.S. buzz bombs.

Location: Dearborn Michigan USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060199
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