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U.S. troops set up a 81 mm mortar and attack German snipers in Paramé near Saint Malo, France during World War II.

The United States Army in Paramé near Saint Malo, France during World War 2. Soldiers of the 315th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion set up an 81 mm mortar and fire it. U.S. patrol accompanied by M-4 Sherman tank. Soldier firing Browning automatic rifle. Infantry soldiers make their way through town streets, firing at German troops and snipers shooting at them from buildings. U.S. soldiers provide cover fire against snipers as fellow soldiers advance. U.S. troops kick in door of a building and are seen escorting German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. A dead German soldier. U.S. medical corpsman treating leg wound of American soldier. U.S. troops assisting the wounded soldier along a street. A cathedral in background.

Date: 1944, August 8
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057874
Lt. Gen. Joe Stillwell lands at SEAC airfield in Ceylon, where he meets BG Frank Merrill, during World War II

A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft approaches a South East Asia Command airfield in Ceylon, in World War 2. As it taxis in after landing, the words: "Uncle Joe's Chariot" can be seen painted below the cockpit window, along with the China-Burma-India Command Insignia. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Joseph Warren Stilwell, AKA Joe (Vinegar) Stilwell, steps from the airplane's rear door carrying a campaign hat in his left hand. He shakes hands with Brigadier General Frank Dow Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) and other officers. Stilwell (now wearing his campaign hat) converses with Merrill. Together, they walk toward a waiting staff car.

Date: 1944, July 31
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057875
Children pick up pieces of tile in ruins of a bath house and people scrape up corn kernels off a road in Japan.

After World War 2, Japanese people in post-war, poverty stricken Japan scavenge for resources and food amidst shortages and rationing. In Tokyo: Japanese children work in ruins of a bath house near a group of miner's houses in the Higashi Misome Mine area. Children working to pick up pieces of tile which they have loosened with a hammer and an iron bar. Two children's hands seen working with a hammer and a tile. Two boys in a wrecked bath tub chiseling a tile. Two boys and girls search the debris of the bath house. In Osaka : Japanese women, men and children scrape up corn kernels off a road, which have been spilled there from a passing truck.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057890
U.S. Army Training film about Army Air Forces regulations for pilots training in Boeing Stearman PT-17 "Kaydet" aircraft.

As film opens, a number of U.S. Army Air Forces Stearman Boeing PT-17 “Kaydet” bi-plane trainer aircraft are seen taxiing on an airfield. One takes off and another lands and taxis into position on the flight line. A student pilot leaves the operations building and fastens the leg straps of his seat pack parachute before climbing upon the wing of a PT-17, where he checks the aircraft's Form One record. Closeup of the form. He climbs into the cockpit, fastens his safety belt. Glimpse of magneto switch. Glimpse of fuel gauge. With engine running the pilot activates the flight controls to check proper action. Glimpse of tachometer showing 1550 RPM. View of airplane taxiing in "S" movement because of low visibility with engine in front. Closeup of pilot pausing before takeoff to recheck wind and runway. Views of the aircraft on takeoff, tail wheel rising, and plane becoming airborne. Animated diagram shows precautions for turning out of traffic after takeoff and for avoiding collisions using right of way rule. Glimpse of PT-17 cruising above farmland. Views of the plane flying in vicinity of clouds but carefully avoiding them. Closeup of pilot in cockpit looking all around while in flight. View of cockpit instruments, including compass, airspeed indicator, Needle and ball, and altimeter. Closeup of engine oil temperature gauge. View of the airplane flying close to another and follow rule to prevent collision. Next, the aircraft makes a shallow dive and then executes a spin. Closeup of the pilot signaling everything is OK. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1943
Duration: 7 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057896
Basic training of Aviation Cadets in the U.S. Army Air Forces

Entire film is devoted to challenging obstacles that U.S. Army Air Forces aviation cadets are required to run through as part of their basic training. They are seen climbing walls. running up platforms, jumping and catching hold of ropes, and facing similar kinds of physical challenges on an extensive obstacle course. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057898
U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Cadets in basic training physical exercises.

In opening scene, hundreds of Army Aviation Cadet candidates in formation are seen engaged in calisthenics. They perform several different types of exercises, starting at attention and moving their arms forward, then to their sides and down. After doing a number of repetitions, they begin doing numerous "Jumping jacks" combined with deep bends to the ground. They conclude their exercises with a number of squat pushups. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057900