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Gunfire from pockets of German resistance cause panic among Parisians near the Notre Dame cathedral after Free French General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division enters Paris during World War II.

Opening scene shows crowds of Parisians surrounding tanks of Free French General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and elements of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division enter Paris, on August 25, 1944, during World War 2. General Charles de Gaulle is seen with French officials in the crowd during liberation of Paris. A Free French soldier speaks to a tank driver and points to the source of some lingering German resistance gunfire. The crowds drop to the ground as gunfire erupts. A French tank fires its gun at a building harboring the German resistance elements. Some persons take shelter behind jeeps. People scramble for shelter in the courtyard of the Notre Dame cathedral. Smoke rising from targeted buildings. People lying down en masse on the ground as gunfire continues.

Location: Notre Dame France
Date: 1944, August 25
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675053984
U.S. Navy F9F-2 Panther aircraft are catapulted from USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) during the Korean War

Two F9F-2s of VF-112 are catapulted from the deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. Deck crew seen attaching bridle under aircraft. Two F9F-2s, of VC-61, Unit C, are set on the catapult, given signals, and catapulted, successively.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054067
Activities aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) while heading into the Pacific in World War II.

USS Lexington (CV-2) passing through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal as she heads into the Pacific Ocean during World War 2, Her deck is full of aircraft. Sailors perform routine chores, mopping and cleaning. They stow propellers in the hangar deck. Sailors at mess in the dining hall and ready to sleep in their bunks. Officers in the ward room. Aviators discussing air navigation. Air crews receiving orders on flight deck. During an interlude crew members enjoy themselves swimming in tropical waters. They dive from the flight deck, from a lower section of the ship, and even from the ship's anchor. Sailors seen climbing the anchor chain. In an exercise of combat readiness, sailor sounds general quarters with bugle over ship's intercom. Aviators respond and are briefed about mission. Deck crews make aircraft ready for flight. Pilots run to F4F airplanes. Douglas Dauntless aircraft start their engines on deck.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675054241
United States aircraft E-2A Hawkeye and KA-3B Skywarrior take off from USS Kitty Hawk underway in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. Aircraft on flight deck of the aircraft carrier. The flight deck personnel on the deck. Aircraft scattered on the flight deck. United States aircraft E-2A Hawkeye launched from a catapult. E-2A Hawkeye in flight over the water. A KA-3B Skywarrior taxis and takes off from the flight deck.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054449
German war criminals are executed by Allied occupying forces in 1945, in World War 2

View from above, of the surrounding walls and courtyard of a prison in Rheinbach, Germany. Ground view inside the prison yard, where German civilian Matthias Gierens is being escorted to the gallows by U.S. military police, and accompanied by a German Catholic priest, on June 29, 1945. They ascend the gallows and final charges and sentence are read to Gierens. Next scene shows bodies stacked up at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp operated by Nazi Germany. Scene returns to the gallows, and a hood is placed over Gierens' head. View of Allied army officer witnesses, in formation, at parade rest. Noose is placed over Gierens' hood. View of a a bird flying overhead, trapdoor opens, Gierens drops, and noose tightens. Next is an unrelated scene of several German soldiers being executed. They are seen hanging from four gallows in a line in a public square while a large crowd, possibly Soviet citizens, looks on. (Notes: Regarding the execution of Gierens in the opening scene: German civilian Matthias Gierens was a 37 year old railroad worker. He was executed for the August 15, 1944, murder near Priest, Germany, of a downed American airman, who was later identified as U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lieutenant Lester E. Reuss. Gierens and three other German civilians, Peter Kohn, Peter Back, and Matthias Krein, were convicted on June 2, 1945 in Ahrweiler, Germany, of the murder. Their trial was the first Allied trial in Germany of civilians charged with a war crime.)

Location: Rheinbach Germany
Date: 1945
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055476
An operator works on a tape recorder machine after the launch of Luna 2 from Russia.

The launch of Luna 2, the first rocket launched to reach the moon, from the Soviet Union. Luna 2 rocket launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Russia. It is the first man made object to travel from one cosmic body to another. Craters seen on the surface of the moon. At a geographical center an operator works on a tape recorder machine. Demonstration of the accuracy and reliability of the rocket. Camera zooms close to the moon.

Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1959, September 12
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055804
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