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U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace plays volleyball with soldiers and visits an orphanage during his visit to Chungking (Chongqing), China (WW2)

U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace visits China during World War II. Generalissimo of the Nationalistic Government of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking (Chongqing) to greet the U.S. Vice President. An aircraft lands and Henry Wallace disembarks from it. He is greeted by dignitaries. At a Red Cross Service Men's Club, he is greeted by Red Cross workers. Wallace shakes hands with U.S. soldiers and plays volleyball with them. He visits an orphanage with Madame Chiang (Soong Mei-ling) and other dignitaries. The girls at the orphanage. At Chiang Kai-shek's summer residence, a reception is given in Vice President's honor.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050660
Shows the importance and application of camouflage techniques during combat in World War 2.

A film 'Camouflage in Combat' underlines the importance of tactical exploitation and counteraction of shadows and use of nets, underbrush and other camouflage during World War II. The film shows U.S. soldiers going into a theater in the United States and watching a movie 'Camouflage'. The movie shows a soldier in a forest. He is shot down. A soldier approaches him. He looks skywards. He applies mud on his face to camouflage himself. Soldiers paint each other's faces with GI paint. On 5th June 1944, fully camouflaged Airborne and pathfinder U.S. paratroopers preparing for D-Day invasion jump over Normandy, France. Soldiers with camouflaged helmets. A soldier camouflages his helmet with grass and twigs. A soldier on an island with his helmet camouflaged with grass and twigs found in the area which gives him a perfect blend. U.S. soldiers with camouflaged helmets in France. A camouflaged tank rolls. An officer inspects soldiers standing in a line. Their helmets are camouflaged. A U.S. soldier hiding in shadows in Casino, Italy fires his gun. His ring sparkles. A soldier in a prone position fires. A New Zealand soldier fires while in shadows.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050679
A USAAF C-47 Skytrain aircraft lays communication wires over a difficult terrain in the United States (WW2)

A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft lays wires in the United States during World War II. Men work on an equipment as they prepare for aerial wire laying. A C-47 aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight as it lays wires over a difficult terrain. A man speaks over a field phone after the communication wires have been laid.

Date: 1945, August 7
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050686
Canadian officials place a wreath at a memorial on an anniversary of the Canadian War in Canada (WW2)

War anniversary celebrations in Canada after World War II. Officers escort an official at a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Canadian War. Official reviews troops. An official places a wreath at a memorial. Officers salute at the ceremony.

Date: 1945
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050689
President Truman and Hollywood stars promote the sale of war bonds in the United States (WW2)

War bonds being sold in the United States during World War II. U.S. President Harry S. Truman opens a bond drive as he buys a war bond from Secretary of Treasury Fred M. Vinson. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright with Governor Edward Martin of Pennsylvania during a ceremony to promote the sale of war bonds in Philadelphia. Wainwright's family at the ceremony. A bond rally at former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park. In a drive organized by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Hollywood stars sell war bonds. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt seated in a chair. Hollywood celebrities including Merle Oberon receives applications to register for the Roosevelt bond.

Date: 1945, November 1
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050693
B-17, B-24, A-24, P-40 airplanes and parts are scrapped in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after the conclusion of World War 2.

U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft are scrapped in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after the end of World War II. Aerial view of hundreds of B-17 and B-24's lined up on a field. Closeup of painting on fuselage of one aircraft dubbed 'Miss Lace.' Engine being hoisted from a B-24 Liberator. Many P-40 and Douglas Dauntless SBD-5 (Scout Bomber Douglas), also known as A-24 aircraft lined up nose down. Aircraft parts piled up. The parts are crushed as a bulldozer moves over them.

Date: 1945, November 19
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050695