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P-38s of the U.S. 80th Fighter Squadron operating in the Pacific Theater during World War Ii

U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron (two engines) operating in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Views from inside cockpit of P-38 as it dives low to strafe Japanese positions. P-38s taxiing out for takeoff. Dramatic cloud formations in background. Dimly seen formations of P-38s flying overhead. large V formation of P-38s in flight. P-38s in aerial maneuvers. One executes a series of rolls. Another performs a loop.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030620
German Officer instructor pilot shows Technical Sergeant student features of the ME-262 jet airplane

At beginning of the film, a German officer instructor pilot and his Technical sergeant student approach a German ME-262 jet airplane set up on maintenance jacks in a snow covered airfield. A mechanic stands as they approach. The landing gear of the plane are in the process of extending, which the instructor pilot discusses and they are moving. Closeup of the landing gear fully extended. The instructor pilot signals to a mechanic in the cockpit and the landing gear are then retracted. Closeup of the gear retracting into the fuselage of the plane. The mechanics leave the instructor pilot and student who then climb up to the airplane cockpit. The instructor points to two hydraulic valve handles for the landing gear in the cockpit. They then both jump down from the plane and continue talking about its controls as they walk. Suddenly, the officer instructor points to an ME-262 taking off from the field. Closeup of the jet on takeoff roll. It has "V 167" stenciled on its fuselage. Next, an ME-262 jet is seen being towed along a ramp past a line of parked ME-262s. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030710
Hitler views captured areas in Paris, Dunkirk, and Calais; in Germany Hitler make plans with officers for invading England

'Battle of Britain' from the "Why we Fight" series of propaganda films during World War 2. Adolf Hitler stands with other officers in Paris following Battle of France and views the Eiffel Tower. Elevated view from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching in streets of Paris and under Arc de Triomphe. Damaged buildings in Dunkirk after German invasion. Hitler and staff ride in car through street barely passable with rubble and destroyed buildings on either side. In Calais, view of bombed port area and German soldiers keeping watch from a bunker. Hitler looks through V-shaped rangefinder or sighting binoculars across the English Channel toward Britain. Scenes in Berlin Germany of Reich Chancellery exteriors and interiors where Hitler meets with German officers and plans with other officers for invading England. German soldiers guarding the building exterior; Hitler's staff shown examining maps. Pictorial, animated representation of the first phase of the plan showing attack of England from air by Luftwaffe. Phase two shows attack on coastal areas. Phase three shows the actual attack and the course the German army would take to invade Britain.

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031679
Russian Tushino air show, 1956.

Five MIG-19 fighters in V formation and AN-8 assault transport flying by during Russian Tushino air show in 1956. A TU-104 passenger airplane and a YAK-26 fighter flying. Views of Ye-2 and Ye-4 test jets from the MiG Design Bureau flying singly. Eight Mi-1 helicopters flying by. U.S. Air Force General Nathan F.Twining in conversation with other USAF (United States Air Force) officials. Views of Soviet flags.

Date: 1956, June 23
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032562
President Harry S. Truman announces the surrender of Germany, ending World War II hostilities in Europe.

President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032950
Planning and training for invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) in World War II

'Tunisian Victory' shows preparations during World War 2. Film opens showing a sailor in the crow's nest of a ship in a convoy of American warships. Aerial glimpse of the convoy. Sailors working on teletype machines in s communications center aboard an American warship. Ships exchanging light signals at night. Scene shifts to a British naval convoy moving across the sea. View from bridge of forward guns on British King George V-class battleship. A single stack Navy destroyer ship. HMS Rodney with 3 over 3 forward gun turrets leads another warship protecting the convoy. The aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious in camouflage paint. An American Navy Douglas Dauntless dive bomber seen from a ship. A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft over the convoy. Brief view of a four-engine bomber flying over the convoy. Scene shifts to sailors on ship's deck in the American convoy. The British flag on one of its convoy ships. Scene shifts to the White House on June 18, 1942. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arriving with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a car. Lights burning at night in the White House. Closeup of hats of the British and American staff officers on a rack. World Globe showing German army thrusts to the North by Field Marshal Fedor von Bock into Ukraine and the Caucasus, and another by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel South toward Egypt. In Asia, the conquests of Japan are shown. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are seated at a desk. Behind them are Roosevelt's assistant, Harry Hopkins and two uniformed officers. View of relief map showing planned joint offensive. British and American staff officers seated at a planning table. Pertinent maps being printed for the offensive. Closeup views of woman's hands typing on typewriter. Tight closeup view of a teletype tape coming across a machine that reads "ANFO GAZE ACROBAT RE NO K" A typist at a teletype machine with tape being made. A busy military communications center. A plan marked "secret" moving across a sliding document mechanism or slide. American and British war production workers arriving at military equipment production factories for work; large groups of war production workers. Workers at military equipment plants and factories in the the U.S. and the U.K., including many women workers involved in war production. A document labeled "SECRET OCSigO" Staff officers in planning session. U.S. Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, seated with British Field Marshal Sir John Dill. More views of the Combined Chiefs of Staff at work viewing wall maps and table maps and plans. Steel mills in operation. American army troops training and preparing in battle drills, firing machine guns, battlefield advance training, swimming under water below flamethrower flames and below oil slicks on fire, leaping into water, practicing paratrooper jumps into water. New ships including Liberty Ships and warships being launched at American shipyards. War production workers inside a plant building B-17 bomber aircraft. An early version of Sherman tank (external bolts showing) and Sherman tanks being built in factory. Shipboard twin anti aircraft guns being test fired. Giant yards filled with newly manufactured weapons, armor, trucks, tanks jeeps, searchlights. U.S. Army generals walk in a group inspecting equipment. War materiel and troops and tanks being transported on railroad trains in America and Britain. Covered Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft being towed by trucks past a watching British police (Bobby) at night. Ships being loaded at docks. Troops and war materiel being loaded aboard ships in the U.S. and Britain. Crowd on dock (mostly women) waving goodbye to soldiers on a ship. Soldiers look out portholes and from deck as troop transport ships get underway. Hand sets ship engine control to slow. Soldiers entertain themselves. Soldier playing piano on deck of ship as fellow soldiers listen and tap feet on top of console piano. Closeup view of hands on piano and a soldiers boot nearby on the piano case. Soldiers smile and enjoy the music.

Date: 1942, June 18
Duration: 8 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033505