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V-1 glide bomb catapult and horizontal stabilizer details seen (WW2)

Title card says “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 Schnittautnahmen 9.2.1944” (“Anti-aircraft target device 76 cut recordings 02/09/1944” in English). Close up rear view of Walter catapult showing piston insertion point at Air Force Karlshagen in Germany during World War II. Rear underside view of V-1 glide bomb horizontal stabilizer, showing elevator actuation.

Date: 1944, February 9
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079132
Animation shows how steam launches V-1 glide bomb via catapult (WW2)

Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). “Flakzielgerät 76 Schnittautnahmen und Trick 6.+9.1.1944” (“Flak target device 76 cut recordings and trick 01/6-9/1944” in English). Close up of Argus engine on V-1 glide bomb as it starts, with variable intake compensating between jet pulses. Animation demonstrating how steam propels the V-1, with arrow pointing at the piston being pushed by steam within the Walter catapult. Various views of the Walter catapult ramp, including an unusual view from below the launch ramp as a V-1 buzz bomb is launched during World War II.

Date: 1944, January 6
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079134
Allied forces fighting in naval battles, Normandy landing and aerial view of Normandy (WW2)

Soldiers form a human barricade to make way for important Allied military officials such as General Jacques Philippe Leclerc (Free France), United States General Omar Bradley and British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. United States General Omar Bradley walking during World War II. United States General George Patton uses a pair of binoculars. United States Army conducts mopping-up operations in a destroyed French town. United States infantry move through a forest. Soldiers walking on a street. Television host Alexander Scourby narrates while holding a book titled “Breakout and Pursuit” by Martin Blumenson. An excerpt of the book “Breakout and Pursuit”. United States, British and Canadian troops engage in a naval battle with German forces on the English Channel July 1, 1944. Gun turrets of battleship aiming and firing at German position. Battleships firing artillery. Thick smoke forms from heavy firing from naval artillery. Soldiers climbing down a marine rope ladder. Smoke covers the Normandy coast after Allied ships fired at German positions. Allied infantry wade through the waters after landing near a beachhead in Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944. Famous shot of some soldiers collapsing after reaching the beachhead after landing. Some soldiers attempt to swim to reach the beach. Smoke forms away from the beach. A line of Allied infantry wade through the beach. A barrage balloon floats over a beach in Normandy. Alexander Scourby shows a map of Western Europe during World War 2 and points to the area of Northwestern France to demonstrate the goal of Operation Cobra. Aerial view of marshlands and hedgerows in Normandy. Tanks are seen on marshlands. German soldiers enter a French village. German soldier carries an MG42 machine gun. German troops sprinting near a berm. Explosion from bombing. German troops ducking in a berm alongside a hedgerow. A bomb explodes in field.

Date: 1944, July 1
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079445
People walking and cycling on the Pont Alexandre III bridge after Allied liberation of Paris (WW2)

Various Paris landmarks after liberation of Paris during World War 2. Two French soldiers from the 2nd Armored Division look at the camera from their M4 Sherman tank “Mangin” (September 25 1944). Liberation of Paris on August 25 1944. The French and United States flag flying above Paris. Aerial view of crowds crossing a bridge. Aerial view of people frantically running. French men and women use bicycles and walk on a bridge. French people cycling on Pont Alexandre III bridge (Pont Alexandre III, 75008 Paris, France). View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower. An artillery gun is placed in front of the Statue of Nantes in the Place de la Concorde. People walking in the Place de la Concorde with fountain in foreground. (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). People crossing the Pont Alexandre III bridge. A damaged metal barricade at bridge with Grand Palais in background. People cycling across Pont Alexandre III bridge. as man takes pictures with camera. A boat “Beaujolais” moored next to the Pont Alexandre III bridge. People on bicycles crossing between bridge abutments on Pont Alexandre III bridge with Les Invalides in background.

Date: 1944, August 25
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079515
USAAF 19th Squadron P-47 fighters strafing Japanese targets on Tinian Island, Mariana Islands, in World War II

Air strike missions against Tinian Island heavily garrisoned by Japanese Forces during World War 2. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters of 19th Squadron taking off from Aslito Airfield in Saipan Island. P-47s in flight. Large formation of P-47s. Aerial view of Tinian Island, Mariana Islands. Aerial view of Tinian town and airstrip. P-47 strafing shows smoke rising from target area.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675047547
U.S. troops land at Attu Island, Aleutian Islands and the Australians bombard Japanese positions in New Guinea.

Allied campaign against the Japanese during World War II. United States troops loaded in landing crafts head towards Attu Island, Aleutian Islands. Naval guns aboard ships fire at Japanese positions on the coast. Soldiers land and wade through water amidst heavy firing. Royal Australian aircraft take off from an airstrip in New Guinea to bombard Japanese positions on the island. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur. A pilot in a cockpit as Japanese positions are being bombarded.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065880