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Launching, naming, and outfitting newly built Liberty Ships in Sausalito, California

A new ship, named "Bold Creek" is ready for a launch out of Sausalito California shipyards (or Richmond California). A ceremony takes place. A formation of crew members welcome guests by saluting them. The guests climb a platform and Christen the ship which slides down the ways into the water. Work commences immediately on another ship in the same place. Another ship is launched (number 22 on its bow). The yard launches 5 ships per day for two years. A ship is moved by a boat called a "sea mule." into a line of ships being outfitted. After being outfitted with everything for operation and living, a Liberty ship departs on its maiden voyage.

Location: Sausalito California USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031502
Views of Kufstein, in Tyrol, Austria during World War II

Opening scene shows Tyrolean town of Kufstein nestled in Brandenberg Alps in Austria. A young Austrian woman and a soldier in uniform sit on a hillside with part of the Kufstein Fortress in the background (Festung 2, 6330 Kufstein, Austria). A Music professor named "Butler" sits at the famous organ (Heldenorgel), the world's largest open-air organ, in the Kufstein Kaiser turm (Imperial tower). He plays music as a wedding party stands, listening, outside. View through the building window shows the bride and her new husband, a German officer in uniform, surrounded by family and friends in a courtyard, outside. Scene shifts to the courtyard in sunlight and shadow, where townsfolk, including many children, are assembled. A large military style German Cross of stone dominates the foreground. Closeups of wounded German soldiers attended by a nurse. A German sailor in uniform stands with several girls. The organ music permeates the scene. View from behind spectators leaning over a railing shows the courtyard to be somewhat oval. Locals in traditional Tyrolean costumes are part of the crowd. Closeups of various persons in attendance. Glimpse of the organ pipes showing this to be an impressive instrument. Camera pans from the pipes to an opening in a tower, where they are located, revealing a panoramic view of the town and landscape below. Among things seen below are Saint Vitus Church and other significant buildings. View from afar of Kufstein Fortress and Brandenberg Alps with clouds behind. View framed by fruit tree blossoms across a field being plowed by farmer and team of oxen. The town in the background. More scenic views.

Location: Kufstein Austria
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031596
Austrian farmers working on their fields in Styria, Austria

Farmers in Styria, Austria. Men carry a cart on the farmland in Styria, also known as Steiermark in Austria. Another man sits on the wooden cart. Rope tide to the cart pulls a bullock. Women carry hay on the cart. Another woman spreads fertilizer on the field. Bullock carts used to plow field. Women climb a hill. Women use plow to dig field. Houses and trees in the background.

Location: Styria Austria
Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031597
German primary School boys give demonstration of athletic activities before a large audience, including many school girls

German 5th and 6th grade boys perform a gymnastic (turnen) exhibition in Austria. One boy performs on the high horizontal bar. Girls in audience applaud. View from above as the boys run and use springboard to leap to a table. Audience applauds. Next the boys demonstrate boxing techniques. Two boys compete in boxing match. Girls in the audience watch intently. The boys compete as teams carrying one another across the activity ring and playing athletic games, which the girls in the audience applaud.

Location: Austria
Date: 1944
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031598
A circus is held under a tent in a German town during World War II

Opening scene shows closeup of a lion roaring. In the audience, a German soldier in uniform laughs. Bears drink from milk bottles. A lion trainer coaxes a male lion to walk across a pair of tight wires. German soldiers in the audience applaud. A pretty girl introduces performance number 6. then two men and a young woman acrobat perform. The men toss her about about and catch her. Closeups of German soldiers enjoying the show (including one holding a young boy).

Location: Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031599
Gernam Army officers visit a German Navy base during World War II

Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.

Location: Germany
Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031600
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