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French and Vietnam troops on the heaviest attack against the Vietminh Red troops in Vietnam, French IndoChina.

French troops (French Far East Expeditionary Corps) attack the Vietminh Red troops in Vietnam, French Indochina. Soldiers fire artillery (M114 155 mm howitzer). Explosions far in the field. French and Vietnamese soldiers marching through a field. Two soldiers wading in a river, carrying an injured patient. A French soldier with foot injury from Vietminh traps made out of nails. Man showing a foot trap by the Vietminh. Reinforced by eight new French Battalions, French and Vietnam forces launch the heaviest attack of the eight year old war. French and Vietnamese soldiers cross a rice field.

Date: 1953, October 15
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045444
Cardinal Roncalli proclaimed Pope and adopts the name of John XXIII in Vatican City.

Cardinal Roncalli proclaimed Pope in Vatican City. People gather at St Peter's Square in large numbers to watch the ceremony. He adopts the name of John XXIII. Crowd greets their new Pope. Pope addresses the people from the balcony of Sistine Chapel.

Date: 1958, October 28
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045474
American workers and OSS in World War 2 work to estimate the loss of German military manpower in battle.

Film outlines process of U.S. military and War Department to estimate the German military manpower losses from 1939-1943 during World War II. Scenes of German military forces in battle. German tank on the battlefront smashes down a tree and German soldiers follow, running behind it. Dead bodies of soldiers lay on the battlefield. Airplane falling from sky to ground after being hit. German Soldiers fire rifles during battle. German soldiers carry wounded on litters and German medical staff treat the wounded soldiers. A wounded soldier on a hospital bed. Nurse leans over hospital bed and talks to a wounded soldier. A study made to find out the number of soldiers returning to their jobs after being injured. A man reads a magazine which reads: 'Estimate of non battle causalities'. German soldiers march through Arc de Triomphe in Paris during occupation of Paris by Nazi Germany. Headline of a newspaper reads: 'Germans silent on Russian gain'. Brief scene of Soviet leader Stalin speaking at a microphone. Cavalry soldiers, likely Soviet, crossing a battlefield. Scenes of World War I German troops being reviewed by officers. Civilian or OSS men lean over a German map and discuss among themselves. They study the map. Scene of men and women at a German news stand buying German newspapers in order to obtain obituary information. OSS personnel translate casualty reports from German newspapers to help estimate deaths of German soldiers and determine force strength. An operations room with American staff analyzing German newspapers. View of a Boeing 314 Clipper Flying Boat aicraft taking off from water. The reports from World War I and II, allied forces, chart, graphs and NARS computers used to estimate German Army's manpower loss. African American women workers operate keypunch machines recording battle casualty statistics which yield punch cards for further data analysis. Punch cards being created and being loaded in sorting and reading machines bearing brand "International" (for International Business Machines or IBM). A document entitled "analysis of obituaries." Man in an office studying a map and a document. A woman helps him as she enters numbers into a Remington Rand adding machine. They estimate the officers killed in war and the number of the killed enlisted men, in order to estimate the total battle loss. They compare the data of soldiers missing, killed, wounded, and unfit for duty from 1939 to 1943.

Date: 1943, May
Duration: 12 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045524
Dr. Wilhelm Frick is appointed Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and assumes his duties (WW2)

Dr. Wilhelm Frick, newly appointed Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, inspects troops in a formal ceremony as he assumes his new duties during World War II. Seen with him is Karl Hermann Frank, the Reichminister for Bohemia and Moravia. Dr. Frick is seen greeting various officials and giving an address before a gathering in a large auditorium, where many attendees are dressed in traditional Bohemian or Moravian costume.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675045539
Workmen lay steel mats on the airstrip at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany.

A new airstrip constructed at Tempelhof Airbase in Berlin, Germany. Workers engaged in construction work. Steam rollers in operation put finishing coating on the asphalt binder. Buildings and trees in background. Workmen lay steel mats. View of airstrip shortly before completion. Airplane takes off.

Date: 1948, August 26
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045577
British and American troops join together for attack during Battle of the Bulge, scenes from Malmedy massacre and Houffalize (WW2)

Map points to Allied positions during Battle of the Bulge in World War II. British soldiers walk in a trench on the prong of the attack south of La Roche en Ardenne (La Roche-en-Ardenne or sometimes just Laroche). Trench in the snow covered area. British soldiers wear warm clothes and try to stay warm in the trench. British soldier knocks hole in ice and draws water into a bucket. British soldiers wash and shave with the freezing water. They heat water and use it to make cups of tea. They move on tanks to location where British and American forces meet and greet. The soldiers talk amongst themselves. On 14 January 1945 armored recce cars of the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry, 51st Highland Division, meet GI's of the 347th Infantry, 87th U.S. Infantry Division, near Ortheuville. The first link up between troops of VIII Corps and British 30 Corps. Another encounter between British soldiers, dressed in white camouflage smocks, with Americans of the 87th U.S. Infantry Division at Champlon. Later that same day. Field Marshal Montgomery wearing a new beret, commands the northern forces. British soldiers advance on a roadway and supplies move on vehicles. Houses in the background. U.S. 3rd Army soldiers shovel snow during a blizzard, clearing the way for trucks with supplies and mail to pass. Large tractors with snow plow attachments clear snow. On January 14, 1945, American forces gently sweep snow from the bodies of American soldiers at Malmedy who had surrendered to the Germans a month prior but were then massacred. (These were mostly U.S. forces of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion) German prisoners of war look on apprehensively as the Americans uncover the victims of the Malmedy Massacre. American soldiers look at from a snow covered hillside into the village of Houffalize in Belgium. A twisted sign for Houffalize is seen, and wreckage and destruction in the town. Close views of wrecked and burned homes in Houffalize. Destroyed tanks with one tipped in a river

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045608