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The Flying Tigers are present with insignia and join the United States Army Air Forces in China.

The Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) in China join the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Three aircraft in flight. A Chinese sign on the back of an airman. Airmen stand in a group and are presented with an insignia. Aircraft parked in the background. A jacket of an airman reads 'AVG Flying Tigers'. Wings and insignias are presented to the airmen. A pilot in a cockpit. A close up of Commander of the Flying Tigers Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault. The Lieutenant General and an officer looks at a map. Chinese people hold flags and souvenirs. Men load supplies in an airplane. The airmen look at a map and decide the strategy to attack. A red ball is raised. The Flying Tigers in their uniforms get ready to board aircraft. Pilots in a jeep drive towards the aircraft. A pilot in a cockpit. The aircraft taxis and takes off. A General of the Flying Tigers at controls. The aircraft in flight.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069136
Chilean citizens demonstrate against the Axis and parade on streets of Santiago, Chile, in favor of Chilean involvement in World War 2.

Chilean people gather in a pro-Allies, and anti-Axis rally and parade in Santiago, Chile during World War II. Demonstrating against the Chilean government's stance of neutrality, the people crowd in front of a building for demonstration against the Axis powers, and in favor of Chile joining with the Allies in World War 2. The people demand fulfillment of the Good Neighbor rule, affirmed in the conference at Rio de Janeiro. Buildings of a city squqre in the background. The demonstrators hold banners. A man on a platform speaks into a microphone. People listen to him and hold banners. People parade on streets holding flags of Chile, the United States and Britain. People cheer and show a sign of victory.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069137
Vice Admiral Halsey looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship and infantry men advance across jungle swamps on the Solomon Islands.

A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069138
U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies embark a transport ship and unload supplies at a harbor in North Africa.

U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa during World War II . U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies walk on a dock. The troops embark a transport ship. Trucks, weapons and supplies are loaded on the transport ship. Ships underway at sea. A soldier looks through binoculars. American and British convoys rendezvous near Gibraltar. U.S. troops on a deck cheer. A convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers perform a drill on a deck. A gunner aboard a ship keeps a watch on the sea and the sky. A gun mounted on the deck. A destroyer underway alongside the transport ship to give orders. Officers look into the orders. Mountains in the background. The troops in a barge which is lowered. They unload the barge at a harbor. Barges approach the harbor. U.S. trucks and tanks are unloaded at the harbor. A lieutenant speaks to natives. The natives help in unloading the supplies. Equipment is massed on beaches

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069139
Wrecked tanks, airplanes and guns litter a desert and British 8th Army troops on tanks roll past the wreckage in Libya.

British 8th Army tanks roll past wreckage of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps in Libya during World War II . Wrecked German tanks, German airplanes and guns litter the desert. British troops stand around a field gun. A wrecked truck in the background. A wrecked Nazi seaplane. British 8th Army troops on tanks roll past the wreckage. A burning German truck. The British troops in tanks and jeeps cross a flooded road. Supply bases are established on the route. Harbor at at Marsa Matruh Egypt littered with wrecked supply ships and German seaplanes. Nazi prisoners in trucks along a road towards a prison camp. Italian prisoners driving themselves to prison camps even though not under guard. Nazi prisoners in line entering a prisoner of war camp. A high ranked Nazi officer is searched. Some Nazi prisoners seated and a few stand.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069140
The Alaskan Highway is officially opened near Alaska and a truck convoy rolls northward.

A new route links the United States and Alaska during World War II. Trucks parked on a highway. Men stand holding the U.S. flags. Canadian Mounted Police men stand in formation. The U.S. flag is raised up. The soldiers stand wearing woolen hats and coats. Officials cut a ribbon and pay tribute to the U.S. Army. The soldiers applaud. The Alaskan Highway Alaska is officially opened. A truck convoy rolls northward.

Date: 1942
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069141