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USS LST-831 in amphibious assault training with elements of U.S. 2nd Marine Division during World War II

Landing Ship Tank, LST-831, carrying elements of the 2nd Marine Division, in amphibious assault rehearsal training in Northern Mariana Islands during World War 2. She displays red flag with white stripe, as a secondary control ship for Red Beach. (Later, in the Battle of Okinawa, they would be part of a demonstration Tractor Group making diversionary attacks on the Southeastern coast). She arrives at beach with bow doors open, lowers her ramp, and a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) exits onto the beach. A bright orange flag flutters on beach in front of the camera, where it has been planted to guide boats during the exercise. LST-831 then backs away from the beach to allow LVTs to get experience operating in deep water. Remaining footage shows LVTs making their way through the water, loaded with Marines. Closeup of an LVT.

Date: 1945, March 13
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020460
Major General Doolittle at ceremony presenting P-40 Warhawks from the U.S. to the Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco in World War 2

Major General James Doolittle and Lt. General Carl Spaatz of the United States Twelfth Air Force, Colonel Willis, as well as French Major-General Bergeret and other American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk planes by the U.S. Army Air Forces to the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. American troops parade before a hangar. Officers stand in front of P-40 planes lined up near the hangar. The band plays in the parade. French Moroccan horsemen. Officers salute the American and French flags. Opening cameraman slate indicates January 9, 1942, but this is an error as the event took place on January 9, 1943.

Date: 1943, January 9
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020492
American Navy personnel and British women service personnel during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II.

Allied soldiers during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Group of American Navy personnel in flat hats and blues with a group of British women service personnel walk on a path. A park on the right side. Houses in the background. A suitcase being held up in front of a man. Insignia on suitcase reads 'U.S. Coast Guard.' A sign reads 'U.S. Coast Guard, Ruley, CPHOM' (Chief Photographer's Mate).

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020541
British, Turkish, Belgian, Serb, French, and Australian soldiers mobilize for World War I.

Headlines in various New York and Belgian newspapers report the entry of Austria, Germany, Russia and Great Britain into the World War 1. A poster part of the recruitment campaign by Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War. British troops in the streets of England, mobilize for the war. King George V, his son and uncle, inspect British troops. Turkey: The Sultan of Turkey and other military officials emerge from a building. The Sultan takes his seat in horse carriage and is driven away. Turkish troops at a port and soldiers seated in a ship. Belgium: Bombarded buildings and ruins in Louvain. People and soldiers on the street. People in carts on a road in search of new homes. Military officers study a map. Belgrade: Serbians bomb Belgrade. Soldiers fire artillery guns. Bomb explosions on a hill. British soldiers camp with French soldiers across the channel. Australian soldiers march ahead to join the war. Germany: Retired General Paul Von Hindenburg, commander of the Germans, and other military officers pose outside a building. The German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends from the sand dunes of Belgium to inspect his troops in a field. France: French soldiers on alert in trenches and bunkers, defend the borders of Paris. General Gallieni and his troops leave Paris for the front in taxicabs.

Date: 1914
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020554
Austro-Hungarian soldiers pose with Krupp 77mm artillery field pieces during World War 1

Austro-Hungarian soldiers pose with a 77mm Krupp field gun, model 1914, on display in a public square. Several curious civilians take note of them. Another view of the soldiers posing with two such guns, as several civilians walk nearby. In background, across the Danube River (based on information in the film opening slate) are significant large buildings of a major city. Several officers come to stand in front of one of the guns, as a soldier brings a 77mm shell out for all to see. Another soldier also displays a shell up for the camera. Scene shifts back to the initial location and soldiers standing by their gun.

Date: 1917
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Hungarian
Clip: 65675020557
Communist Bela Kun and Socialist Sandor Garbai outside the Hungarian Parliament Building during an alliance in Budapest.

1919: Communist and Socialist politicians and supporters gathered outside the Hungarian Parliament Building during an alliance in Budapest. A large crowd before the building and in the street. The Communist politician Bela Kun being interviewed amidst the crowd. Men climb a tower in front of the building to get a better view of the event. View of Hungarian Socialist Democratic Party leader Dezső Bokányi standing with other men. Socialist politician Sandor Garbai standing with Bela Kun and addressing the crowd. A man addresses the crowd from a car roof. Musicians play violins and other instruments during the event. The two politicians talk and give speeches.

Date: 1919
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Hungarian
Clip: 65675020559