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Soldiers fire artillery from behind sand bag mounds during Battle of Cantigny in World War I.

America's counter attack in World War I. United States Army soldiers on a field during Battle of Cantigny in France, World War I. Explosions occur and smoke rises. View of low slung horizontal razor wire in front of artillery emplacements. U.S. 1st Division soldiers fire artillery from behind sand bag mounds. American soldiers load a mortar shell and fire it from the trench. Soldiers hang shells through the trench to load larger artillery pieces. With shells being fired overhead, the soldiers go over the top of the trench and begin to cross field. A French tank in the background.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048778
A U.S. Navy film promoting participation by Navy personnel and civilians at home, in the Fourth Liberty Loan of World War I

A U.S. sailor, sitting on the deck of a warship, fills out a post card made by the Navy Department, to be sent home encouraging friends and family to buy bonds in the 4th Liberty Loan Drive of World War 1. A civilian in a post office, in America, sends a return post card to the sailor, acknowledging his request. On the pre-printed card, he states that he bought $100 worth of the Liberty Loan. It is dated October 2, 1918. The front of the post card is addressed by hand and in place of postage, contains the words: "Sailors' Mail FREE." Another respondents post card is also shown, dated October 1st. This Navy Liberty Loan promotion is explained by slates, and ends with the question: "Have you bought yours?" followed by a display of the American flag. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, October
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048786
U.S. Sailors sign up double their subscriptions during Victory loan drive in New York City

A U.S. Navy Ensign, enlists sailors to increase their allotments for Victory bonds. Sailors are assembled at a Navy Supply Depot, in New York City. Ensign A D Leveridge calls for volunteers to double their subscriptions during a Victory Bond Drive. They volunteer, en masse. Next, they are seen at the Altar of Liberty, on Fifth Avenue and Madison Square, where Lieutenant Commander WD Loveridge and other U.S. Naval officers and women volunteers process their requests. LCDR Loveridge and Ensign Leveridge, converse in front of the group of sailors. Scene shifts back to the Supply Depot, where sailors stand in formation. a woman Yeoman (F) delivers a report about the bond subscriptions to Ensign Leveridge, who salutes and presents it to LCDR Loveridge. He and the Yeoman (F) present it to a Navy Commander, who reads and returns it. The ensign and Yeoman depart as LCDR Loveridge stands before the formation.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048789
Sailors burn effigies of the Kaiser and German Crown Prince when finished using them to promote Liberty Bond sales.

After having used cardboard cutouts of the Kaiser and German Crown Prince, in the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive, U.S. sailors dispose of them. Sailors are lined up at the Naval Supply Depot in New York City, watching as several of them hang a cardboard cutout effigy of the Kaiser over scraps of wood, which they set afire. All the sailors jump and cheer as the smoke and flames rise. They throw paper on the fire to help it burn. Others swing a cardboard effigy of the German Crown Prince, over the fire. As the sailors dance about and cheer, and the fire burns, one of them performs acrobatic tricks in front of the camera. Others come forward and dance for the camera. Finally, a hose is brought to the scene and used to extinguish the fire. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, October
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048791
Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels opens 4th Liberty Loan drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, During World War I.

Start of the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive in World War 1. United States Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels opens the Liberty Loan drive, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On this occasion he delivers a speech in front of a large gathering. He also reviews a parade of 10,000 mill workers. Mill workers loaded in trucks and other vehicles move past people in a street. A Naval band plays at the parade. Mill workers carrying flags and banners march. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, October
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048792
Nazi German paratrooper commandos rescue Mussolini from imprisonment in Italy during World War 2

Nazi German paratroopers rescue Benito Mussolini from confinement in the Campo Imperatore Hotel at the Gran Sasso massif (Gran Sasso mountain, the highest peak in the Apennines range, Italy). Military trucks are seen driving up the mountain road toward the Gran Sasso mountain. German soldiers walk along the road. Lieutenant Georg Freiherr von Berlepsch, leader of the 1st Company, Fallschirmjäger (German Air Force paratroopers) briefs the troopers. Next the troopers are seen crossing a plateau as they head toward the Campo Imperatore buildings. Closeups of the buildings. Benito Mussolini in black overcoat and hat, seen leaving the hotel in the company of his German rescuers. Paratrooper reporting by radio. View of Alpine cable car system used to depart from the mountain. Major Otto-Harald Mors (sometimes incorrectly written as Harald-Otto Mors) commander of the Parachute Regiment salutes Lieutenant von Berlepsch, as his Company returns from the mountain. They shake hands. German Colonel Otto Skorzeny, operations commander, walks with group escorting Mussolini. The Mussolini and Colonel Skorzeny climb aboard a German Luftwaffe Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop Storch short takeoff and landing liaison aircraft. Troopers wave as the aircraft takes off from the mountainside. Complete change of scene shows a German Junkers, Ju-52 aircraft in flight overhead. Next, Adolf Hitler is seen rendering a traditional military hand salute as he stands, watching the airplane taxi and park at the airfield serving his Wolf's Lair headquarters near Rastenburg on the Eastern Front. Mussolini steps from the plane and is warmly greeted by Hitler. His son-in-law, Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano, embraces and kisses Mussolini, who then steps into a mercedes touring car displaying both Italian and Nazi symbols. Arriving at the Wolf's Lair, Mussolini is greeted by German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop. Hitler escorts Mussolini through the building. Next, the two are seen leaving the building and driving back to the airport, where Hitler and entourage bid farewell to Mussolini, who climbs aboard the Ju-52, again. Hitler waves as the plane taxis out.

Date: 1943, September 12
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675048871