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U.S. 555th African American Paratrooper Infantry Battalion being trained at Fort Benning, Georgia during World War II.

Film begins showing a group of African American paratroopers from the U.S. Army 555th Parachute Infantry Company (nicknamed the Triple Nickels) in Fort Benning, Georgia during World War 2. African American soldiers are inspecting their parachutes, laid out on a long table. One of them is a staff sergeant. Next, they don their helmets and then put on their backpack parachutes. Views of them adjusting their parachutes. Closeup of a Technical Sergeant assisting a Master Sergeant with his gear. The troopers double time in a line to an area for inspection. Their static lines are folded on their backpacks, and they hold their reserve chute against their stomachs. A sergeant gives them a final inspection, and they double time to a parked C-47 transport airplane that they board. Glimpse from inside the aircraft as they mount the stairs to the cabin. Next are several glimpses of troopers exiting the aircraft with their static lines hooked to the inside of the C-47. Change of scene shows view from window of a C-47, as a group of troopers begin boarding the aircraft. View along the side of a C-47 transport plane troopers' white parachutes open as they jump from the aircraft. They float away down and behind the aircraft. Aerial view of troopers jumping from left rear door of a C-47 transport plane in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074316
Men providing food to the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) at Fort Hunt in Virginia, United States.

The Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) at Fort Hunt in Virginia, United States. Men working. They cook food for the Bonus Army. Men serving food to them. The Bonus Army personnel eating the food.

Date: 1933, May 15
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076831
Bonus Expeditionary Force members cheer as the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrives to meet them at Fort Hunt in Virginia, U.S.

The Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) (or Bonus Army) at Fort Hunt in Virginia, United States. The First Lady of the United States Anna Eleanor Roosevelt arrives to meet them. The Bonus Army cheers. Tents in the background. Roosevelt sits in a car and then leave the camp.

Date: 1933, May 18
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076832
Fort Myers, Florida man practices primitive lifestyle by spearing fish, making fire with sticks and eat with bare hands

Primitive lifestyle of a man from Fort Myers, Florida. Man, wearing only a loincloth, spears fish and crabs from river. Man returns to his makeshift wooden hut. Man makes a fire using a bow drill and adds a bundle of dry leaves and branches. Man eats only with his bare hands.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078527
Double anniversary celebration in Fort Lee marking 50th year of New Jersey Borough and first permanent motion picture studio.

People gathered at the Lee theater in Fort Lee, New Jersey for a double anniversary celebration. The 50th year of New Jersey Borough and commemorating the country's first permanent motion picture studio. The Glenn Miller Story being shown at Lee theater. A banner put up for the event from May 23 to 29. Cameraman photographing turn of the century bathing models with a hand cranked camera. People watch the models. Mayor Louis F Botjer presents an anniversary plaque to a theater person. Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 looks at the plaque. Cars on the road.

Date: 1954, May 20
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027003
U.S. Army Special Forces return at Pope Air Force Base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina and are greeted by their families.

United States Army Special Forces return to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. United States soldiers lined up holding American flags at Pope Air Force Base. Families wait for the return of United States Army Special Forces. A sign reads ' United States Air Force Pope Air Force Base' . A United States C-123 aircraft taxis after landing. Soldiers of the special forces get off the aircraft as it returns after an attempted rescue of American prisoners of war from a camp near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The family members greet the soldiers. An officer of the special forces speaks into a microphone as cameramen record the event. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1970, November 24
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042708