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Heavy artillery attack by North Vietnam during Battle of Khe Sanh. U.S. Marines fire at enemy forces.

Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968, during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of battlefield terrain in valley of Khe Sanh surrounded by mountains and ridges. Military jeep moves on road. Wounded marine carried on litter. Bomb explodes near plane. Supplies at airbase. The American flag on a mountain. David E Lownds, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Commanding Officer, Khe Sanh, speaks. The Colonel explains the location of battle with help of a terrain model. Bombs dropped on mountains. Marines fire artillery. An African American marine loads a mortar and another Marine fires it. Airfield prepared at Khe Sanh. Marines dig trenches. Marines patrol in woods. American military aircraft in flight. U.S. officers look at map on light table. General William Westmoreland gets into helicopter at airbase. Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey helicopter lands after short flight. U.S. officers leave the helicopter. General Westmoreland and marines check the location. Marines examine aerial reconnaissance photo images on light tables. Sign reads 'Welcome to Khe Sanh Matcu 62 Airfield'. Reinforcing Marines arriving at Khe Sanh airfield and exiting rear of C-130 aircraft with barracks bags and supplies. Supplies dropped by small parachutes from planes in flight. Flashback scenes of French paratroopers landing in the same area during 1954 in the Indochina War. French forces in battle. French advance with heavy artillery but did not win the war. Armistice signed by leaders in Geneva. Scenes return to 1968 with Marines in sandbag bunkers at Khe Sanh. Wide view of terrain at Khe Sanh. U.S. marines in trenches during battle. African American marine eating a ration. Colonel Lownds speaks. White and African American Marines move through jungle terrain. Marines firing artillery at North Vietnamese forces. Aircraft on bombing run. Explosions at Khe Sanh as ammunition dump is hit and explodes in multiple heavy explosions. Heavy artillery attack by North Vietnamese at Khe Sanh and smoke rises from explosions during battle. U.S. Marines in series of trenches firing back at enemy. Explosions on American base airfield near parked helicopter and near a moving C-130 aircraft as it taxis and prepares to take off from runway.

Date: 1968
Duration: 9 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052392
United States and Australian soldiers in jungle combat, fire machine gun at Japanese soldiers, evacuate and bury casualties, bomber performs belly landing during the Salamaua-Lae campaign in WW2

United States and Australian soldiers confer over battle plan in jungle near Salamaua, Papua New Guinea during the Salamaua-Lae campaign in World War 2. United States and Australian soldiers follow Papuan local in jungle. United States and Australian soldiers traverse jungle carefully with Papuan locals. Australian soldier hides in tall grass. Soldier uses telescope to look for Japanese enemy soldiers in jungle. Soldier uses a machine gun to fire at Japanese soldiers in jungle. Soldier in foxhole firing mortar rounds. Soldiers fire with machine gun and cannons at Japanese soldiers. Dead Japanese soldiers in fox holes and around jungle of Salamaua after battle with American and Australian forces. American and Australian soldiers carry an injured comrade in a stretcher. A soldier being treated for injury from attack by a Japanese sniper in the jungle. Medic puts soldier's arm in a sling. Papuan locals carry an injured soldier in stretcher through a jungle. Papuan locals, carrying injured soldier, cross a jungle bridge over Francisco river. An Allied soldier assists his blind comrade out of the muddy jungle. Blinded soldier walking through muddy trail with assistance from another soldier. Soldiers lying in stretchers in the emergency airfield near Salamaua. An injured soldier boards a support aircraft with assistance. Support plane takes off from emergency airfield. Support plane flies over Salamaua. Allied soldiers pay respect to their fallen comrades over makeshift graves. An army chaplain reads a prayer for the dead soldiers. At an airfield near Port Moresby, Allied troops load supplies in bomber. United States Air Force pilot in cockpit. Australian Air Force co-pilot in cockpit. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain takes off from airfield to Salamaua. Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. Douglas C-47 Skytrain begins to malfunction mid-flight. Douglas C-47 Skytrain performs an emergency belly landing on runway. American and Australian soldiers disembark from Douglas C-47 Skytrain after belly landing. United States and Australian soldiers point out towards enemy positions. American and Australian soldiers wade through jungle river. American and Australian soldiers crossing bridge in jungle together. American and Australian soldiers engage in battle with Japanese, firing mortar rounds. Several shots of mortars being fired including M2 mortars. M1919 Browning machine gun being fired while ammunition belt fed by soldier. Soldiers admiring the blade of a captured Samurai sword. Soldier smiling after battle and giving the thumbs up sign.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078499
Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring inspects Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht troops in Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) prior to WW2.

Sudeten Germans welcome Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and German troops into Reichenberg (today Liberec), Czechoslovakia prior to World War II. Liberec civilians crowd Adolf-Hitler-Platz (nám. Dr. E. Beneše 1/1, 460 59 Liberec, Czechia ?) and watch German troop parade with warm reception. Nazi Swastika banners adorn buildings in Liberec. Hermann Göring addresses the crowd on stage. The Nazi Germany Reichadler (Imperial Eagle) emblem is on display behind Göring. German troops stand at attention in front of the stage. German troops and band in military parade on the streets. Feet of Wehrmacht soldiers marching. Liberec civilians cheer and perform the Hitler salute. Hermann Göring and other military officials join the parade. Hermann Göring visits an airfield in the afternoon. Luftwaffe officers salute and talk to Göring. Göring with a bewildered expression. Ju-52 planes with Nazi Swastika markings landing and taxiing on airfield. Göring and other officials watch the planes. A group of Ju-52 planes on the ground. German soldiers run while pulling a wagon. They march in a single file in front of Göring. Civilian perform the Nazi salute to arriving troops. Göring nods and talks to Sudeten German boys and girls. A woman pins a corsage of flowers on a German soldier’s chest. A soldier speaks to Göring. German soldiers stand in front of bicycles in the airfield. Göring bids good-bye to a Sudetenland official and leaves in a staff car. Göring waves from departing car. Göring arrives in Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad/ Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Crowds gathered at the city center and the (likely Muehlbrunn) colonnade to welcome Göring. Karlsbad civilians perform the Nazi salute to welcome Göring. Göring’s guard clears out the way for Göring and other officials. Göring and other Nazi officials board a car. Göring inspects the Luftwaffe and airfield. Göring and a German soldier salute to each other. Göring holds his Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall baton while inspecting his troops. Göring speaks to the Luftwaffe and soldiers in attendance. Wehrmacht soldiers form a line.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080102
United States troops and vehicles in Rome during World War 2 liberation of Rome

Liberation of Rome, Italy from German forces by Allied troops during World War 2. Opening scenes are of German occupation of Rome earlier in the war during winter campaign, and German forces marching British and American captured allied forces through the streets of Rome. The Roman Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy) seen in background as Allied forces are marched by German armed guards. Buildings along the sides of the street. Damaged buildings and wrecked equipment scattered are seen in the city. German Field Marshall Albert Kesselring looking through field glasses at battlefield. Smoke arises due to firing and bombardment from the Allied and the German army. Heavy artillery is fired including German 280mm cannon. After Germans retreat, the U.S. forces of the 5th Army enter Rome in triumph. U.S. Army General Mark Clark enters with other officers and soldiers in the city. Civilians cheering and applauding. U.S. troops and tanks passing through the city. Bells of Saint Peters basilica ringing. A large crowd gathers in Saint Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro 00120 Città del Vaticano Vatican City) inside the Vatican. Pope Pius XII addressing the crowd. Prince Umberto II of Italy arrives in front of the crowd. Crowd cheering and applauding. American soldiers queue to enjoy real beer served from wooden barrels, made from supplies shipped from the United States. Smiling soldiers fill metal cups with beer. Wrecked railroad marshalling yards in Civitavecchia Italy are seen, as U.S. Army soldiers inspect an abandoned large German Krupp K5 rail gun (Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E). The gun shown here is either "Robert" or "Leopold" as termed by the Germans, also known by Allied names "Anzio Annie" or "Anzio Express".

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040759
Roman and German sculptures and maps support the Italo-German alliance of WW2

World War II propaganda on the necessity for an Italo-German alliance. Map of Italy and Europe depicting the growth of the Roman Empire. Classical statues of famous emperors and figures from the Roman Empire. Roman era stone carving depicts sailors on a boat. Map depicts the line between the Roman Empire and barbarians. Bas relief depicts Roman soldiers engaging in battle with barbarians and barbarians looting items during a siege. Ruins of Roman architecture in present day Cologne, Germany. Stone carving of the Capitoline wolf nursing Romulus and Remus. Animated map shows Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Christian cross shines over the Roman Colosseum. Stone carving of barbarians taking over the former Roman empire. The Mausoleum of Theodoric (Mausoleo di Teodorico, Via delle Industrie, 14, 48122 Ravenna RA, Italy) in Ravenna, Italy. Mosaic art found at the Basilica of San Vitale (Via San Vitale, 17, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy). A scroll from the Early Middle Ages.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675079892
Italian and German arts, architecture, and literature from the Medieval Ages, Renaissance and the Early Modern period.

“RENOVATIO IMPERII ROMANORUM” ("renewal of the empire of the Romans") coin from the Early Middle Ages. The tomb of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II at the Vatican Grottoes below St. Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Tombs of Holy Roman Emperors Frederick II and Henry VII inside the Cathedral of Palermo (Via Vittorio Emanuele, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy) and Pisa Cathedral (Piazza del Duomo, 56126 Pisa PI, Italy) respectively. Romanesque and Gothic churches in Germany and Italy such as the Speyer Cathedral, Orvieto Cathedral, Milan Cathedral/Duomo di Milano, Siena Cathedral. Intricate carving of a fleur-de-lis in Italy. The Last Supper painting, Mona Lisa, and a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Sistine Chapel and a sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo. Paintings by Albrecht Dürer. Italian-inspired palaces in Germany. The Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio. Niccolo Machiavelli and his work “Rapporto delle cose della Magna”. Portrait of military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy (Principe Eugenio di Savoia) during the Austro-Turkish War by Jacob van Schuppen. European musicians such as George Frideric Handel, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner during the Early Modern period. Portrait of German literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Rome called “Goethe in the Roman Campagna” by J. H. W. Tischbeine. Paper with Italian words written “Goethe Le elegie romane” (“Goethe The Roman elegies” in English). Page flips to words by Goethe. The page reads "Alto sole tu stai e guardi la tua roma. Di piu grande mai vedesti e niente mai di piu grande vedrai come il tuo sacerdote Orazio nell estasi vaticino…".

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675079893