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General Eisenhower inspects a Ninth Air Force Base in England; Allied bombers attack German infrastructure in France (WWII)

Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a Ninth Air Force Base in England during World War II. General Eisenhower salutes to men. United States soldiers look outside from a window to watch General Eisenhower’s arrival. Brick layers stop working on a wall to salute to General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower speaks with the M-26 Marauder crewmen. General Eisenhower laughing. General Eisenhower sits on in the cockpit of a fighter plane and fires its machine guns. Crowds of crewmen watch Eisenhower inspecting aircraft. An the airfield control tower, General Eisenhower and other officials watch the take-off of B-26 Marauders for a combat mission. B-26 Marauder bombers take off from the airfield. B-26 Marauder bombers form a formation in flight. B-26 Marauder bombers dodge anti-aircraft fire. Bomber with broken windshield window due to anti-aircraft fire damage. Bombs are dropped above a Nazi aerodrome in France. Aerial view of the Nazi aerodrome, railway switch yard bombings in Normandy. B-26 Marauder bombers heading back to England after bombing important military infrastructure in Normandy. A B-26 bomber lands on the runway. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers take-off from the Ninth Air Force Base at night. Lancaster bombersdrop bombs over German ammunitions dump and stores depot in France at night. Nighttime view of explosions on the ground.

Date: 1944, May 22
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079916
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress takes off during World War II

An early United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Wright Airfield (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Dayton, Ohio during World War II. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber taking off from the airfield. The B-29 Superfortress in flight. Front view of the B-29 in flight with the engines running. Close up and side view of the bomber flying over land.

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079937
German officer briefs troops, Allied prisoners in Crete (WW2)

Map of Crete showing its distance to Athens (Greece), Tobruk (Libya), Alexandria (Egypt) and Beirut (Lebanon) during World War II. Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 aircraft parked on an airfield (likely Maleme airfield). German military officer points to the area near Chania on a map of Crete during a meeting with troops. German officer briefing soldiers and pilots. Allied prisoners of war march in Crete. A medic applies medicine to a British soldier’s wounded hand. A German soldier points to captured British prisoners. A prisoner sits on the ground and leans on a wall near a German guard.

Date: 1941, June
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080097
German troops board Junkers Ju-52 transport planes bound for Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia before WW2.

German troop movement to Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia just before World War II. Mercedes Benz heavy trucks are parked on air field as lines of German Wehrmacht soldiers stand at attention on the other side of the field. A German officer reads instruction from a booklet. Wehrmacht troops marching on the field, toward aircraft. Two Junkers Ju-52 aircraft parked in airfield. A German officer salutes to a flight crew, who then board an aircraft. German soldiers marching to the airplanes. German soldiers climb aboard transport plane. A soldier hands over rifles to his comrade inside the aircraft. Nazi soldiers take their bicycle and belongings with them to the aircraft. German soldiers push a motorcycle into a transport plane. Crewman closes the door of the aircraft after the last soldier boards the plane. Junkers Ju-52 aircraft taxi and takes off from airfield.

Date: 1938, September
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080099
Liberec civilians cheer at the arrival of German troops, Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler review troops just before WW2.

Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 transport planes land in Liberec, Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) prior to World War II. German troops exit from the plane after landing. The empennage of the Junkers Ju-52 bears the Nazi Swastika. German soldiers running across the airfield. More Luftwaffe planes taxiing and landing at the airfield. A German aircraft marshaller making signals with flags. German Army march in a military parade in the city center of Reichenberg (today Liberec). Some of the soldiers are beating drums. Nazi Swastika banners adorn the buildings. Liberec civilians crowd Adolf-Hitler-Platz and watch German troop parade with warm reception. Sudeten German women hold small Nazi flags. A group of cheering civilians walk and perform the Hitler Salute in front of German troops. Young and old women in the crowd smiling. Café, pharmacy, and other storefronts are adorned with Swastikas. Liberec civilians cheer and throw flowers in front of the German Army. Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring inspects German troops in Liberec. Soldiers salute at Göring upon his arrival. Göring gives a military salute to troops. A Bohemian German girl mouths "Heil !". Göring shake hands and talks to soldiers and civilians while army photographer takes pictures. Adolf Hitler arrives in Liberec. Göring accompanies Hitler as they both review troops and civilians. Girls in the crowd perform the Nazi salute for Adolf Hitler. Hitler speaks to Göring. Hitler performs the Nazi salute to the people of Liberec during the motorcade.

Date: 1938, December 2
Duration: 5 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080101
Luftwaffe Junkers plane refuels airplane in flight (WW2)

A captured World War II German film describing procedures of the Junkers in-flight refueling method. A Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-290 cargo-transport aircraft taxiing in an airfield. Animation depicts how a coupler hook and arresting device operate in the coupling of Ju-290 and Ju-88 bomber aircraft for air to air refueling. The diagram shows the flight direction (“Flugrichtung”). The coupler hook coupling assembly mounts in the tail of parked Ju-88 aircraft. Interior shots of the coupler coupling cable pulley assembly. View of the coupling arresting device mounted on nose section of Ju-290 aircraft. Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device mounted in center nose of Ju-290 aircraft. View of the Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device as it thrusts forward about 3 feet upon release by pilot from cockpit control board. A man adjusts the device. Animation showing the method by which refueling coupler device controls the movement of ailerons and flaps of second aircraft in tow. Interior scenes showing the various dual refueling coupling control devices inside both the leading and trailing aircraft moving. The camera pans to the various parts of aircraft which the above devices control in the process of coupling. Man pulls a lever. The steering wheel automatically moves inside the cockpit. Ailerons and flaps of a German aircraft moving. The Junkers dual aircraft control coupler contact device thrusts forward about 3 feet upon release by pilot from cockpit control board. Junkers Ju-290 cargo-transport aircraft taxiing on runway against the background of a hangar. The Ju-290 taking off and from airfield. View of an unidentified twin-engine, low-wing aircraft with the coupling device mounted on nose, taxiing, and taking off. The Ju-290 and low-wing aircraft both in flight. A pilot sitting in front of instrument panel of the Junkers Ju-290 transport plane. Pilot's hand pulls the lever, which in turn releases the coupler hook assembly from rear of aircraft. Rear view of the Ju-290 showing in detail how coupler hook assembly gets released and trails behind aircraft from cable. Cable-pulley assembly of the Ju-290 in operation. Refueling coupler of the Ju-290 trailing behind on cable. Rear view of the Ju-290 as seen from the unknown aircraft flying behind the transport plane. View of the nose of the second aircraft with the refueling coupling arresting device. The arresting device and coupler hook assembly become coupled in flight. Pilot in control cabin of the Ju-290 pulls lever making the coupling cable pull the trailing twin-engine aircraft toward his aircraft. The refueling cable-pulley assembly in operation. The Ju-290 transport plane a refuel process connection progresses. Pilot of the second aircraft pulls lever which thrusts forward from the nose of his aircraft the coupler contact control device. View of the refuel coupler device. View of the trailing aircraft taken from rear of Junkers Ju-290, as it is pulled closer to the rear of the Ju-290. The rigid refuel coupler control device contacts rear of Ju-290 aircraft. The coupler control device is locked into the arresting socket. The Ju-290 and the other twin-engine aircraft are coupled in flight. The pilot and co-pilot of the second aircraft waving their hands, as seen from the rear of the Junkers Ju-290. Pilot’s hands holding the steering wheel of aircraft. The pilot of the Ju-290 pulls lever and releases the second coupled aircraft. The coupled section of both aircraft separates. The second aircraft continues to fly.

Date: 1940
Duration: 6 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080109