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USAAF aircraft strafe a locomotive on tracks and bomb Marshalling yards in Germany during World War II.

United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) aircraft strafe a locomotive in Germany during World War II. A USAAF P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft lands on an airfield. Mountains in the background. The aircraft strafe a locomotive on tracks. The aircraft dive and bomb Marshalling yards. Explosions occur. Aircraft in flight.

Date: 1945, February 24
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056168
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg returns home from London, at end of World War II

View of a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport plane flying low over an airfield, a month before the end of world War 2. Next, Grand Duchess Charlotte, of Luxembourg, is seen stepping from the airplane, followed by British officers. she is greeted by Prime Minister Pierre Dupong, of Luxembourg. and receives bouquets of flowers from two young women. She is saluted by an American Brigadier General, who's back is to the camera. In ensuing scenes the Grand Duchess is surrounded by officials near down-town buildings, and then near some woods. A closeup of her stepping into a car, and then view of road sign for "Boulevard du President F.D. Roosevelt." Local residents wave Luxembourg tricolor flags from apartment windows to welcome Duchess Charlotte. Residents celebrating in a crowded city square.

Date: 1945, April 14
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056171
U.S. Air Force Aircraft transport 600 Belgian Para-Commando troopers, on rescue mission to Stanleville, Congo

View from behind the pilot in cockpit of a U.S.Air Force C-130 transport aircraft of the 322nd Air Division, U.S. Air Forces Europe, approaching Stanleyville, Congo, on a mercy mission to save lives of Belgian hostages held by Congolese rebels who threaten to kill them. View from tarmac on the airport, as Belgian paratroopers exit the aircraft while its engines are still running. They secure the airfield, unload supplies and ammunition, and start moving toward the center of Stanleyville. View from moving vehicle traveling along deserted street in Stanleyville. After hearing shots, the paratroopers come upon a courtyard where they find numerous Belgian dead. View of courtyard and bodies covered with cloth. Another dozen, or so, bodies are seen lying in another group. One dead seen lying in the roadway. Bullet-riddled car at side of road. Local Congolese residents (non-rebels) board trucks for transport to the airport. Hundreds of rescued Belgian people are gathered at the airport. A C-46 transport aircraft is parked in the background. A Belgian trooper walks past. Next, a view, again, from behind the pilot in a USAF C-130 aircraft, this time, approaching Leopoldville. Ground crewman guides the aircraft to a parking place on the Leopoldville airport ramp. Rescued people walk across the ramp. U.S. Air Force airmen carry body of a victim,on a stretcher, down the rear ramp of a C-130. Bodies of those killed, are laid out across the entrance of a hangar at the airport. Two U.S. Marines place American flags on the bodies of medical missionary, Dr. Paul Earle Carlson, and missionary, Phyllis Rine. More views of rescued persons walking with some belongings, across the tarmac and gathered around the open rear door of a C-130. Tail number of the C-130 is 40499. A USAF C-119 aircraft; a C-97 (of the Military Airlift Command); and a C-54 aircraft are parked in the background.

Date: 1964, November 24
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056311
German fighter planes and antiaircraft battle Allied bombers during Allied invasion of Normandy, France, in World War II

Map shows French coast, English Channel and principal cities of interest, during the Allied invasion in World War 2. German Messerschitt Bf 109 aircraft on a flight line are starting up. Pilots getting buckled into cockpits and ME 109s taxiing for takeoff. Switch to German Focke-Wulf FW 190 aircraft taking off in formation from forward airfield. Contrails seen from high flying aircraft. Formations of American aircraft overhead, are fired at by German antiaircraft gun from hidden position. German antiaircraft batteries in operation. Wreckage of downed Allied aircraft, showing two left engines of a B-17; an A-20 or B-26, in D-day white stripes, with tail number 30148; and a crash-landed B-17 of the USAAF 96th Bombardment Group, 339th Bomb Squadron, with left horizontal stabilizer and elevator shot to pieces. Three surviving crew members stand behind the aircraft as they are approached by two German soldiers who check them for weapons.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675056328
Luftwaffe planes take off on strafing missions and German Army battles Allies in a ruined French village during World War II.

German forces battle against invading Allies in France, during World War 2. German German ME-109 and FW-190 aircraft starting engines on an airfield. Three ME-109s take. Pilot point of view from inside cockpit as aircraft strafes ground targets. An FW-190 in flight. View from cockpit during strafing run. View of pilot's hand on control stick. View from cockpit of strafing run against targets on village streets. German machine gunners in trenches look through binoculars. Huge explosions nearby from Allied counterfire. German artillerymen fire heavy guns, at zero elevation, from positions in forest. Germans in assault guns and tanks covered with foliage camouflage. View from inside a tank as it crushes foliage in its way. Tank commander in Tiger tank of s.SS.Pz.Abt.101 talks on radio. Panther tanks firing. Marder III tank destroyer. Tiger tank of s.Pz.Abt.505 fires. Destroyed and disabled Allied armor, including Assault guns and Sherman tanks. GermanTanks and infantry fire at Allied positions. German infantry engaged in house-to-house battles and using flame thrower, in ruins of a French town. German rocket launchers obscured by smoke as they fire rapidly.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056341
Allied forces in Britain airlift paratroopers and weapons from England to border of Holland, during World War II.

United States Army and British forces conduct airlift operations in Europe during World War II. They airlift paratroopers from England to Arnhem Netherlands. Large number of Allied transport planes at a British airfield in England loaded with weapons, artillery and equipment. The planes and gliders take off one after the other. Fighter aircraft accompany transport planes guarding them from Luftwaffe. View from ground in town in Belgium as a mass of many Allied aircraft fly over towns of Belgium towards Holland's border. Large number of paratroopers of the Anglo-American Army jump from the airplanes. Sky is filled with paratroopers descending. Paratroopers quickly arrange themselves and start their operation. Soldiers fire mortars and rifles at the enemy.

Date: 1944, October 16
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056352