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Germans express anger in Berlin over Article 228 of the Treaty of versailles. French General Debeney watches troops in Paris

Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany after the end of World War 1. German people angry about the Treaty of Versailles, gathering on Unter den Linden, in Berlin. A poster on a wall lambasting the Allies (British and French, in particular) for the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, especially Article 228 giving the Allies authority to prosecute Germans accused of violating the laws and customs of war. Complete break and change of scene to France. Small unit of French troops, led by officer on a white horse, marching on street in Paris. Closeup of French General Marie-Eugene Debeney, Commandant la place de Paris, as he watches the troops assemble in formation with the officer on white horse, in center, across the street from where he stands . Several Renault FT light tanks parked on pavement next to a building.

Date: 1920
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042454
The education and professional journey of naval officer Chester W Nimitz, with views of early U.S. Navy ships and submarines.

Army film 'The Big Picture' . View of U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Buchanan (DD-484), at rain-soaked pier. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, wearing rain coat, steps to shore. Naval ships in convoy. Battleship fires 16 inch guns. Heavy nighttime U.S. Navy ship gun barrages light up the dark in an unidentified battle. Landing craft race toward shore carrying U.S. Marines. Animation of earth with satellite circling it. U.S. Army narrator talks about the naval officer, Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz. Setting stage for Nimitz' upbringing, view of cowboys or cattle men herding cattle on great western plains of the United States with distant views of mountains behind. Narrator refers to Admiral Nimitz' birthplace, Fredericksburg, Texas. Still image of Chester W. Nimitz as a young boy. View of the old U.S. Navy ship USS Constitution -- a tall masted sailing vessel in full sail during the era of the Spanish American war. View of a U.S. Navy armored steam cruiser or battleship firing guns in battle. Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech, then seen close up talking and smiling, and then again Theodore Roosevelt seen on a flag draped podium giving an speech with animated hand gestures. Late childhood picture of young Chester W Nimitz around the time he entered the U.S. Naval Academy. Nimitz in a sailor uniform. U.S. Navy sailors participate in a boxing match during training, as their classmates look on and cheer the bout. Procession of U.S. Navy officers and cadets march on grounds of U.S. Navy Academy circa 1905, during a commencement exercise or other ceremony. View of one of the U.S. Navy's first submarines being loaded at a port. U.S. Navy sailors atop a small submarine as it cruises in a waterway. View of the small submarine as it dives under water. View circa 1918 of four U.S. Navy submarines at port, side-by-side. View of U.S. Navy sailors at work inside submarine. Fleet of warships and submarines underway during World War 1 era. View of USS Zeilin (DD-313) underway at sea. Navy biplane aircraft lands on U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

Date: 1905
Duration: 6 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042982
Events in career of Chester W. Nimitz. Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral takes command of U.S. Pacific Fleet

Japanese flag on a Japanese aircraft carrier. Japanese aircraft take off to attack Pearl Harbor. Squadron of Japanese aircraft in flight, and dropping bombs over Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy ships being destroyed by Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor. Chester W Nimitz gives a brief speech when he takes command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. He shakes hand with his senior officers. Animated map depicts the Japanese and American bases. Sweeping elevated view of an American ship building dock area as many workers build new warships for World War 2. Close-up views of war production workers building ships. New ships being launched including an aircraft carrier and also the Liberty Ship SS Richard Bassett. View of interior of a U.S. Navy submarine. Officer with cigar in mouth viewing target through periscope. Shot of torpedo being fired from submarine and then view through periscope as a target ship is hit and explodes. Dramatic shot of a U.S. Navy submarine surfacing. The submarine breaks the surface and its bow shoots high into the air as it breaches and then settles to complete surfacing. Scene of United States warships firing at Japanese enemy ships, and U.S. Navy aircraft taking off for attack from aircraft carrier. Narrator indicates it is for Battle of the Coral Sea and Battle of Midway. Scene from deck of U.S. Navy ship of sky filled with flak and fire as American ships work to down a Japanese airplane. Fire on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier after attack by a Japanese aircraft. Burning wreckage of Japanese aircraft in water close to an American Navy ship. Scenes of U.S. Navy ship guns firing and hitting Japanese aircraft that crashes into the sea. An aerial view of a Japanese airplane hit by an attacking U.S. aircraft, as seen from the American aircraft gun camera.

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042983
Origins and rise of Hitler and Nazi party are reviewed during the Nuremberg Trials at the Palace of Justice.

Events of Nazi crimes are related during the Nuremberg Trials held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. Chief prosecutor from the United States, Robert Houghwout Jackson, makes the opening statement of the prosecution. He presents Count 1 of the indictment a conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against peace and humanity. Defendants stand in their dock including Herman Goring, Rudolf Hess (or Heß), Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach and Fritz Sauckel. View of the Adolf Hitler's autobiography, "Mein Kampf". Nazi flag flutters in Munich, Germany. Scenes of panic, riots, and political and economic unrest in the streets of post World War I Munich, Germany, during the 1920's and 1930's as Adolf Hitler and his associates rose to power. Large crowd gathered on the streets on the eve of Nazi party rally. A younger Adolf Hitler and aides pose at the stairs of a building. Adolf Hitler reviews his Brownshirt Sturmabteilung SA troops. Hermann Goering (Göring) seen briefly at front of a unit of marching Sturmabteilung, rendering Nazi salute. Hitler addresses the party. Joseph Goebbels shown in an office seated at a desk and talking on phone, and then speaking at an early Nazi rally. View of headlines of German Newspapers. Scenes of street riots and efforts by the Nazis aimed to gain the highest degree of control over the Germans by any means. Burning of books by Nazi leaders in a large bonfire. Exterior view of the Reichstag in Berlin.

Date: 1930
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050455
A film in the United States shows guidelines to prevent enemy detection of troops and equipment in an area.

A World War 2 training film in the United States about the means and importance of camouflage in a war. An observer studies an aerial photograph. Markings on a photograph. A drawing depicts the means of detecting an enemy installation as trucks leave marks on the road leading to the installation. It depicts how the traffic must be rooted past the installation. Soldiers at a map as they discuss and take down notes. A soldier puts up a sign on a tree that reads 'Keep on taped path', 'no smoking after sundown'. A soldier covers a truck with dry branches of a tree.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050741
Premier Nikita Khrushchev visits Warsaw, reviews troops and missile parade.

1964: Poland celebrates end of German occupation twenty years prior in World War 2. Soviet aircraft in flight over Warsaw, including a formation of Ilyushin Il-28 jet bombers. Civilian spectators watch. The honored guest Premier Nikita Khrushchev with other officials in a reviewing stand. Officials wave to crowd. Soviet troops march and Soviet missiles displayed during the cold war era parade. Missiles carried on trucks and other vehicles for parade. Girl scouts parade. Aerial view of troops marching on streets of Warsaw Poland.

Date: 1964, July 30
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052051