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Harry S Truman as an officer in the U.S. Army and his birthplace of Lamar in the United States.

President Harry S Truman takes the oath before various U.S. officials in the United States. Sign reads 'Birthplace of President Truman - Lamar.' Buildings and people on the street. Women seated in a garden. Officer Truman stands with other officers of the U.S. Army during World War I. Soldiers in a battlefield in France. Black smoke arises due to the artillery fire and explosions. A trench, soldiers march with the U.S. flag. Truman holds two Madonna statues presented to him during a ceremony in the U.S. An Army officer meets Truman and other officials. Army trucks and artillery during the parade.

Date: 1948, October 18
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031318
A Zeitgeist film about life of 1930s German people shows people working and relaxing, contrasted with rising Nazi movement

Film which contrasts typical German lifestyle in Germany in 1930s, with rise of NSDAP or Nazi movement, pre World War 2. German Civilians on an escalator. 1930's German Police officer lead kids across city streets. Traffic in a German city. A workman on a barge and gets off the barge in Hamburg. Laborers unload sacks of flour. Lumbermen at work on trees and men working in a steel mill. Workers blowing glass to make glass itmes. Workers paint theatrical masks. People in an outdoor café or restaurant. A couple dances. People move on a snow covered ground. A man takes snapshot of a German family. An old man wearing a striped bathing suit walks out of water. Burgomeisters or (burgermeisters) in a town ceremony. German Army soldiers or Freikorps (before third reich) marching in a parade on city streets. People get off a suburban train at a railroad station. A puddler works in the steel mill. A girl and a boy on bicycles riding close together as the boy has his arm around the girl. A carnival ride called "Ausgang". A merry-go-round at a carnival or fair, and people playing games at a carnival. Children crowd around a clown wearing a high hat. Middle aged men play cards. Middle aged couples at an outdoor cafe. Sudden contrast to Nazi SA or Sturmabteilung stormtroopers in training. Paramilitary training of brownshirts and of boys in a group (future Hitler youth). German citizens at a Nazi rally giving a Nazi salute in unison. A view of vineyards. A Nazi officer gives a speech. German Sturmabteilung marching in a parade with Nazi salutes. Children playing in a game where they roll a large ball using only their heads while hopping along. A woman swimmer enters water at a beach. Several Sturmabteilung in a training drill in water.

Date: 1932
Duration: 5 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031658
Scenes from "Road to Home" starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. U.S. Navy film to facilitate return of sailors to civilian life

Hollywood movie stars Bob Hope and Bing Crosby play sailors preparing to return to civilian life after the end of World War 2. Includes comical sketches from the Hope and Crosby Road Show series of movies. They discuss sailors and soldiers receiving money for college and other benefits following separation from the military. Both, Hope and Crosby, turn serious at the end and exhort sailors to be patient and follow proper procedures in leaving active duty so they will each receive an honorable discharge and all benefits to which they are entitled.

Date: 1945
Duration: 6 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031670
Hitler views captured areas in Paris, Dunkirk, and Calais; in Germany Hitler make plans with officers for invading England

'Battle of Britain' from the "Why we Fight" series of propaganda films during World War 2. Adolf Hitler stands with other officers in Paris following Battle of France and views the Eiffel Tower. Elevated view from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching in streets of Paris and under Arc de Triomphe. Damaged buildings in Dunkirk after German invasion. Hitler and staff ride in car through street barely passable with rubble and destroyed buildings on either side. In Calais, view of bombed port area and German soldiers keeping watch from a bunker. Hitler looks through V-shaped rangefinder or sighting binoculars across the English Channel toward Britain. Scenes in Berlin Germany of Reich Chancellery exteriors and interiors where Hitler meets with German officers and plans with other officers for invading England. German soldiers men guard a building and Hitler's staff shown examining maps. Pictorial, animated representation of the first phase of the plan showing attack of England from air by Luftwaffe. Phase two shows attack on coastal areas. Phase three shows the actual attack and the course the German army would take to invade Britain.

Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031679
Charles A. Lindbergh in New York City, in massive celebration for his solo nonstop transatlantic flight the month before

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in New York after his solo nonstop transatlantic flight in May from New York to Paris. An aerial view of ships in New York Harbor. A plane in flight over the sea. A large ferry ship with banner "Bear Mountain" carrying masses of people. Pilot Charles Lindbergh arrives by seaplane. He is picked up by the Mayors committee members in a tender of the Mayor's ship "Macom". An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty decked with streamers down the sides for the celebration. Lindbergh stands on the Mayor's ship Macom. Many ships in the harobr heading as a flotilla for the Battery on Manhattan. Skyscrapers and skyline of New York City Battery area. People greet him. Lindbergh rides in a massive ticker-tape parade down Broadway. He is celebrated at City Hall by Mayor James Walker who presents him a medal of honor, and Lindbergh is joined by his mother. Lindbergh places a wreath at the eternal light shaft commemorating those who died in World War 1. The parade continues to Central Park. Lindbergh is greeted by the Governor of New York Al Smith who makes remarks at the microphone with Lindbergh beside him, and then honors Lindbergh by presenting him the Medal of Valor.

Date: 1927, June 13
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031737
Tanks in action, aircraft in flight and soldiers in boats during combat drills at Fort Knox military base in Kentucky, United States

U.S. Army first armored Division for cross country maneuvers at the Fort Knox military base in Kentucky, United States, shortly before America's entry into World War 2. Aerial view of tanks on ground. U.S. fighter aircraft in formation flight. Tanks move on ground. Army soldiers on motor bikes or motorcycles. Soldiers of the U.S. first armored division in boats crossing a water way. Water splashes as bombs are being dropped in practice battle drills. Soldiers climb a hill. Tank moves on an uneven ground. Tank smashes a trees. M2 Light Tanks and M2A1 Medium tanks smashing into trees, small houses, and shed buildings.

Date: 1941, April 3
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032023