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US - 1942 - in this thriller, a woman has trouble lighting her cigarette at a bar. A man strikes a match and gallantly lights her cigarette for her.

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USA - 1944 - Louis Jordan sings and plays the saxophone with hits Tympany Five before inviting the Swing Maniacs to come out and dance.

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JAPAN - 1945 - US Navy sailors watch Japan's formal surrender of WWII aboard the superstructure of the USS Missouri.

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USA - 1941 - Americans enlist in all branches of the armed forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor, serving under such officers as Eisenhower and Nimitz.

ASIA - 1945 - The lead bomber in a USAF B-29 squadron drops smoke markers for P-51 Mustangs to see en route to Japan.

1940s - The fighting French drive trucks and cars through a village.

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USA - 1940 - FDR is elected for an unprecedented third term as Nazi Germany rises in power.

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1945 - Aerial views of industrial areas in Reims, France.

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US - 1942 - in this thriller, a man has a nightmare about several people who either want something from him or are reminding him of painful memories.

1946 - US Navy sailors ride aboard their ships being given to China under the lend-lease agreement, befriending Chinese sailors in the process.

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1942 - Women walk into the Civil Service Commission building in Washington DC.

HUNSWORTH UK 12 AUGUST 2023 World War 2 British soldiers advance in a battlefield re-enactment event

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USA - 1949 - A boy works at a diorama sand table of the desert. Characters with tents are seen.

1941 - In this race film, Christians pray for a friend who's dying of a bullet wound and also pray for her non-believer husband.

1945 - General Jodl and General "Beetle" Smith sign documents pertaining to Germany's unconditional surrender as General Eisenhower and other members of the Allied Supreme Command look on.

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1946 - A physicist sprinkles some humor into a speech about atomic power.

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ONTARIO - 1946 - Panoramic exteriors and interiors of a greenhouse at Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm.

Menashe Heights, Israel, Circa 1940's. Film footage of people dancing Israeli folk dances in a kibbutz

USA - 1942 - In this crime movie, cops get into a fight with criminals they find trying to destroy evidence.

USA - 1940 - African-Americans make up approximately one tenth of the United States' population, and a montage shows them living in many different places across the country.

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UK - 1945 - in this drama, a small plane takes off from a landing strip. Two military men watch from a nearby office.

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USA - 1942 - In this musical, Kay Lorraine sings about traditional Irish dancing among city tenements and people come out to dance.

Medium close-up of unrecognizable officer standing in trench taking safety off his rifle, WW2 reenactment

1941 - In this race musical, people sing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" at the bedside of a dying woman who has visions of going to heaven.

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USA - 1944 - Bobby Davis dances in Ray Bolger's style.

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USA - 1949 - Women hold down a range of office jobs, from secretary to even executive.

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CHINA - 1945 - Japan surrenders to China at the end of WWII, and poverty affects countless civilians in postwar China (narrated in 1969).

1944 - US Navy Admirals King and Nimitz visit US Marine General Smith in Saipan after their victory.

film noir woman on phone

1940 - In this animated film, Spunky the donkey pulls a junk wagon and gets stuck on a railroad while his mother searches the city for him.

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TENNESSEE - 1942 - Aerial view of power shovels and tractors being used at the Douglas Dam construction site.

1945 - In his new role as America's ambassador to China, General Marshall arrives in Shanghai to a warm welcome.

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1944 - US Army infantrymen and artillerymen collaborate to take out German forces in a wintry forest during the Battle of the Bulge (narrated by a veteran in 1965).

Closeup Of A Man Tuning A Vintage Radio Dial 4 K

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OTTAWA - Welders and painters work on cars on the assembly line in a Canadian auto manufacturing plant.

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1945 - A large mass of surrendered German troops rests in a field, with their captured equipment parked nearby.

Old Handwritten Historical Documents In United States Archive

1941 - In this race musical, women comment on a baptism.

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1940s - Allied officers meet at an office in French occupied Africa.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS - 1940s - African-American soldiers stationed in the Solomon Islands receive mail and eat in a tent.

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USA - 1941 - In this musical, Carson Robison and The Buckaroos perform "Goin' to the Barn Dance Tonight" at a square dance.

1942 - Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, records a broadcast about American forces successfully invading North Africa.

1948 - In this animated film, Tom Thumb is born to regular parents.

1940s - Leonard Ware records a song at a WQXR radio station for the Food for Victory campaign.

man walks from radio to desk

Menashe Heights, Israel, Circa 1940's. Color footage of Israeli farmers working in the fields growing crops

Messerschmitt Bf.109 World War II German Combat Aircraft in dogfight. Production Quality Footage in ProRes HQ codec.

1941 - In this race film, an angel tells a mortal woman about how life's crossroads can lead her to heaven or hell and the devil plans to tempt her.