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Beneath the fuselage of an aircraft Film

Beneath the fuselage of an aircraft

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Sacks are loaded into an aircraft Film

Sacks are loaded into an aircraft

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Crowds outside a Military Government office Film

Crowds outside a Military Government office

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An airfield in haze Film

An airfield in haze

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A four-engined transport comes in to land Film

A four-engined transport comes in to land

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A city skyline at nightfall Film

A city skyline at nightfall

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A car and a truck drive through a flooded street Film

A car and a truck drive through a flooded street

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A young woman in coveralls leaves a brick building Film

A young woman in coveralls leaves a brick building

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Headquarters sign of the Air Transport Command Film

Headquarters sign of the Air Transport Command

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A British infantryman with fixed bayonet in the wet desert Film

A British infantryman with fixed bayonet in the wet desert

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Vehicles scattered over the desert, seen from the air Film

Vehicles scattered over the desert, seen from the air

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Field guns fire from under camouflage nets Film

Field guns fire from under camouflage nets

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A captured German officer in a field cap Film

A captured German officer in a field cap

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A great column of Axis prisoners in the desert Film

A great column of Axis prisoners in the desert

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Tank crewmen in berets climb onto the turret Film

Tank crewmen in berets climb onto the turret

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Soldiers handle a Union Jack on stony ground Film

Soldiers handle a Union Jack on stony ground

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A supply craft burns off a New Guinea beach Film

A supply craft burns off a New Guinea beach

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Australian soldiers and townspeople watch in Sydney Film

Australian soldiers and townspeople watch in Sydney

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A woman war worker in a hairnet cap Film

A woman war worker in a hairnet cap

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Donald M. Nelson speaks on war production Film

Donald M. Nelson speaks on war production

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Tracer and smoke trails streak the sky Film

Tracer and smoke trails streak the sky

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Merchant Marine trainees march at a dedication in New York Film

Merchant Marine trainees march at a dedication in New York

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A cruiser's bow ploughs through heavy seas Film

A cruiser's bow ploughs through heavy seas

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Sailors and officers assemble for a Medal of Honor ceremony Film

Sailors and officers assemble for a Medal of Honor ceremony

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