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World War II Military Activities

Footage of military actions and preparations during World War II, including aircraft operations, soldiers on boats, and artillery fire.

UNITED STATES - 1944 - The commanding officer uses binoculars as he runs the LCI ship. The ship's executive officer watches sailors knotting ropes.
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Air Force manager inspects the marine scene on Fårösund, 1937 . Air Force Manager Torsten Friis inspects the marine scan on Fårösund, 1937. Manage set up in front of hangar.
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Under the silhoutte of this minesweeper's propellers and rudders are other ships of the ROK Navy at a naval base on the east coast of Korea. The minesweeper is on a Marine railway while undergoing repairs to her hull. June 18, 1951. (Photo by "Official U.S. Navy Photograph").
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AM-473 Vigor , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Visit of the Cinchcent, General L. Chalupa of the Bundeswehr, at the KM. Arrival A / B from Hr.Ms. Callenburgh in the new port and welcome by Czmned Vadm R. Krijger
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Anefo photo collection. The Westland. May 27, 1946
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London's Port Police A seaman has had a 'night cut' on shore. If he were drunk he would not be allowed in the docks - but the constable on the beat still thinks it best to help him up the gangway, of the 61 immersion, cases during 1948, only three wee fatal. Four people fell into the dock during the hours of darkness. Thus can a routine beat duty turn to drama. July 01, 1950. (Photo by Central Office Of Information Photograph).
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210522-N-MJ302-1048 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 21, 2022) Sailors await start of a MK 38 machine gun live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.
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AMS-152 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron prepare stage one of a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for transport from site 571-6 to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Country: Unknown
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Anefo photo collection. Marine divers at Dordrecht. May 25, 1949. Dordrecht
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Broken the boilers from a submarine hunter from the Holland or Friesland class (1954-1982), 1958
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DN-SN-85-05677. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Representatives from the Corps Diplomatique (CD) were boarded in Rotterdam for a cruiser Hr.Ms cruiser. The seven provinces (C 802) and watch from the semi-deck how a spray blind is laid, 1957.
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DD-820 Rich , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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DN-SN-88-06409. State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SN-85-08532. Base: San Francisco Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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S Farrell, German sea men at play on board the Magdeburg. June 15, 1938.
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DM-SN-89-01590. Country: Unknown
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HMS Howe. August 1942. Preparing one of the ship's aircraft for catapulting.
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Snaith, Yorkshire, Group Captain N H Fresson, is joined by other officers on the balcony of the control tower as they await the return of Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF from a night raid on Nuremberg. Note the ambulance and crash tenders with their crews standing by below the tower, and the searchlight beam pointing skywards to show the cloud base. Five aircraft failed to return to Snaith on this night, and a sixth crashed on landing.
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Military road block at junction Ramleh-Lydda Road, later with shade erection. 1939, Israel, Ramlah
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Air Raid Tests and Civil Defense Demonstration - Boston, Massachusetts , Fire fighters, Fire engines, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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The air cushion landing craft LCAC-18, right, sits on the beach as the air cushion landing craft LCAC-6 turns around to head back out to sea during the combined South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '90 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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HMS Tigris. 7 February 1943, at Malta. HMS TIGRIS entering harbour from patrol.
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CVL-26 Monterey , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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DN-SN-86-01268. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SN-86-00072. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Waving Goodbye, Classic Photography
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Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Channel with shore building in Holland
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Anefo photo collection. B. De Korte Hoofd Kustwachter Scheveningen, employed 40 years. November 15, 1955. Scheveningen, South Holland
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Surmounted by a golden crown the White Ensign flies proudly in the breeze.The old ensign. June 2, 1949.
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New York, New York:   October 26, 1945 Searchlights aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise, and the battleships Missouri and New York provide fans of light from their berths in the Hudson River as the biggest Navy Day celebration in NY history commences.
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Anefo photo collection. Departure troop ship Mariniers Brigade Surabaia. February 5, 1948
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Military assistance to the population affected by floods of Florence. Water purifier Aqua Vita by 11 geniusbataljon.
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