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This collection contains seven 16mm propaganda films created by the German Ministry for Educational Films. The reels were recovered from German military barracks in Manheim, Germany, in 1945 by US Army Sergeant Richard Seemel. The films were entitled "Olympische Spiele," (Olympic Games) "Stapellauf des Kreuzers Prinz Eugen," (Launching the Battleship Prince Eugen) "Arbeistdienst II. Teil Kulturfil Institute Dr. Hans Curtis (Labor Service, Part II) "Pionere schlagen eine Brüche," (Army Engineers Build a Bridge) "Fallschirm Jäger," (Paratroopers) "Ein Brief wird befördnet," (A Letter Will Be Delivered) and "Tropische Reisbau," (Tropical Rice Cultivation).

This collection primarily relates to Lieutenant Colonel Walter R. Stokes who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in a weapons training section at Camp Luna, NM. The collection also relates to the uncle of Walter R. Stokes,  Harry Keeler Stokes, who served as the bank manager of Citizens' Bank of Clermont, FL. The collection consists of letters and envelopes written from soldiers serving in World War II to a bank president in Clermont, Florida. The collection also contains World War II period empty envelopes and letters from the stamp collection of Walter R. Stokes.