New Records Released – 2025 Third Quarter Release List

On July 8, 2025, the National Declassification Center (NDC) released a listing of 52 declassification projects that consists of  664,527 pages that completed declassification processing between April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025. These records are now available for researcher requests.  This release consists of textual materials from military and civilian agencies as well as motion pictures.  The FY2025-Q3 Release List is available to view or download in PDF and Excel format:

Other Highlights from this Release include:

Textual

  • Bureau of Ships, Ship Machinery Design History and Data Files [Item S-15, Accession No. 61A3007; Ship Machinery Design History And Data Files, 1935-69]
  • Bureau of Ships, Ship Machinery Design History and Data Files [Item S-15, Accession No. 63A2017; Ship Machinery Design History And Data Files, 1935-69]
  • Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Classified Subject Files:  Monterrey, Veracruz, Lima, London, Taipei, Geneva, Bilbao, Sao Paulo, Asuncion
  • Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Indonesia; Djakarta; United States Information Service (USIS); Classified General Records; 1959-1963
  • Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, Reports, Projects and Airplane Files Relating to the Flight Test Division [Naval Air Test Center, Flight Test Division Reports, Projects and Airplane Files]
  • Agency for International Development, American Institute for Free Labor Development Project Files
  • Naval Operating Forces, Confidential Operation Reports [Red 614]
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense, Subject Files Relating to Missiles, French Light Reconnaissance Vehicles, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) [Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD)/ISA, European Region, Files on Missiles, AMX Vehicles-French, NATO Ministerial Meetings, France]
  • Interservice Agencies, Central Files, Serial Files, and Reports Relating to Aircraft, Navy Vessels, Canadian Mutual Aid, Materiel, Armed Forces Day, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Technical Assistance, and Danish Defense Expenditures
  • U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, General Subject Files
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense, Prisoner of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) Affairs Files

Motion Pictures

  • Bureau of Aeronautics, 72-GENERAL-4, SPARROW 101 DRONE (S-7806) 
  • Bureau of Aeronautics, 72-GENERAL-11, Instrument Panel (S-2730)
  • Naval Operating Forces, 313-TEP-3, DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter)
  • Naval Operating Forces , 313-TEP-11, DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) 5/2/67
  • Department of Defense, 330-DIMOC-TF-9-3006, Ordnance Shop Procedures for the Nike-Hercules Missile System – Part I: Missiles
  • Department of Defense, 330-DIMOC-TF-44-6238
  • Department of the Navy, Sonar Countermeasures, 428-SHIPS-10-56

To request access to the newly released records or to order copies, please contact Archives 2 Reference at 301-837-3510 or archives2reference@nara.gov. For information on the declassified Motion Pictures, or to request access, please contact the Motion Picture, Sound & Video Office at mopix@nara.gov

When making a request, please cite the Record Group/Collection Identifier, HMS Entry, and Series Title.

Please note that some series may contain other restrictions such as privacy or law enforcement and may require screening or a FOIA request prior to access.

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