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US Liberator bomber planes destroy the Japanese planes and ships on Makin Islands and reinforcements land in Bougainville.

The US turns offensive against Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. US Liberator bomber planes fly towards island of New Britain. Map of New Britain. Pilots in the cockpit pull a trigger and drop bombs on the island. An invasion fleet moves towards the island. US Marines land on the island and move forward. A map shows Makin Islands. US Planes drop bombs on a Japanese ship. The planes drop bombs on a Japanese airstrip causing the destruction of the Japanese planes. The 6th US Army General and Lieutenant Colonel James Roosevelt on a ship with other officers. Sailors climb down step ladders and move into a boat. A Japanese bomber is driven off and another is hit. Amphibious Forces land on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers on the island. Japanese are defeated and Prisoners of War taken. A map shows Bougainville in the Solomons Islands. Troop reinforcements land.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944

Duration: 4 min 36 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US Marines and equipment moves through deep mud in Cape Gloucester during Pacific Campaign of World War II.

US Marines in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Marines carry pyramidal tent through mud. Caterpillar tractor splashes through thick mud. Bulldozer hauls equipment through mud. Marines wade in stream and attach rope to stalled jeep. A Marine with a police dog.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, December

Duration: 1 min 28 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

US Marines interrogate Japanese prisoners at Cape Gloucester during Pacific Campaign of World War II.

US Marines in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Japanese prisoner is interrogated by Japanese-American Marine. Prisoner is being fed by US Marine. Various Japanese prisoners. A Japanese officer is questioned by US officer. Interrogating officer points to map. US marines carry a wounded soldier on litter across the stream. Medic bends to feel pulse of Marine on litter.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, December

Duration: 1 min 45 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Wounded US soldiers treated in Cape Gloucester,New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Wounded US soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. A surgeon sterilizes hands and arms. The interiors of tent showing masked surgeons operating a patient. Dead bodies of soldiers lying on ground, one man's back and another's head are completely shot away. A wounded soldier is treated for eye injury and another soldier for removal of sharpnel from arm. A wounded Japanese-American soldier smokes cigarette.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, December

Duration: 1 min 52 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Wounded US soldiers carried to a landing craft beached in Cape Gloucester,New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Evacuation of wounded US soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. A sign reads 'Shore Party, Evacuation Hospital'. Wounded soldiers are carried on litters to a landing craft. The ramp of the landing craft is closed.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, December

Duration: 1 min 6 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Burial of US soldiers killed in action at Cape Gloucester,New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Funeral services for dead US soldiers in Cape Gloucester on island of New Britain during Pacific Campaign of World War II. Corpse of an American soldier lying in grave. A chaplain and soldiers gather for a prayer. American soldiers give 3-volley rifle salute. Soldiers in front of the line of corpses lying. A shovel used to drop dirt in the grave.

Location: New Britain Papua New Guinea

Date: 1944, December

Duration: 2 min 13 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English