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American Navy PT boat patrols the coastline during invasion Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska

American Navy transport and cargo ships off the coast of Attu at Aleutian Island in Alaska. A Navy PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat cuts through choppy waters as it patrols the coastline. Mountains of Attu in the background.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, November 16
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058381
Seabee Construction Battalions build a base at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.

Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.

Location: Attu Aleutian Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044966
American soldiers loaded in landing crafts move to invade Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska

Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) and LCMs loaded with helmeted American soldiers shove off to invade Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska Ships cut through choppy sea and fog en route the sea. A transport ship as beam of light from its searchlight shines through the fog. Landing barges move through choppy waters for invasion point. (World War II period).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, November 16
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058379
American Navy war ship fires salvos during invasion Attu in Aleutian Island, United States (WW2)

United States Navy warship fires salvos from its big guns and explosion occurs during the World War II invasion of Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, November 16
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058380
U.S. Forces move towards the Aleutian Islands, unload supplies and fire at the Japanese Forces during World War II.

Allied Forces fight the Axis Powers during World War II. An amphibious landing by the U.S. Forces in the Aleutian Islands. A ship in water. Explosion in the ship. U.S. battleships move towards Attu. Troops on the ship. Soldiers in barges move towards the island. Soldiers unload supplies. A wrecked Japanese plane. U.S. soldiers load and fire the artillery.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033498
Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian islands during WWII

Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1945, February
Duration: 4 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079036
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