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US Navy submarine periscope view as torpedo attack destroys and sinks a Japanese freighter near Palau Island in Pacific.

World War 2 footage of attack on a Japanese freighter near Palau Island in the Pacific Ocean, by an American Navy submarine. Periscope view shows target Japanese freighter in distance. Disturbance just below surface of water is seen as submarine releases torpedoes toward target. View of target ship just before impact. Then suddenly, a dramatic explosion emits from the ship as it is hit by US Navy submarine's torpedoes. Ship stern momentarily elevates at moment of impact as torpedo strikes mid ship. Explosion consumes ship and it begins to rapidly sink. Two more explosions are seen shooting skyward as the Japanese ship continues sinking.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052654
United States capture various islands in the Pacific Theater after defeating the Japanese during World War II.

Allied campaign against the Axis in 1944 during World War II. Exteriors of a building in Tehran, Iran where the Tehran Conference took place in 1943. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated outside the building after the conference. A map depicts United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. U.S. troops land at the Marshal Islands. Troops fire and advance in Palau islands. Soldiers wade through water. Flakes burst and explosions occur at sea near Saipan. U.S. troops advance inland in Guam. A blind soldier walks.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065882
Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers during a bombing mission over Arakabesan, Palau (WW2)

United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber flies over Arakabesan, Palau in Pacific theater during World War II. Aerial view of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft in flight as seen from another aircraft. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying in formation. Aerial view of Japanese held Arakabesan, Palau during bombing mission.

Date: 1945, April 28
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080429
Sailors manning battle stations and fire guns aboard USS Barb submarine in Pacific Ocean.

Attack on Japanese shipping by American submarine around Palau Island in Pacific. Japanese motor sampan underway is fired on by submarine deck gun of USS Barb (SS-220). Japanese sampan burning and smoking during the attack as it tries to get away. View of bow of submarine as seen from elevated position of conning tower. Next scene shows U.S. sailors on American submarine manning battle stations, and readying guns for an attack. Deck gun crew fires, showing muzzle blast and recoil. Crew also operates smaller gun located part way up conning tower area. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052655
Naval guns fire at Peleliu island, Palau, Pacific Ocean, during World War II.

U.S. Battleships (BBs) and cruisers bombard Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean during World War 2. 5-inch guns bombard the island. Views of guns mounted on ship. Island in background. USS Mississippi and USS Idaho underway. Smoke column rises from the island. (The ship shown at the 1:04 to 1:32 second mark is the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28 ). View of port side 5 inch 25 caliber dual purpose guns and a 40 mm quad mount. The Louisville's starboard side guns are shown from the 2:30 - 2:51 second mark.)

Date: 1944, September 12
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024982
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.

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