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Three U.S. generals converse and pose for pictures on Guadalcanal in World War II

As film opens, Brigadier General William H. Rupertus, Assistant Commander of the First Marine Division (on the left) and Major General Alexander McCarrell "Sandy" Patch (in the center) Commander of the U.S. Army 23rd Infantry Division (the Americal Division) and his Assistant Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, are seen looking at a map on Guadalcanal, during World War 2. Rupertus converses with Patch and shakes his hand. He then shakes hands with Sebree, as both of them laugh at some comment made. General Sebree salutes General Rupertus, who returns his salute, and the three of them walk away. Close up of General Patch, posing for the camera. He fastens the chin strap on his steel helmet and then releases it. Closeup of General Rupertus, posing for the camera.

Date: 1942, December 18
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044979
Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion from Test Baker, Operations Crossroads

Cluster of test vessels is seen in aerial view of test site, Bikini Atoll, Pacific Ocean. Baker test, of underwater atomic bomb explosion, in Operation Crossroads, July, 1946. Detonation produces large shock wave, water column and mushroom cloud.

Date: 1946, July 25
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027688
United States nuclear testing: Test "Dog" of Greenhouse series. This is a Mk 6 strategic bomb at Enewitak Atoll.

Cloud filled sky is golden as test bomb burst begins for test "dog" in the Greenhouse series of atomic tests in 1951, on the Enewitak Atoll in Pacific Ocean.Test of Mk 6 strategic bomb. Emitted light obscures vision for several seconds. Shock wave, fireball, and plume follow.

Date: 1951, April 7
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027689
Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacking U.S. Navy Task Force 58, off Okinawa

Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacking U.S. Navy Task Force off Okinawa. They attack the Aircraft Carriers Yorktown, Saratoga, and Bunker Hill. View from deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10) as a kamikaze, hit and on fire, passes directly overhead and crashes into the ocean just past the deck of the ship. The Saratoga is hit by 4 Kamikaze planes. 315 U.S. sailors and airmen killed or wounded. Crew struggles to control fires and damage and care for casualties.The attacks continue and the USS Bunker Hill is struck by 2 Kamikaze planes and is on fire with heavy smoke rising as crew tries desperately to save her. The Cruiser Wilkes-Barre comes alongside spraying fire hoses in attempt to aid the stricken Bunker Hill. The Wilkes-Barre passes respirators to firefighters aboard the Bunker Hill. Rescue boats pick up crewmen who were blown off the deck into the sea. 373 killed and 264 injured on the Bunker Hill. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027694
U.S. Fifth Fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Spruance, and U.S. 10th Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Buckner, at Okinawa.

Animation depicts Okinawa in relation to Japan,China,Formosa, and Iwo Jima. U.S. landing ships carry troops who make unopposed landings on Hagushi beach, U.S. troops seen pouring ashore. Okinawa. Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner and Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance seen looking through binoculars on the deck of the amphibious Flag Ship. U.S. troops move inland from the beachhead. Troops bringing bulldozers. U.S. Army infantry of the 24th Corps engage Japanese defenders. Japanese bunkers and fortifications seen. U.S. battleships and other ships of the line begin intense bombardment of the Japanese positions. U.S. army artillery fire large howitzers. U.S. tanks attack Japanese fortifications and suffer counter fire. Troop movements impeded by rain and mud. Ammunition ships seen having difficulty on congested beachhead. Animation shows how naval gunfire could successfully strike Japanese fortified positions because of flat trajectory. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 1
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027747
U.S. naval heavy gunfire supporting invasion of Okinawa, Japan, during world War II.

Animation showing disposition and range of Naval Gunfire supporting the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, in World War II. At times 00:25 battleship USS New York, BB-34, and at time 00:33 foreground, heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25; directly behind CA-25 is the battleship USS New York, BB-34; to the right is the battleship USS Nevada, BB-36; to the left is the battleship . all fire heavy guns at Okinawa, Japan. A floating Japanese mine is seen. A Japanese suicide boat. U.S. troops stand by a Japanese suicide "Baka" rocket propelled bomb sitting on a wooden frame. Views of Japanese Kamikaze planes being shot down by U.S. naval antiaircraft fire, at time 00:38 is a Cleveland Class light cruiser firing its forward 6-inch triple mount guns; and time 00:59 to 01:04 a kamikaze flies past the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45 ( in Measure 33/3D camouflage) and past an Astoria Class heavy cruiser. It then explodes on the starboard aft quarter of the USS Idaho, BB-42.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027748