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Luzon Island Philippines 1941 stock footage and images

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A United States aircraft in flight bombs the Japanese installations on the island of Luzon in Philippines.

United States aircraft in flight in the Philippines during World War II. An aircraft in flight over the Luzon island. A man seated inside the aircraft. Few aircraft flying in formation overhead. Smoke arises from the explosions of the Japanese installations. Aerial view of the island.

Date: 1944, October 24
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063053
Ships of the Japanese fleet maneuver,taking evasive actions underway at sea off the island of Luzon,Philippines.

United States aircraft in flight over the Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of Luzon island. Ships of the Japanese fleet maneuver, below, taking evasive actions. United States Navy SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying in formation. Aerial views of land, including a town at a crossroads and an island. An Essex class aircraft carrier underway at sea.

Date: 1944, October 24
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063054
Battle for Leyte Gulf between the Allied naval-air forces and the Japanese naval-air forces in region of Philippine island of Leyte during World War II

Documentary titled 'Battle for Leyte Gulf' depicts the battle fought between the Allied naval-air forces and the Japanese naval-air forces in Pacific waters off the Philippines, in World War 2.. Montage of views chronicling the battle, opens with aerial views of pacific islands seen through clouds followed by glimpse of numerous ships maneuvering far below. Port bow views of U.S. New Mexico class battle ship, followed by the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) of the 7th Fleet. Glimpse of troops on landing craft and charging across an island. Transport ships underway. Cruisers and battleships firing their guns. An Essex class aircraft carrier silhouetted against the horizon. An F6F aircraft comes up on elevator to flight deck next to the island on the USS Enterprise (CV-6). It has white triangle on tail containing its number. An F6F taking off from the Enterprise. Formation of U.S. aircraft in flight overhead. Gun crew firing twin bofors 40mm anti-aircft cannon.Flak bursts and tracer bullets seen in the sky as a Japanese warplane falls. Gun camera footage of American aircraft strafing Japanese aircraft on ground at an airfield. View, from an aircraft carrier, of a Mahan class destroyer traveling to her port side. Glimpse of two ships close together during refueling operation at sea. Animated map dominates remainder of the film. It illustrates movement of Task Force 38 to Okinawa on 10 October 1944 and launching of aerial attacks. the map shows further manuevers and activities of the task force. During these activities, Narrator notes that the cruisers USS Canberra and USS Houston are torpedoed and taken in tow. Cartoon shows Japanese propaganda broadcast about Japanese naval prowess. Glimpse of Japanese sailors cheering. Animated map continues showing maneuvers of U.S. task forces. Narrator notes the Houston is again torpedoed. Animated map continues to illustrate movements and attacks against Luzon and amphibious landings on outpost islands in Leyte Gulf.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 6 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029328
Montage of World War II scenes, encompassing the allied Pacific campaigns and Big Three wartime meetings.

Allied campaigns against Japan during World War II. Animated map depicts battles for various islands in the Pacific like Guadalcanal, Palau, Mariana Islands. A map of the Philippines. United States troops invade the Philippines. Naval guns fire at a shore and flak bursts are seen. Dramatic shot of a Japanese Zero aircraft approaching U.S. Navy ships that are firing guns. The Japanese aircraft is hit at close range to the ship, a wing ruptures, it is consumed in fire and crashes with explosion in the sea beside the ship. Many landing craft with U.S. Army forces landing at beach on Leyte. Soldiers land and advance inland. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines wade ashore. Native women and children on the island are assisted by U.S. forces and provided with food and protection. Following are meetings of wartime Allied leaders, shown briefly in the ending of the film: TC: 01: 39, Prime Minister Winston Churchill meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the battleship, USS Augusta, at Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Roosevelt stands at the railing, assisted by his son, Army Captain Elliot Roosevelt. TC: 01:41. Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, at the Cairo conference, in 1943. TC: 01:44. Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill pose outside the Livadia Palace during the Yalta conference, 1945. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, American Ambassador Harriman, British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, and Churchill's daughter, Sarah, in uniform, are among those standing behind the seated Big Three. TC: 01:46, Delegates from 51 Nations gathered for the first meeting of the UN General Assembly,in Westminster Central Hall,London, England, in 1946.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065887
U.S. amphibious assaults on Saipan and Luzon during World War II

June 14, 1944. Naval guns of U.S. battleships and other warships bombard the island of Saipan, in the Marianas, in World War 2. U.S. aircraft fly low over the shore attacking Japanese military positions. A U.S. tank and marines moving on the beachhead. October 19, 1944, landing craft, manned by U.S Coast Guardsmen, from the Coast Guard operated Attack Transport USS Calloway (APA-35) are seen among others maneuvering in the water as they begin the assault on Luzon, the Philippines. U.S. troops wading ashore on Luzon.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041748
USAAF P-47 aircraft land and bulldozers along with tractors at Clark Air Base on Luzon Island, Philippines.

United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt at Clark Air Base on Luzon Island, Philippines during World War II. A sign on a tower reads 'Clark Field Air Base, Strips NO 1 & 3, Elevation 475'. A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft lands on Porac strip. Bulldozers and graders at work on the airstrip. The P-47 Thunderbolt in the background. A P-47 Thunderbolt taxis in the background. Tractors and bulldozers on the strip.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067195