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U.S. 5th Air Force planes destroy Japanese ships in the Pacific Ocean during battle of Bismarck Sea in World War II.

U.S. Army Air Forces operations in the Pacific during World War 2. Animated map of world shows U.S. Army Air Forces locations. Formation of Us Army Air Forces B-17s in flight. Animation shows expansion of Japanese holdings in the Pacific Ocean. Animation shows location of U.S. 5th Air Force. Mechanics work on early model of B-17s of 5th Air Force at air base in Australia. Japanese convoy underway in the Coral Sea. Action of Battle of Coral Sea by U.S. Navy and Australian Navy ships and aircraft. Bombs away view as B-17 in flight drop bombs. Japanese vessels in water being bombed. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. U.S. Army Air Forces pilots board P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers' engines starting. B-17 in flight. Formation of RAF (Royal Air Force) Beaufort bombers in flight. Interiors of aircraft shows Australian pilots at controls. Japanese convoy in Bismarck Sea. Australian and U.S. aircraft attacking at very low altitude ("mast high") to "skip bomb" the Japanese ships. Interiors of aircraft shows gunners strafing ships. Bombing of Japanese ships.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060184
Navy men on 'The Fighting Lady' in the Pacific Ocean play games and write letters on the day before attacking Marcus Island.

Crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Sailors on board the day before attacking Japanese forces on Marcus Island. USS Yorktown underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. navy sailors drink coffee and play cards. They lie on bunk beds while listening to a crewman play an accordian. Men with tattoos on their legs and hands. Men play cards. A tanker comes to refuel the ship. Fuel lines between ships with rough seas. A weather balloon is released by a crewman. The skipper talks to the air group commander and view maps of Marcus Island. An animated map with large Japanese logo on it shows the path the USS Yorktown will take through the Marshall Islands to Marcus Island. The air group commander explains about the attack and shows with his hands some fine points in air dog fighting. The crewmen play games and write letters home before the strike. The radio plotting room. A lieutenant named E.T. Stocker plays cards with other officers. Sunset wide shot of USS Yorktown underway.

Date: 1943, August 29
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021556
Landing crafts and ships at a beach of an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa.

United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVPs) come ashore. The shoreline of a Pacific island. Trees in the background. Smoke rising in the background.

Date: 1943, November
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062560
U.S. Navy personnel working on a gun aboard a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Activities of the U.S. Navy personnel underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A barrage balloon in flight overhead. Men aboard a ship underway in the Pacific. The men work on a gun. Smoke from explosions in the water.

Date: 1943
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063042
An aircraft takes off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean.

Activities of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific. An aircraft parked on the aircraft carrier. Men working on the aircraft. Pilot and co-pilot seated in the aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the flight deck. Few men watch the activities.

Date: 1943
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063046
USN bomber aircraft carry out low level bombing attacks on Wake Island during World War II.

The U.S. Navy attacks Wake Island during World War II. A United States Navy (USN) aircraft in flight. USN aircraft parked at an airfield. Crew at work. A tug tows a USN aircraft. The crew carries bombs in a small elevator. A naval ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Bombers in flight. Aerial view of ships underway. The aircraft in formation flight. A map of the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft in flight above the clouds. The bomber aircraft carry out low level bombing attacks on Wake Island. A Japanese ship is set on fire. United States Navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft drop bombs. Another Hellcat aircraft drops bombs. A F6F Hellcat aircraft lands safely at an airfield. Men at the airfield. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Smoking Wake Island. The aircraft in flight. Barrels of guns in the foreground.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069163