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Animation and pictures show U.S. troops firing at Japanese positions on Saipan Island, Mariana Islands.

U.S. forces advance towards Japanese acquired Saipan island in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. Animated map shows U.S. forces arriving near Charan Kanoa area in Saipan. Pictures of United States soldiers arriving on the island. Troops advance on a field with rifles in hand and tanks. Two soldiers fire machine guns. Fire and explosions on the island. An aircraft drops bombs over Japanese target area.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064879
United States Marines and the 2nd Tank Battalion advance forward on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.

U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows territories occupied by U.S. forces. A map shows United States air strikes on Saipan and Tinian Island. Aircraft drop bombs on the islands resulting in smoke and explosions. A Japanese cave. Marines advance on a field with rifles in hand. A map depicts Japanese sniper attacks. The 2nd Tank Battalion advances.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064894
U.S. forces plan airbase construction after the battle of Saipan during World War II

America forces begin preparing Saipan as an advance base in the Pacific campaign against Japan in World War 2. Japanese military prisoners as well as civilian women and children are seated on the ground, shaded by a tree on a coastal plain in Saipan. American officers review a map laid out on the hood of a jeep. They converse in a group as they stand near a rudimentary small gauge railroad track in the sand. Sheer cliffs are close behind them and the ocean is nearby. A jeep is seen parked and another moves along a bumpy path. Officers and soldiers stand on and near the small gauge rail line. Several jeeps are parked. Camera pans over sheer cliffs behind. (Some contain openings that housed Japanese fortifications.) Camera pans over wide flat area where the Japanese were building an airfield near Marpi Point on the northern end of the island of Saipan. Construction materials cover the area and several jeeps travel through it. Final scene shows more Japanese civilians in a group where several American soldiers are attending to their needs.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050875
Animated map shows the location of Saipan and the geographical details of the Mariana Islands.

The film 'The Marianas Operation Phase I, Saipan' shows the location of the Mariana Islands through an animated map. Animation shows geographical details of Saipan. It shows its dry and wet seasons. Fringing and barrier reef on the Western Coast. A harbor at a wharf. The map shows the location of a boat yard.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064867
Animation shows U.S. aircraft bombing Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Animated map shows Saipan in the Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of American ships approaching the island. Marines aboard a ship look at maps. Animation shows United States aircraft bombing Saipan island.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064874
B-29 bomber lands on a cloudy day at Isley Field base of U.S. Army Air Force at Saipan in Mariana Islands, during WWII.

B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at landing strip of their base at Isley Field in Saipan. B-29 bomber makes a landing contact with the landing strip on a cloudy day. Clouds in the sky of Saipan are visible.

Date: 1944, October 12
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036183