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The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps provides numerous support services to troops in the South Pacific in World War II

The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps delivers laundry and myriad other services in the South Pacific during World War 2. Opening scene show a cartoon sign by the 464th Quartermaster Laundry Company featuring Bugs Bunny in a jeep pulling mobile laundry equipment in wagons. Next, U.S. troops are seen in jungles subject to rain and mud of the South Pacific. A soldier crouches in a riverbed and washes his clothes. A mobile laundry installed near a river. Soldiers using washers and dryers in the facility. Views of larger fixed installation Quartermaster laundry, such as in New Caledonia; Fiji; and the New Hebrides. Quartermaster salvage and repair workers operating sewing machines as they repair military clothing. A sign identifies "Island Quartermaster C&E Repair Shops" (Clothing and Equipage Repair Shops). Here workers sort, repair, and remark sizes on salvaged clothing. Two workers sit in a mound of garments that they cut into rags and toss into a heap behind them. Two workers repair broken shoes. Soldiers' feet seen walking through mud. A stack of army shoes needing repair. A team of army workers using modern machines to repair them. View of finished shoes, as good as if repaired in the U.S.A. Sign identifies Orthopedic Department where a man works on specially designed and fitted shoes prescribed for an injured soldier by a medical officer. A nurse and a doctor place the special shoe on a patient. A nurse assists the patient to walk. Typewriters needing repairs line shelves. Technicians are seen at work stations, repairing typewriters. The final sequence begins with a sign reading: "Tent Repair, Drive in here. All tents must be clean, dry, and folded properly." Quartermaster workers raise a tent inside a shelter and then identify and repair a hole in it by applying fabric glue and a patch.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057554
2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.

The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067282
A U.S. officer on a South Pacific island gives his view on surrender of Japan and speaks about B-29 bombers.

A U.S. officer at a South Pacific island, gives his view on surrender of Japan in World War II soon after returning from a flight to Japan. The U.S. officer says that U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Far East Air Forces played an important role in driving back Japan from the Pacific Islands. The officer speaks about U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers carrying out strikes on Japan in the final days of war.

Date: 1945
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074561
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo, Japan.

Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. American planes approach Atsugi Air Base in Japan. Wrecked Japanese planes on airfield. Japanese labor works on airfield. C-54 aircraft lands in Atsugi. General Douglas MacArthur disembarks the plane. USS Missouri in Tokyo bay. Surrender ceremonies aboard USS Missouri. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamoru Shegemitsu (with cane), General Yoshijiro Umezu, Major General Yatsuji Nagai, Katsuo Okazaki, Rear Admiral Tadatoshi Tomioka, Toshikazu Kase, and Lieutenant General Suichi Miyakazi on deck of USS Missouri. Cameramen record event. General MacArthur speaks on mike. American officers surround General MacArthur. Surrender Instrument on table. Eleven men Japanese Delegation move ahead to sign the Surrender Instrument. Mamoru Shegemitsu signs Surrender Instrument. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army step forward with General MacArthur to sign Surrender Instrument. Map shows surrender locations like China, Manchuria, South West Pacific, Central Pacific, Japan, South Korea and Philippines.

Date: 1945, September 2
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052560
Unwounded men and ammunition is found as U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture a Japanese mercy ship in the South Pacific Ocean.

A Japanese mercy ship is captured in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.. A Japanese mercy ship underway at sea. U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture the Japanese mercy ship. Unwounded men come off the ship. Cases of 75mm ammunition are uncovered. Labels 'Medical Supply' on the ammunition. Prisoners are taken in custody.

Date: 1945, August 23
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072160
U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber crew member on a South Pacific island gives his view on surrender of Japan.

Crew member of USAAF B-29 Superfortress bomber at a South Pacific island, gives his view on surrender of Japan soon after returning from a flight to Japan. The crew member speaks about B-29s bombing Japan in the final days of World War II and talks about his first peacetime landings.

Date: 1945
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074559