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People cheer as the members of the WAC arrive at a harbor in the Pacific Theater.

The American Army women, Women Army Corps (WACs) serving on all fronts. Army aircraft parked at an air base in Arizona. The WAC mechanics working and servicing the airplanes. Several aircraft parked on the air base. WACs seated at the air base. WACs aboard a ship arrive at a harbor. People and officers gather at the harbor to greet them. Women waving towards them. They disembark from the ship. People cheering. An officer holds a board which reads: Welcome WACs'.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076568
Functions and workings of Air Force Service Group in the Pacific Theater during World War 2.

A film on the workings of the Air Force Service Group. Their role in keeping remote air force landing strips supplied and in repairing and salvaging damaged airplanes and equipment during World War II is demonstrated. A diagram depicts the workings of an Air Service Center. The center is a nine men team. Each man is an expert in some field. The functions of the center are explained. The center handles the supplies, repairing of vehicles and equipment and communication to and from the center. Men seated outside a tent in the center. Airplanes flying in formation overhead. Men looking at the airplanes. Men working for the center are motor experts, electrical experts and parachute experts. Medical services are also provided at the center. A man stands holding a rifle. A special light mobile unit is also shown as it works to repair or salvage parts of an aircraft at its crash site. U.S. Army soldiers at the Air Service Center line up to receive pay on pay day. A canteen area is shown where soldiers can buy coca-cola and other refreshments. P-40 Warhawk aircraft parked on a field. A chaplain conducts a religious service for soldiers, with a Mitchell B-25 bomber aircraft parked behind him. A wounded soldier being unloaded from an airplane and treated by the medics who arrive on site. A mobile surgical team prepares a soldier for surgery in the field.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076665
US Navy sailors shave head of sailor during Neptune Ceremony aboard a U.S. ship in the Pacific Theater (WW2)

US Navy saillor wearing Hawaiian print shirt applies shaving cream to other sailor's head and shaves his hair off, leaving his head bald, as part of Neptune Ceremony initiation aboard the ship. Other sailors look on and laugh. Dog on board comes out of a dog house. Number of puppies with the dog, all of which have small dog houses in a row made by the sailors. Photographer with still camera takes pictures of the dog with its puppies.

Date: 1944
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064078
Navy sailors being briefed on enemy attack by officer aboard a U.S. ship in the Pacific Theater (WW2)

Fleet of United States ships underway. Chief Petty Officer camera man using motion picture camera on ship deck with tripod. Officer briefs sailors with a map in front of them. Lietutnant points out coastal areas on map. Sailors on deck performing welding. Sailor sharpens bolo knives aboard the ship using grinding wheel. Two photographers or camera men, one chief and one enlisted, in conversation on ship deck and examining a motion picture movie camera and a still camera. The officer smokes a pipe. Lieutenant turns on sound of the intercom. Coast Guard personnel below decks play card games like acey-deucey and write letters, as men listen to announcements on ship speaker.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064079
A Japanese fighter aircraft is hit in rear by pilot Cooper and the aircraft explodes in the Pacific Theater.

The U.S. Naval task force in Pacific Campaign during World War II. American pilot, named Cooper,shoots down Japanese fighter plane

Date: 1944
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069337
Brief wartime scenes from Pacific Theater during World War II

First scene shows a raging fire on an island in the Pacific during World War 2. Next, the dense smoke cloud is seen from a boat offshore as it covers all of the sky. A landing ship Tank nearby is silhouetted against the light sky. U.S. medics are seen bending a wounded soldier lying on the ground, as they administer first aid to him. Change if scene shows natives preparing to dig a dead soldier out of mud. U.S. Marines push wounded away from a shore on an inflated raft. Natives help a blinded Australian soldier wade through water and mud in jungles of Papua New Guinea. Australian soldiers, in rain gear, stand in a battlefield graveyard containing several rustic crosses. One of them reads from a document, as the others stand with heads bowed. Closeups from camera panning around the group of soldiers. Next, one is seen reading from a small prayer book. More closeups from various views of the mourning soldiers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071830