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Construction of an airstrip during battle of Tarawa

Construction of an airstrip at Tarawa in Pacific Ocean during World War II. Planes land and pilots congratulate the marines.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058547
General MacArthur takes off from Brisbane, Australia for Milne Bay, New Guinea during World War II.

Allied Supreme Commander for South West Pacific Area, General Douglas MacArthur en route to Milne Bay, New Guinea during World War 2. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid and Rear Admiral Van Hook at Archerfield in Brisbane, Australia. They await the arrival of General MacArthur. A car arrives at the airfield and General MacArthur gets out of the car. The General being greeted by the Admirals. General MacArthur and the Admirals aboard MacArthur's personal B-17 Flying Fortress "Bataan" as they confer. Three officers aboard USS Phoenix underway in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of Allied ship underway in far background with a sailor at a blinker in the foreground.

Date: 1944, February 27
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059383
Camouflage techniques used by Japanese snipers in jungle against U.S. Marines deployed on Pacific islands during World War II.

Training film titled 'Notes on Jungle Warfare' on deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific during World War II. U.S. Marines advance inland into jungle after disembarking from amphibious vehicles. Wounded and dead Marines lying on beach. Crosses at a cemetery. Marines caring for a wounded man. Jeep is driven in the jungle. Marine comes out of a foxhole. Japanese prisoners marching under guard on an island. U.S. Commander in Chief of Pacific Ocean Areas Chester Nimitz decorates a soldier. U.S. platoon advance into jungle. Camouflage techniques used by Japanese snipers in jungle shows an isolated U.S. Marine attacked by a sniper hiding under bushes. U.S. Marines counter such Japanese tricks and techniques by setting his own traps. Platoon leader sends a signal for location of sniper. Second U.S. platoon moves ahead. Shows two Marines find a dead sniper. Japanese sniper fires from a spider trap. Sniper is handled by grenade attack. Soldiers in foxhole are shot down.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060320
U.S. TBF Avenger torpedo bomber being loaded with bombs on the deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Atlantic Ocean.

Activities aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Deck of USS Lexington (CV-16) shows U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomber planes being towed. Crew members moving bombs on hand carts. Armorers pull bombs off the bomb elevator. Man wheels depth charge on small cart. Two men arm machine guns.The aircraft displays a miniature Japanese flag, painted beside the cockpit, to indicate an enemy kill. Men raise 500 lb. bomb into TBF. Men load depth charges into TBF. Man wheels 500 lb. bomb down the flight deck.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060438
A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of a B-24 Liberator and six B-25 Mitchells in flight over the Palau Island.

U.S. air raids on the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-24 Liberator bomber formations of the 31st Squadron, 5th Bomb Group in flight over a target area. Interior of an aircraft. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls in the aircraft. A bombardier gets set for a bomb run. Explosions and smoke rises from the target area. Six USAAF B-25 Mitchells in flight over the target area. The aircraft drop bombs over the area. Smoke rises due to explosions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062194
A Japanese officer briefs Japanese pilots before the take off for the air attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Japanese air attacks over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. A relief map shows Japan, China, the U.S. and the Philippine Islands. An arrow on the relief map point from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands. Two Japanese aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean. A section of the deck of a Japanese ship. Anti-aircraft guns on the side of the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Two Japanese officers conversing. Sailors in the background. Japanese pilots being orientated by a Japanese officer. A group of Japanese pilots around the officer. Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N 'Kates' aircraft engines are warming up. The pilots stand in a semi-circle around a senior officer. The sailors remove chucks from under the wheels of 'Kates'. A sailor waves a white flag. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Vals' aircraft take off in formation. An aerial formation of the 'Vals'. A flag fluttering on the mast of a Japanese ship. Clouds in the sky. An aerial formation of 'Kates'. Japanese insignia on a Japanese plane. Airplanes in flight over Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii. Bombs explode on a runway of the airfield. Smoke rises from a hangar and the runway. Smoke rises from the docks at Pearl Harbor due to bombardment by the Japanese airplanes. Several Japanese destroyers underway.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062212