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U.S. troops and their improvised movie theaters in combat zones during World War II
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 airplane carrying movies among its cargo bound from New Caledonia to troops stationed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. Views inside the airplane cabin, where troops sit alongside the cargo. Glimpse from cockpit of aircraft on final approach to land on the airfield. Troops unloading canisters of movie films from the C-47. (Handing the movie reels out of the C-47 is Russ Laming of the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, a.k.a the Thirsty 13th.) Army truck carrying mail bags and movie films driving away from the airfield. U.S. soldiers walk to their makeshift movie tent from foxholes and fortified positions. Sign on the tent reads: "Bougainville Roxy, Tonights feature." Movie projector seen inside the tent, as soldiers enter. Views of movie theaters made out of logs and other available materials at various locations in the Pacific theater of operations. They range from simple and rugged to more elaborate, at rear locations, away from the front lines. U.S. servicemen racing to get the best seats in a theater, as the doors open for a movie. Servicemen walking into an open air theater. They are called to attention as the unit commander arrives and takes his seat. View of wounded soldiers recuperating in a hospital,where a movie camera is being set up in the ward. They are tended by a French nurse wearing a "flying nun" hat (possibly North Africa). Servicemen and women being seated in an outdoor theater, and other places, waiting to watch movies. Allied troops join Americans to watch U.S. movies. A theater sign announcing the week's movie program at a Royal New Zealand Air Force post in the jungles. Courier carrying film canister from a jeep into a jungle theater. Soldier mounting the film on projector. U.S. troops watching a movie outdoors, during rain storm.
U.S. aircraft bomb Japanese positions and ships in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft bombard Japanese positions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A map of the area. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight over islands in the Pacific. The aircraft fly in formation. A Japanese cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser being bombed. A gun sight aiming point view of the cruiser being strafed. Explosions occur at sea. Enemy barges being attacked by the aircraft. Smoke rises at sea. U.S. aircraft bomb Munda Airfield. Smoke rises from the shoreline of the Munda island. Bombs being released over Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands. Bombs impact and columns of smoke rise.
Men wearing diving masks dive underwater in the Pacific Ocean to salvage a Japanese submarine during World War II.
USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A man puts on a diving mask. He jumps into water. He removes the diving mask. U.S. Navy Captain Holland and Captain A.F. Loger at Japanese books. Holland thumbs through Japanese code books. The bow of USS Ortolan in the choppy sea.
A Japanese submarine comes up alongside USS Ortolan in the Pacific Ocean during a salvage operation.
USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Sea going tug USS Ortolan underway at sea. A two man Japanese tug alongside USS Ortolan. The conning tower of the submarines protrudes above the water surface. A diver with a diving mask surfaces alongside the Japanese submarine.
Sailors aboard USS Ortolan catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
USS Ortolan underway off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. sailor aboard USS Ortolan catches a fish with the help of a fishing rod. The fish being pulled aboard. A sailor holds the fish. In a humorous moment, Navy sailors throw two of their fellow sailors into the ocean, while having fun.
The United Sates Army Air Force bombing Balalae Island during World War II.
Aerial footage of 8 planes off in the distance. Closeup shot of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, with WW2 Lockheed P-38 Lightning airplanes flying far in the background. Closeup aerial shots of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft with the pilot visible in front of a thunderhead cloud. Various shots of Balalae Island, in the Solomon Islands. Bombs falling towards the island before explosions are seen along the airfield. Smoke rising from the impacts.