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U.S. soldiers train for amphibious assaults in World War II.

American soldiers are assembled on outdoor stands on a sand beach in World War 2. Next, soldiers are seen climbing down rope nets on a stand designed to simulate leaving a troop ship. Brief closeup of some of the soldiers descending the nets. Change of scene to a sandy area shows soldiers in a simulated landing craft rushing out of it in a practice drill. Soldiers in wheeled vehicles simulating landing craft armed with machine guns. Troops, in live fire training, crawl over water-filled ditches as a trainer fires a Browning M1917 30cal machine gun across the area. Shells bursting in the area. A soldier stretches himself in prone position across a barbed wire fence. Other soldiers climb over him to cross the fence. Several combat soldiers holding rifles which are used as a ladder for climbing a barbed entanglement.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071823
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.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071830
Japanese bomb balloons bound for the United States are shot down; examination of parachute and bomb apparatus

Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071921
Allied plane lands and is greeted by Australians; Japanese guns are examined in Balikapapan, Borneo island.

Aftermath of battle on Balikapapan, Borneo island in World War 2. Animated map shows bombing on Balikpapan. Aerial views of Balikpapan harbor. Coastline of Balikpapan. First Allied plane (A Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft) lands as it is greeted by Australians. Damaged airfield, Japanese guns including big guns, dual purpose guns, HOW and antiaircraft guns on airfield are examined by soldiers. Oil refinery on island.

Location: Balikpapan Borneo Indonesia
Date: 1945, July 9
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071923
Units of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division entering outskirts of Manila, Philippines, during World War II.

Troops from 5th and 8th Regiments, of the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division, proceeding along a railroad and bordering sidewalks, as they enter outskirts of Manila during World War 2. Scenes of devastation with wooden structures completely destroyed in adjoining fields.

Location: Manila Philippines
Date: 1945, February 12
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071952
Women's Army Corps visit The Sphinx and Pyramids in Giza and the Mosque of Muhammed Ali in Cairo, Egypt

Women of United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) visit Egypt during World War 2. After leaving Italy, a group of WACs pose for a camera beside The Sphinx in Giza, Egypt. They ride camels. Pyramids in the background. After sandals are tied to their feet, they visit The Mosque of Muhammed Ali in Cairo. They walk the streets of Cairo; one of them touches a donkey as they walk. WACs seen sitting in a row.

Location: Cairo Egypt
Date: 1944, July 18
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071974
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