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The Seabees construct an airstrip at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Daily progress seen over 5 days.

Activities of the Seabees at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War 2. Views of utter destruction from the U.S bombardment of Munda. Destroyed buildings, facilities, Japanese airplanes and dead Japanese soldiers. Leafless trees and damaged wooded area. Seabees commence cleanup and construction. They cremate and bury the dead Japanese. Trucks and bulldozers move over muddy terrain to level the land to construct an airstrip. Views of the steady progress of construction over the period from August 8 to August 12, 1943. The airstrip is completed within 5 days. On the 5th day a Navy F4F aircraft lands on the coral runway. . The pilot in the cockpit smiles. The Spirit of 76 is painted on his airplane. Views of other F4Fs landing on the coral runway.

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, August 8
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044970
U.S. reinforcement and resupply operations on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War II.

Reinforcements and supplies arriving on Guadalcanal during World War 2. Various views of Soldiers and supplies arriving from transport ships. These operations are occuring in 1943, after Guadalcanal has been secured and now being prepared as a base for further allied advances against Japanese-held islands on the road to Japan itself. In one scene Soldiers are seen arrivng on a Higgins Boat from the transport ship, USS George Clymer (APA-27). Most of the film shows supplies being amassed on the beachhead. Local natives are employed helping unload and store the large quantities of supplies.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044980
Russian soldiers take Reshitsa and Gomel and help restore a city in Europe.

A Russian film titled Srazhenie Za Gomel about the Battle of Gomel. Russian soldiers take Reshitsa on November 18th and Gomel on November 26th, 1943. Russians help restore town. Buildings in city. Ruins of buildings. Soldiers enter the city. Old women happy to see the soldiers. Empty streets, bomb damaged buildings. Graves in a cemetery. Boards placed on poles and trees. Civilians return to city. Soldiers march into city. Artillery fired. (World War II period).

Location: Russia
Date: 1943, December
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Russian
Clip: 65675046484
U.S. reconstructs captured Japanese airfield at Munda Point, New Georgia Island, in World War II.

Wreckage and debris on Munda Point airfield, New Georgia Island, after its capture by U.S. forces during World War 2. Dead Japanese soldiers. Destroyed aircraft on island as result of U.S. bombing. Reconstruction workers clear and enlarge runway and operations tower as Americans improve and expand the airbase for their own operations. U.S. flag raised on pole. Seen are the first aircraft to land at Munda Point (on August 14, 1943). The first is a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-40 with letter K and white stripe on fuselage and a white tail. It is followed by a J2F Duck carrying U.S.Marine Brigadier General Francis P. Mulcahy to set up his new headquarters at Munda Point.

Location: Munda New Georgia Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, August 14
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046491
Joachim Von Ribbentrop signs the German-Japanese Economic Pact in Germany during World War II.

Signing of German-Japanese Economic Pact on 20 January 1943. Foreign Minister of Germany Joachim Von Ribbentrop arrives and shakes hand with Japanese General Hiroshi Oshima. Signatories signing the agreement. They shake hands.

Location: Germany
Date: 1943, January 20
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047364
Unescorted B-17 Flying Fortress planes under heavy attack by German FW-190s during Schweinfurt raid in World War II.

Scenes of the first daylight strategic bombing by the United States Air Forces against targets in German-controlled Europe. A dozen B-17s execute the first mission against railroad marshaling yards in German-held Rouen, France, on August 17, 1942. A year later, large numbers of U.S. bombers attack Schweinfurt, Germany during World War II. U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress planes take off from U.S. Air Base in England. A formation of B-17s in flight. They head towards Germany. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his aides confer. Unescorted B-17s over Schweinfurt under heavy attack by German FW-190 fighter planes. The B-17s drop bombs over the target area. Ruins of Schweinfurt after bombings. A FW-190 goes down after facing attack. Dead and wounded men unloaded from B-17s which return from the Schweinfurt raid. Panoramic views of ruined Schweinfurt on August 20, 1943.

Location: Schweinfurt Germany
Date: 1943, August
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047528
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