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Seabee Construction Battalions build a base at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.

Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044966
Film about Allied bombing campaigns against the Axis powers and Japan all over the world during World War II.

Opening scene shows British Avro Manchester bombers lined up on a field in England during World War 2. British air crew board a bomber that taxis out for takeoff. View from inside the aircraft as it lifts off on takeoff and then towards its tail on climb out. Gunner seen manning machine guns as his turret rotates during flight. Formation of Manchester bombers en route to Axis military targets in German occupied France. View from bombardiers position of ground below. The bombardier seen and bombs dropping, as viewed from another bomber in the formation. View from a bomber of railroad yard and an airport with bombs exploding on the ground. Manchester bombers on return flight home over the English Channel. They pass below formation of U.S. B-17 flying Fortresses heading toward France. Close aerial view, from below, of the formation of B-17s overhead. Scene shifts to North Africa, where American Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, famous aviator of World War I, talks pilots of Major General Jimmie Doolittle's Bomber Command. Closeup of General Doolittle smiling outside a tent. A B-17 takes off. An Army cameraman seen inside at a window of the B-17. He is to record an attack on the Sicilian port of Marsala. View from a bomber of bombs exploding along the Port's coast, and of bombs passing the camera as they fall to earth. View from below of a B-17 with battle damage to its left elevator. View from a returning B-17 as it lands at its base in North Africa. Airmen walk around a B-17 that crash landed. One airman walks under part of a bomber tail destroyed by Axis gunfire. Scene shifts to the South Pacific and Allied air attacks against Japanese targets. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers headed toward the Japanese held island of Nauru. Views of bombs striking the island. Scene shifts again, this time to Attu in the Aleutian Islands. A U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat seen in flight. A task force of U.S. Navy warships in Aleutian waters. American amphibious landing on Attu. Arms and supplies piled up on a beachhead. American forces firing artillery. Infantry search for Japanese soldiers in hiding. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. American wounded carried on litters. A formation of B-24 bombers headed toward the Aleutian island of Kiska. Closeups of crew members in a B-24. View of glaciers and volcanic mountains below. A bombardier releasing bombs on a Japanese submarine base and airdrome. view of bombs falling. Formation of B-24s releasing their bombs. A gunner in a B-24 firing at attacking Japanese planes and then firing in a low level strafing attack. A U.S. fighter plane lands back at its base on a water-covered runway, raising waves of water that cover cover it.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033504
U.S. troops and supplies land at Attu Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska, during World War II

U.S. army troops and supplies being landed by Higgins boats at Massacre Bay, in preparation for battle to dislodge Japanese forces that invaded Attu Island in the Aleutians during World War 2. American forces landing at this Southern landing site included elements of the 17th and 32nd Infantry Regiments.. Troops and supplies are seen being brought to the shore by Higgins boats. Boxes of supplies are piled up and several Higgins boats are beached, including one from the Attack Transport Ship, USS Barnett (APA-5) and one from the USS Zeilin (APA-3). Weather is bleak and snow covers mountains in background. Most of the supplies are in wooden crates. Some building materials are also seen. There is no sign of Japanese resistance. The Higgins boats, aka Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) are shuttling back and forth from the attack transports seen anchored offshore. As the sequence progresses, more and more troops and supplies are seen on the beachhead. Troops form a chain to unload cargo from the landing craft. U.S. army troops and supplies being landed by Higgins boats at Massacre Bay, in preparation for battle to dislodge Japanese forces that invaded Attu Island in the Aleutians during World War 2. American forces landing at this Southern landing site included elements of the 17th and 32nd Infantry Regiments.. Troops and supplies are seen being brought to the shore by Higgins boats. Boxes of supplies are piled up and several Higgins boats are beached, including one from the Attack Transport Ship, USS Barnett (APA-5) and one from the USS Zeilin (APA-3). Weather is bleak and snow covers mountains in background. Most of the supplies are in wooden crates. Some building materials are also seen. There is no sign of Japanese resistance. The Higgins boats, aka Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) are shuttling back and forth from the attack transports seen anchored offshore. As the sequence progresses, more and more troops and supplies are seen on the beachhead. Troops form a chain to unload cargo from the landing craft.

Date: 1943, May
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058416
U.S. aircraft take off and U.S. Army officers in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. A map shows the Aleutian Islands situated in the North Pacific Ocean forming the southern boundary of the Bering Sea. Volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands. The rocky coast of the island. A man stands on an ice covered ship. A boat carries some people. An aircraft lands on sea. A ship in the rough seas. In 1942: Animated map depicts Japanese invasion of Midway Island and Dutch Harbor and U.S. response to the attack. An aircraft takes off. U.S. Army officers who participated in the Battle of Dutch Harbor include Lieutenants Charles H. Briggs, Jack Todd, Jep C, Jonson, James E. Breeding, Virgil Alleman and Jack S. Marks. Active volcanoes in the background. Army camps in the Aleutian Islands.

Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057596
Wounded American soldiers are evacuated from Attu Island in the Aleutians, during World War II

Sailors aboard the troop transport ship, USS Harris (APA-2), receive wounded American soldiers evacuated during the battle of Attu Island in the Aleutians, during World War 2. Wounded, strapped on a platform, are raised from a Higgins boat, by rope sling, and gently placed on the ship's deck. A sailor carries one wounded soldier on his back. Another helps him onto a litter. Scene shifts to Attu Island, where an American soldier mans a 40 mm Bofors anti aircraft gun at a high point overlooking a harbor. A quonset hut and radio station, with tall antenna, are in background. What appears to be a steel pier extends into the bay below. Snow covers mountains in far background. The soldier loads shells into the gun and fires it.

Date: 1943, November 15
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058418
American troops complete its occupation of Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska

'US completes occupation Attu Island '. American soldiers move across snow covered slopes at Attu in Aleutian Island. Dead Japanese soldiers in trenches. American troops move in single file, up the hill as artillery fires. Wounded soldier carried by two other soldiers. Soldiers look at Japanese equipment at a camp. Graves of Japanese soldiers. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058481
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