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American officer examines clothes left by Japanese at Kiska Island Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

American soldiers cook rice at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska. A soldier eats rice as another drinks a Japanese liquor, saki. American officer examines clothes left by Japanese. Japanese equipment and supplies left behind by them. (World War II period).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058413
Japanese equipment at Kiska Island Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

Wrecked Japanese armored car and a jeep at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Wreckage, cycle, oil barrels. Japanese hut dug into sides of hill and under ground dug outs. American soldier enters a tin hut. Japanese built cycle and wrecked equipment. (World War II period).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058414
Japanese shrine at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska (WW2)

A Japanese Shinto shrine erected at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War 2. A wooden Torii gate stands in front of the Shinto shrine. American soldiers look at miniature stone altars. A miniature wooden shrine encased in a wooden altar. Two soldiers hold a Japanese flag. A soldier holds a can of Japanese condensed milk found nearby. Soldiers keep a vigil as they sit on top of the Torii gate. Soldier drinks from a mug outside a hut.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058415
United States Military prepares a new base at Aleutian Islands in Alaska for its bombers on Japanese mission, during WW II.

United States Military lands at Aleutian Islands in Alaska to prepare a new base for its bombers to bomb Japanese positions, during World War II. U.S. soldiers in ships, boats and landing tractors land on the Aleutians. Soldiers unload materials from the boats. Soldiers try and put up tents fighting chill winds. General Lloyd E. Jones, in charge of the operation. Soldiers from a post watch the sea.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036893
Scenes of U.S. Army Air forces operations on Adak Island during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II

As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057602
Amphibious Task Force 9 soldiers carry supply boxes in Aleutian Island, Alaska

Amphibious Task Force 9 soldiers carry supply boxes in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Wrecked Japanese air planes and huts on the island. (World War II period).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058406
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