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British Navy ships defend against Axis aircraft in the Mediterranean, during World War II.

Film opens showing aerial view of an Illustrious class British aircraft carrier at sea, during World War 2. The original HMS Illustrious (87) in the Mediterranean. Cargo ships in the distance. View from flight deck of aircraft carrier, following a gunboat. Several British warships underway. A British Havant class destroyer. Several British sailors in hard hats observing a Havant class destroyer in the background. Sailors in battle gear firing antiaircraft guns at Axis aircraft. A British Blackburn Skua Mk II fighter dive-bomber aircraft takes off from a carrier. Anti-aircraft guns firing from British ships. Bombs burst in the water close to an aircraft carrier. A British Blackburn B-24 Skua dive bomber takes off from a carrier.

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056189
Entertainers Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna and Frances Langford at an airfield in Hawaii, United States during World War II.

American entertainers in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Comedian Bob hope stands with a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in the background. Patty Thomas and singer Frances Langford smile and wave. Bob Hope shakes hands with island commander General Tenney. Italian-American comedian Jerry Colonna smiles. USAAF C-47 Skytrain aircraft in the background. A large number of people gathered around the entertainers. Enlisted men follow the entertainers. Bob Hope gets into a staff car. Frances Langford and Patti Thomas seated in a car as it pulls away.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057641
American entertainers Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna at Hickam Field in Hawaii, United States during World War II.

American entertainers in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Servicemen rush towards U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft at Hickam Field. Singer Frances Langford and Patty Thomas in the top hatch of a USAAF B-24 Liberator aircraft. They wave and smile. Comedian Bob Hope shakes hands with island commander General Tenney. Italian-American comedian Jerry Colonna at the air field. Langford and Patty Thomas smile.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057643
United States ships bombard the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

View from inside one of several U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 liberator bomber aircraft attacking Japanese positions on Iwo Jima in World War II. Dim aerial view of Iwo Jima from overflying Navy PB4Y. Smoke rising from isolated explosions on the ground. U.S. Navy warships, including battleships, cruisers, and gunboats, of Task Force 51, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, are visible but not individually identifiable from the air. smoke rising onshore as shells from navy guns explode. Smoke also seen from the barrels of the warships themselves, as they fire barrages. Large white clouds of smoke obscure the beaches of Iwo Jima as the warships begin firing white phosphorus shells. At the same time, large numbers of amphibious landing craft are assembled in lines ready to move toward the beach. Bright images of the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) bombarding Iwo Jima with her twelve 14-inch guns. View from the air over Iwo Jima during the naval bombardment.

Date: 1945, February 19
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059718
U.S. Navy aircraft being repaired for invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Preparations for Invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan by United States during World War II. Mechanic works on engines of U.S. Navy pb4y-1 (Navy version of USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber). A man cleans a detached nose gun. Another examines a gun aboard the pb4y-1 aircraft. An officer looks on as mechanics work on a pb4y-1. Officer talks to a mechanic. Men work on propellers of the aircraft as they rotate the propellers.

Date: 1945, February 2
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059738
Allied Winter campaign prior to entering German heartland, during World War II

U.S. Army soldiers arriving in Army trucks, one company at a time, for 24 hours rest on the West band of the Moselle River, after combat on the East bank, during World War 2. The soldiers receive a hot meal, a hot shower and shave,issue of clean clothing, and get to attend a movie.(Poster advertises the film Bathing Beauty, starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton.) The next morning, troops board trucks to return to the front line again. Scene changes to U.S. troops in snow, as winter arrives. Squadron of British Spitfire aircraft seen on snow-covered field as airmen refuel them from hand-carried gas cans. An American Army woman nurse clears snow from military vehicle in Paris. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander of French Army B, consulting with Major General Wade Haislip, Commander of the U.S. XV Corps, during Winter campaign in Vosges Mountains. French forces firing a mortar. British forces entrenched and machine gunner trying to keep warm. Uniformed British women volunteers trying to keep warm in their office bunker. Allied infantry entrenched and moving across a field. American soldiers in the Ardennes forest suddenly find themselves under attack by German artillery and tanks (Battle of the Bulge). Shells exploding near camera position. Camera shakes. Soldiers taking cover and a jeep driving by as an explosion rocks the area immediately behind it in the trees of the forest.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060111