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British troops aboard Queen Elizabeth (WW2)

British colors of Merchant Marine fly from ship. British troops aboard the ship. Personnel aboard ship get fresh air and stacks in the background. Troops on weather deck, underneath life boats. Two crewmen stand by a 50 cal. Machine gun, mounted at deck's edge. Gun crew stands by 4''gun. Ship's gun crew, stand by a 4'' gun, mounted on ship. Crew stands by 50 cal. Machine gun. Water-cooled, 50 cal Machine gun. Stack in the background. (World War II period)

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039789
Condensed highlights of U.S. forces engaging Japanese in Pacific island-hopping campaign (WW2)

Aerial view from high altitude, shows convoy of American warships underway in the Pacific War in 1943 (World War II). Nearest ship seen is an aircraft carrier. Illustrated globe and animated map show a Naval Task Force headed through the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Three U.S. Navy Douglas Dauntless dive bombers seen flying in formation with an aircraft carrier steaming in the background. Glimpse of more aircraft carriers. Sailors in the powder handling room of the Cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29) carrying cylinders of powder for her 8-inch guns. Sailors, stripped to the waist, in one of her gun turrets, load an 8-inch shell and powder charges into the breech of one of Chicago's guns. Interesting view from below, as they close the breech and step back as the gun fires. Glimpse of Naval guns firing from a U.S. warship. Another view of sailors loading an 8-inch gun on the USS Chicago. (Note: The USS Chicago was lost between Rennel Island and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 30 January 1943.) A Baltimore Class Cruiser firing its guns. Flashes from naval guns firing from several American warships in close succession. Fire directed at the shore of a Japanese held island. Gun camera footage from a U.S. warplane strafing Japanese aircraft on the ground at an enemy air base. More gun camera footage of strafing and bombing. Closeup of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Liberator bomber in flight, with others in the background. Views from U.S. Aircraft as their bombs strike Japanese targets on the ground below. A U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft flying overhead as viewed from a landing craft. View from inside a landing craft full of U.S. troops heading toward an amphibious landing. Closeup glimpse of Coxswain in landing craft and troops aboard behind him. Amphibious landings being made under fierce friendly and enemy fire. U.S. troops leaving their landing craft under enemy fire. Marines firing small arms, machine guns, and using hand grenades, in Tarawa, Kiribati. Views of fallen Japanese defenders on Tarawa. Closeup of Marine smoking a cigarette. Another is binding shoulder wound of a buddy. American flag raised on one of the few still standing palm trees. American Marines saluting the flag. Bodies of fallen American marines floating at the shore and on the sands of Tarawa. Marines departing Tarawa. Scene shifts to Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, seated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Cairo, Egypt on 25 November 1943. Leading Allied military leaders sit at a table to hammer out details of postwar plans. American officers present include U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall and Chief of the Army Air Forces, General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040074
Attack on a small Japanese fishing boat

A small Japanese fishing boat in water. Strafing of the fishing boat during World War II. U.S. gun camera footage.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040459
Attack on Japanese freighters and planes

U.S. gun camera footage. Strafing of Japanese freighter tied up close to the beach during World War II. Tracer ammunition used. Strafing of Japanese plane. Plane explodes and catches fire. Strafing of some rice paddies. Small houses seen.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040460
Strafing on Japanese freighter and smoke due to fire

Strafing of Japanese shore installations during World War II. Attack on a Japanese freighter . The projectile of the tracers visible. Tracer ammunition used to attack a plane. A Japanese freighter on fire and smoke rising up. U.S. gun camera footage.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040461
Vertical attack by bombing on Japanese freighters

Strafing of Japanese freighters during World War II . Two bomb explosions visible. One bomb explosion directly hits the freighter. U.S. gun camera footage.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040462
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