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Marines leave Pearl Harbor to invade Eniwetok Atoll (WWII)

United States Marines leave for Eniwetok Atoll from Pearl Harbor during World War II. travel to a dock by truck as they prepare to leave Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Trucks and Jeeps pass by Quonset huts. The Marines prepare for invasion of Eniwetok Atoll. Sailors pull netting away. United States Navy ships are docked on Pearl Harbor. A sailor watches a ship depart for Eniwetok Atoll. Marines crowd a ship deck. Ships and attack transport attack Pearl Harbor. Submarine netting. Marines on deck of transport. Gun crew practice firing with naval machine gun. Machine guns fired. Bullets shoot upwards. Tracers seen near the target. United States Commanders Admirals Harry W. Hill, John T. Walker and Thomas E. Watson deliberate on plans to capture Eniwetok onboard. Boatswain's Mate blowing whistle. Sailors repair rope ladder. Sailors and Marines play boardgames such as checkers onboard. Invasion leaders studying models. Marines receive their K rations. A Marine cleans his rifle. Naval bombardment at Eniwetok Atoll. United States ships firing at Japanese positions on the atoll. A group of aircraft in flight. Shells exploding on atoll. Barges and landing crafts approach the island. Marines and soldiers watch as the landing craft approach the atoll. Marines crouch after landing on the beach. A soldier digging a dugout. An amphibious truck lands at Eniwetok Atoll beach.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 8 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041090
Many people die as storm sweeps Caribbean

Many people die as storm sweeps Caribbean. The wind lashes the trees on the Jamaican island. The storm sweeps in. Uprooted trees and damaged buildings are seen. Ships are also damaged. The walls of a hospital collapsed and killed several patients. Many killed in the storm. Wreckage seen.

Date: 1951, August 24
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041347
U.S. Liberator bombers strike Japanese installations in Pacific Theater

U.S. Liberator bombers fly over Pacific Theater. They strike Japanese installations in Pacific Theater. Landing crafts carry infantry and vehicles. United States troops land on the Pacific Island during amphibious assault. Troops carry supplies. Steam shovels and tractors clear jungle foliage for an airstrip. Firing in the forest area. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041589
PBM Mariner aircraft involved in rescue operations

Air-Sea rescue by PBM Mariner aircraft. PBM planes land among ships lying off island. Smoke rises from an explosion on the beach. Men paddle in life raft. Line is thrown to him from PBM. Life raft pulled to PBM tail. Aviator in rubber life raft towed alongside PBM. The aviator climbs into plane head first. Empty life boat drifts freely. PBM taxis for take off. Tail of an aircraft. PMB towed to the stern of a vessel. Men watch aboard. Aviator floats in a rubber life raft. Rescued aviators and enlisted men in aircraft rearm boat. Officer interviews enlisted survivor and takes notes. Rearming boat gets underway and leaves.

Date: 1945, June 28
Duration: 7 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041670
Film juxtaposes transportation of electricity, with transportation of people, and shows myriad uses of electricity.

Electric power lines and insulators. A bridge across a river in United States. Cars pass on it in wintertime, with snow at edge of road on a cold morning. High voltage long distance electric transmission lines and towers. Statue of Liberty from behind, with helicopter flying past it. Series of very close-up views of appliances and conveniences that use electricity: Chicken roasting on electric powered rotisserie. Clock hands moving on electric powered clock. Person turns on electric desk lamp. Electric powered beaters spinning. Electric powered industrial machining operation. A couple dancing to music powered by electricity. Several kinds of electric transmission lines. Electricity in the 1960s office environment: Hand dialing a rotary dial telephone; adding machine; close-up views of typewriter in operation; punch card sorter for punch cards of early computer; early computer tape drive spinning; warning lights. Closeup views of fingers pressing keys and dialing. Night view of Times Square on Manhattan Island, New York City with many illuminated commercial signs and neon signs.

Date: 1967
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041722
Launch of NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter 104 on mission 51-J) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its maiden flight from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Cape Canaveral, Florida. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Orbiter 104 Atlantis on mission 51-J. Crowd watches the lift-off as Atlantis embarks on its first flight. Space Shuttle Challenger is also seen parked in the foreground, approximately 4 months before its final tragic flight.

Date: 1985, October 3
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041832