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Burning American oil supply dump at Puruata Island in Bougainville.

Shows a burning American oil supply dump destroyed in a Japanese air raid at Puruata Island in Empress Augusta Bay,Bougainville. American troops of the 37th Division put off the fire using water hoses. A bombed 90mm American gun position. (World War II period).

Location: Purata Bougainville Papua New Guinea
Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029164
New Guinea natives carry supplies for the Allies and the Allies bombard a Japanese held island in the South Pacific.

War between the Allied Forces and the Axis troops in the South Pacific during World War II. New Guinea Papuan natives carry arms, ammunition and supplies for the Allies in a boat. An overnight camp of the Papuan people. The natives carry the supplies across mountains and makeshift bridges. The Australians inspect a Japanese submarine in Sydney Harbor, Australia. They remove the firing mechanism of the torpedo and the instrument which helps a torpedo to find its way once fired from a submarine. U.S. and Australian naval forces move towards a Japanese held island and bombard it. The sailors load and fire artillery. Smoke rises in distance as the shells hit the targets. U.S. Marines survey the damage. Dead Japanese soldiers. A lone U.S. Marine with captured Japanese prisoners.

Location: New Guinea
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033548
U.S. Torpedo Bombers TBF Avenger in flight over Espiritu Santo Island

U.S. Torpedo Bombers TBF Avenger in various formations over jungles of Espiritu Santo Island in Pacific Theater. TBF Avengers in flight over water.

Location: Espiritu Santo Vanuatu
Date: 1943, September 24
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041085
U.S. Marines Lt. General Thomas Holcomb welcomes Major General Alexander Vandegrift back from the Solomon Islands

After commanding raids in the Solomon Islands, U.S.Major General Alexander Vandegrift is welcomed back to the U.S. by Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the U.S.Marine Corps. In Holcomb's office, General Holcomb thanks General Vandegrift and congratulates him. Reporters look on. Multiple takes of Holcomb welcoming and congratulating Vandegrift. Flag of the United States in office. After the officers greet each other, they are seated.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044989
United States marines move to invade Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater

United States marines on their way to invade Tarawa Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. American Marines pray on board a ship during burial at sea. They stand with their heads lowered as a bugler blows a tap. An unidentified ship's stern underway in the sea. Cargo ship (AK) burns. Marines on a 20 mm gun on board a ship as the man to the right cocks the gun. Landing Ship Tank approaches. Marines in battle dress load in a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel and it moves towards the beach of Tarawa.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048157
Landing crafts and ships at a beach of an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa.

United States ships and a landing craft convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing Craft Vehicle Personnels (LCVPs) come ashore. The shoreline of a Pacific island. Trees in the background. Smoke rising in the background.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062560
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