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British and Canadian troops attack German forces on Walcheren Island in Netherlands during World War II.

British Marine Commandos and Canadian First Army attack Nazi positions during World War II. Soldiers on a ship ready to attack Walcheren Islands through the Scheldt Estuary in Netherlands. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Smoke arises due to explosion. British soldier on ship fires at the Nazis. The ship sinks due to the attack. British Typhoons dive bomb German battery. Soldiers keep a watch. Explosions in water. German guns hit a boat. Canadian First Army landing craft make landings on beaches at Flushing on Walcheren under heavy fire from the Germans. Machine gun and artillery fired. Soldiers carry equipment across the beach. Allied flags sway with the breeze. Soldiers fire at the retreating Nazis. Soldiers capture Westkapelle. Destroyed buildings and rubble. Soldiers celebrate the victory which opens the route to Antwerp.

Date: 1944, November 13
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021116
Hit and damaged U.S. Navy aircraft land on the USS Yorktown deck after strafing Japanese positions and ships on the Truk islands.

USS Yorktown (CV-10) off the Truk Islands fighting against Japanese positions in World War 2. U.S. planes from the carrier strafe Japanese fleet auxiliaries like rice boats, transports and ammunition ships. They strafe ships loaded with TNT, fire at ships off shore. Dramatic explosions as some ships explode. Explosions in the water. The squadron returns and lands on the carrier deck. The Air Group Commander inspects his aircraft windshield blotted with blood. The plane was hit by a 40mm anti aircraft gun. The crew helps the wounded pilot out of the airplane. Other aircraft land with difficulty. Casualties on stretchers taken below by the crew.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021561
5th Marine Regiment attack Japanese soldiers at Peleliu Island, Palau.

5th Marine Regiment attack Japanese soldiers at Peleliu Island, Palau. Marine crouched in front of dugout. Dead Japanese soldier on ground. View of wrecked tail assembly of Japanese plane. Marines carry wounded soldiers on litter. Marines advance over open field with tanks following them. Shell explodes in the background with smoke rising. Aircraft flies overhead. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 15
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022835
5th Marine Regiment advance across Japanese airstrip at Peleliu Island, Palau.

5th Marine Regiment advance across Japanese airstrip at Peleliu Island, Palau. Shells explode with smoke rising in the background. Marine walks across field with tank in the background. Marine fires machine gun. Dead Japanese soldier on ground. General Walker and staff study map outside building in Salerno, Italy. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 16
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022836
1st Marine Division troops with Japanese prisoners at Peleliu Island, Palau.

1st Marine Division troops with Japanese prisoners at Peleliu Island, Palau. Japanese prisoners carry goods with tents in foreground. Japanese prisoners work on ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 12
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022837
1st Marine Division officer talks to Japanese prisoners at Peleliu Island, Palau.

Native Japanese men, women and children of Palau Group in Internment Camp at Peleliu Island, Palau. 1st Marine Division officer talks to Japanese prisoners in stockade. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October 13
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022839