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B-29 , tail number 42-224802 on Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Camera pans across North airfield on Guam, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Next a large group of Airmen are seen standing around a shiny B-29 bomber parked on the ramp. It has "K333" stenciled on left side of its forward fuselage. Its tail number is 42-224802. (This B-29 is named "Purple Shaft," but that is not stenciled on its left side.) The airmen walk around and examine it. Next, The aircraft commander, Lieutenant Warren Richard Aylsworth is seen speaking with a Captain, as they stand next to the plane. Others join in the conversation. (Note: The plane is scheduled to fly to Tinian this night, the 20th, but will land at Saipan, instead, because runway lights were not yet operational on Tinian. The "Purple Shaft" will be the first B-29 to arrive at Tinian, the following day, December 21, 1944.)

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, December 20
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036235
Italian troops occupy Samos Island in Greece during World War 2

German General Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller visits with Italian troops of the 6th Infantry Division CUNEO, after they occupy the Greek Island of Samos, without any resistance, in May 1941. He and his staff members drink local wine with the Italians. Italian soldiers eating bananas at the port, and picking oranges from a local tree. Remainder of film shows 8 thousand surrended defenders taken as prisoners of war, marching in a long line. Next, they are seen crammed on the deck of a Greek ship and then, later debarking. They march in loose formation.

Location: Samos Island Greece
Date: 1941, May
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675038202
Seabee Construction Battalions build a base at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II.

Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.

Location: Attu Aleutian Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044966
Burial of dead Marines at a cemetery in Guadalcanal, Solomon islands during World War II.

United States Marine cemetery at Guadalcanal in the Solomon islands during the Guadalcanal invasion, World War II. Marines' grave covered with palm leaves. Marine fire a volley in honor of fallen marines. Altar and Marines guard at cemetery. Marine blows a bugle in front of an altar. Services for the dead with Marines drawn up in the foreground. Marine at attention. Marine officer in front of the drawn up troops. Several graves of Marine covered with palm leaves. Views of altar in middle of cemetery. 3 Priests at altar. Marines at attention in the foreground. A flag draped coffin with Marines at attention. Altar with graves in the foreground. Marines at attention. Marines present arms. Guadalcanal cemetery as seen under a railing. Marines march away.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044978
Carlson's Raiders display captured Japanese flags, radio, cavalry sword and wallet following their epic, "Long March" behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal, Solomon islands.

Members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion display captured Japanese war souvenirs on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. Opening scene shows members of the U.S. Second Marine Raider Battalion celebrating their victory and exhibiting captured Japanese flags, weapons, and other souvenirs. One marine playfully tries using a captured Japanese NCO's sword to shave the beard of another marine. The next scene shows the Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, with several of his Raiders, holding a captured Japanese flag. Next, he is seen sitting in and then standing near a jeep, handling and discussing captured Japanese documents with one of his Battalion. Other members of the 2nd Raiders display their souvenirs, including a Japanese radio, and wallet and currency.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044981
U.S. Marines board landing barges and march in jungle at Guadalcanal, Solomon islands; Marines relieved by U.S. Army forces.

United States Marines being relieved by U.S. Army forces at Guadalcanal. Marines landing barge headed for sea at Guadalcanal, Solomon islands during World War 2 . Marines board a landing barge. Marines' landing barge headed for a ship. Soldiers on a beach. Soldiers march through jungle. Soldiers march on road in a double file. Soldiers cross over a wooded bridge. Soldiers march along a road. soldiers form on a beach. Soldiers in line. Landing barge turns around. Marines board a landing boat. Marines in a barge headed for sea.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044982
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