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Models wear German-designed fashion in Copenhagen during World War 2

Women wearing German-designed fashion in Copenhagen, Denmark during World War II. A pamphlet in Danish reads “Tysk mannequinopvisning i Hotel d'Angleterre 8.-9. Februar 1943” (“German fashion show in Hotel d’Angleterre February 8-9, 1943” in English). A model smiles as she shows her silk dress. Three models in floral coats and dresses at the Hotel d’Angleterre (Kongens Nytorv 34, 1050 København, Denmark). Women in billowing elegant evening dresses. A woman preens before a mirror. Two women in evening dresses leaves together. Models in evening gowns walk in the catwalk. Spectators clapping.

Date: 1943, February 8
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079851
Medics tend to wounded U.S. Marines during Battle of Tarawa, World War II.

U.S. Marines Corps wounded during World War 2 Battle of Tarawa. Marine lying on stretcher while blood is transfused into his body by a medic. Wounded Marine is carried by corpsmen on stretcher and lowered to a rubber boat while a plane passes over the island.

Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023680
U.S. Marines fight against fanatical Japanese defenders in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II.

U.S. Marine Corps struggle during Battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II. Marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division Corps move carefully and stay low as they advance on the island and fire at Japanese well-entrenched in bunkers and hiding in trees.Marines employ grenades, flame throwers and mortars against the Japanese and occupy some Japanese bunkers. Marine casualties being carried on stretchers. Several Japanese soldiers break out of their fortification and run for safety as marines fire at them. Marines check for snipers and throw grenades, as they advance very cautiously toward abandoned Japanese positions on the Tarawa beach.

Date: 1943, November 22
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072663
Bob Hope and his USO Troupe visit a U.S. Navy base on Mios Woendi island, Schouten Islands, Papua New Guinea, during World War II.

Bob Hope and members of his USO troupe ride on a PT boat during visit to entertain U.S. Navy personnel during World War 2. In opening scene, Bob Hope doffs his pith helmet as he strolls past the camera to climb aboard a PT boat (PT-331) of U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 21, where several naval officers greet him. Members of Hope's USO troupe, Patty Thomas, and Francis Langford, step from jeeps to board the PT boat. Next, the two are seen in the cockpit of the boat next to its captain, Lieutenant Kermit W. Montz, USNR, as the boat speeds along in the water. Among sailors occasionally glimpsed behind them is Radioman 1st Class bill Thielen. In change of scene, Bob Hope climbs out a hatch, holding onto his pith helmet to keep it from blowing off. The boat's number, 331 is clearly displayed on superstructure behind him. Various Navy sailors on deck. (Note: Squadron 21 received a Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance during the Huon Peninsula Campaign against Japanese forces from October 1943 to March 1944.)

Date: 1944, August 11
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675057656
Marines in full combat gear wade ashore, Tarawa Island in Pacific.

Invasion of Tarawa. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) underway at sea. Marines in full combat gear wade ashore. Beach area of Tarawa. Landing craft in the foreground.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052293
Sailors walk up gangway with pails and sea bags, Tarawa Islands in the Pacific.

Invasion of Tarawa. Sailors in helmets, with pails, packs, and rifles walk up gangway. Jeep and supplies on dock. Navy officers and men talk. Officer checks list as sailor come up gangway with sea bags and gear.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052294