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Soldiers aboard LCT underway at sea as they display captured Japanese flags in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers aboard LCT underway at sea. They display several captured Japanese flags. Ships underway at sea in the foreground.

Date: 1945, June 4
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051676
Soldiers seated in a landing barge and a rainbow in the background in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

The U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Men seated in a landing barge. Rainbow in sky in the background. American flag flies from a line on the barge. A plane in flight over the area.

Date: 1945, June 4
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051677
U.S. Army Engineers build an airfield for B-29s on Saipan during World War II.

U.S. Army Engineers engaged in construction of an airfield on Saipan, Marianas Islands, during World War II. Bulldozers and trucks work on the field. Engineers use surveying tools such as transits and levels to lay out the site. Rock drill in operation. Soldiers lower excavating explosives into a hole and tamp. A soldier pushes plunger. Smoke arises due to an explosion in the foreground. Bulldozers, power shovels, tournapull scrapers and fleets of dump trucks at work on the project. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 airplane in flight.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051682
U.S. Army Engineers building a major Airfield on Saipan, during World War II in the Pacific

A vast project to build a major airfield on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands, to enable U.S. B-29 operations against Japan mainland. Bulldozers and trucks work on the field. Asphalt plant in operation and a rock crusher in use. A lone B-24 Liberator bomber is seen in the middle of the field. Trucks transport asphalt and rock to strip. The asphalt being laid by the soldiers and then rolled on the strip.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051683
U.S. 1st and 6th Marine Divisions advance towards the front mopping up Japanese hillside positions during the Battle of Okinawa.

Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. A 'Corsair' plane lays a smoke screen to protect tanks crossing a field north of Naha under Japanese artillery fire. Marines follow tanks across an open terrain. They mop up Japanese hill side positions after the flame thrower tanks have been used.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051714
Men advance towards the front with food and ammunition supplies during the Battle of Okinawa, Japan.

Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. U.S. Marines fire an artillery. The artillery bombards Shuri. Vehicles, artillery and munitions submerged in water due to heavy rains. Food and ammunition being passed up a hill via a human chain. Supplies dropped from 'Corsairs' are collected.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051715