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U.S. forces raise American flag over Saipan and senior U.S. officers converse afterwards, during World War II

Scene opens showing American troops assenbled in a clearing on Saipan for a formal flag raising ceremony, following the defeat of Japanese forces defending the island in World War 2. Camera pans over the assembled officers and troops. All salute as the flag is raised by military police. View of the American flag atop the flag pole. After the ceremony, Some of the senior American officers present stand about conversing. Admiral Raymond Spruance, Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, is seen wearing a pith helmet. Close to him is Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Commander, V Amphibious Corps. Also seen, in fatigues, is Major General Sanderford Jarman, Commanding General, U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division. The remainder of the film shows them and other senior officers mingling and conversing with one another.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050871
Glimpse of U.S. Navy Seabees at Saipan port, after the U.S. defeat of Japanese forces there in World War II

Glimpse of Amercan Navy Seabees, in a boat backing away from a dock at waterfront, in Saipan, after defeat of Japanese on the island during World War 2. A mobile derrick stands behind the boat. The area contains damaged and destroyed facilities.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050874
U.S. forces plan airbase construction after the battle of Saipan during World War II

America forces begin preparing Saipan as an advance base in the Pacific campaign against Japan in World War 2. Japanese military prisoners as well as civilian women and children are seated on the ground, shaded by a tree on a coastal plain in Saipan. American officers review a map laid out on the hood of a jeep. They converse in a group as they stand near a rudimentary small gauge railroad track in the sand. Sheer cliffs are close behind them and the ocean is nearby. A jeep is seen parked and another moves along a bumpy path. Officers and soldiers stand on and near the small gauge rail line. Several jeeps are parked. Camera pans over sheer cliffs behind. (Some contain openings that housed Japanese fortifications.) Camera pans over wide flat area where the Japanese were building an airfield near Marpi Point on the northern end of the island of Saipan. Construction materials cover the area and several jeeps travel through it. Final scene shows more Japanese civilians in a group where several American soldiers are attending to their needs.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050875
Living conditions of the United States soldiers in Saipan during World War II.

United States soldiers in Saipan during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean with China, Japan, Saipan. Island of Saipan. Living conditions of the soldiers. Pup tents, dugouts in the area. Runway with ocean in the background. Piles of equipment stacked up. Soldiers lift a crate on to a truck. Man pushes gas drum along rails. Jeep pulls two barrels in a trailer. Piled equipment and tents in the background. Soldiers ride a horse-drawn cart. Row of tents. Soldiers walk along the area. Tents in the foreground.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051681
Bodies of Japanese soldiers after U.S. Marines attack; advance of United States 1st Marine Regiment towards Shuri, Okinawa.

U.S. 1st Marine Regiment advances towards Shuri in Okinawa Island. Marines move past wrecked wagons. They advance up a hill. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, some still burning. Columns of Marines move along road. (World War II period).

Location: Shuri Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, May 21
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052722
United States 1st Marine Regiment transfers ammunition up a hill during their advance to Shuri, Okinawa.

U.S. 1st Marine Regiment advance towards Shuri in Okinawa Island. Chain of men pass ammunition up the hill. Marines line up on the hill side and pass ammunition. Wounded Marines are evacuated and carried on a stretcher.

Location: Shuri Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1945, May 17
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052723
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