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Rescued American war prisoner Edwin Petry describes his escape from a Japanese prison camp in World War 2

A MIS-X officer representing the Prisoners of War Branch interviews American soldiers who escaped from and were then rescued from Japan's 10-A camp in Palawan, Philippines. Private first class Edwin A Petry describes the murder of American soldiers by forcing them to enter a bomb shelter, pouring gasoline, setting the gasoline alight and shooting the men who tried to escape. With the help of a map he also describes how he along with a companion managed to escape from the prison camp by crashing through the barbed wire and swimming across the bay. They were later evacuated to Morotai by 13th Army Air Force Catalina.

Location: Morotai Island
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037628
President Eisenhower arrives for a conference with Harold MacMillan to renew the Anglo-American alliance.

British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan emerges from a plane just arrived at Bermuda. President Eisenhower arrives at docks in launch. Liner at a harbor. President greeted by VIPs. He speaks at the mike and thanks people for a warm welcome. Crowd cheers.

Location: Bermuda Island
Date: 1951, March 21
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040115
Fashions of U.S. college students who arrive for vacation in Bermuda

American college students go on vacation in Bermuda during Spring Break. More than 1500 students from 54 United States colleges arrive by aircraft for their vacations in Bermuda. College students disembark from a Colonial Airlines aircraft in Bermuda. Girls chatting with male friends. A couple heads to the beach in matching Tartan V-neck shirts. Boys and girls dressed fashionably according to hot weather. Boys and girls sit at the beach. Boys play golf. Two college boys chatting as they play golf. Two men in bow ties and flannel suits enjoy smoking cigars. Girls in formal evening dresses descend from a staircase to meet their boyfriends.

Location: Bermuda Island
Date: 1950, April 13
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041467
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) in Battle of the Eastern Solomons, with 75 Seabees aboard, making emergency repairs

Animation shows shadows of U.S. B-17 bombers flying from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, to attack Japanese targets. F4F and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft take off from the USS Enterprise (CV-6) which had been sent into battle with 75 Seabees, from Company B, 3rd Construction Battalion, still on board making emergency repairs. Scenes of the battle between U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Eastern Solomons. U.S. warships fire antiaircraft weapons at attacking Japanese aircraft, and fire heavy guns at Japanese warships. View of damage to flight deck of USS Enterprise. A U.S. warship on fire billowing black smoke. Black puffs fill sky from U.S. antiaircraft flak, as Japanese aircraft attack. Fire burning at edge of flight deck on USS Enterprise, as crewmen stretch long hoses to fight the blaze. Views of heavy damage sustained by the USS Enterprise during the battle. (World War II ; World War 2; WW II; WW 2).

Location: Solomon Islands
Date: 1942, August 24
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044968
King George V visits the British hospital ship HMHS Plassy during World War I

King George V of Great Britain visits the Royal Navy's Hospital ship, HMHS Plassy, at Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys, on June 23, 1917, during World War 1. The original Lascar (Asian) crew of the P&O (Peninsular and Oriental) ship , is seen lined up, in whites, on the deck of the Hospital ship, as King George walks past them, slowly ,accompanied by captain, Edward de Walrond Wells Bruce, and officers of the ship's company. On another deck, the King and his party stop to greet the uniformed medical staff, including nurses. An aide introduces each medical staff person by name, and the King shakes hands with each and converses briefly with some. The King visits wounded in the ship's medical ward. He converses with one patient, before proceeding to visit others.

Location: Orkney Islands
Date: 1917, June 23
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049922
U.S. Marines fight against the Japanese and land at a beach in Palau during World War II.

Allied forces in Palau during World War II. An aircraft lands at an airstrip in Palau. Allied forces fire artillery. Smoke rises. U.S. Marines advance across a field. A U.S. Marines Corps F4U Corsair aircraft in flight as it attacks Japanese positions. A column of smoke rises. The Marines load shells in an artillery and fire at Japanese cave positions. Wounded Marines on the ground. The wounded being placed on a litter and rescued amidst heavy shelling. A landing craft with troops loaded on to it heads for a beach. Aircraft in flight as they bombard the coast. Crafts arrive at the coast. Artillery being fired as tanks advance.

Location: Palau Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057687
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