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USMC (United States Marine Corps) officers confer at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during World War II.

American flag flying from a tall flagpole over a hill near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during World War 2. U.S. Marine officers are seated at a table in a local headquarters tent dug in and sandbagged at the base of the hill, which sits on the edge of the captured Japanese airfield (Henderson Field). One of the officers is looking through binoculars. Nearby, behind them a C-45 transport plane (Beechcraft Model 18) is approached by a fuel truck. Many other aircraft parked aircraft are seen in the distance. Two Marines standing in front of a mound of sandbags discuss something on a clipboard. Several Marines relax in front of a wooden building. Another Marine officer wearing a sidearm joins them with a large map, which they discuss. One of the Marine officers is a Colonel (O-6). Scene shifts to a B-17, tail number 41-2403, taxiing. Next, several B-17s are seen through palm trees, flying overhead. One has its landing gear extended and descends, beyond some trees, to land. Camera moves to a site where pipelines are being repaired by Seabees. A Seabee welder is at work on one. Seabees move new pipe into position on cross ties. (Note: The B-17 Number 41-2403 ditched January 27, 1943, on the way from Guadalcanal to Espiritu Santo, with Brigadier General Nathan Farragut Twining, Commander, 13th Air Force, on board. On 1 February 1943, the U.S. Navy rescued him and 14 others from their life rafts, near New Hebrides Islands.)

Date: 1942, December
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074836
U.S. Marines prepare for invading Tarawa on board a ship in Pacific Theater (WW2)

United States Marines dressed in invasion uniform on board an invasion ship heading to Tarawa, Kiribati during World War II. Marine reads orders to a group. Marines chock 50 cal. Water cooled machine guns on board the ship. Marines set up tripods for machine guns two men in the background set up machine guns. Men break down equipment and walk off with it.

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048159
Japanese forces capture Corregidor, Philippines; Bataan Death March; Pacific supply lines to allies in Australia in World War II

Japanese forces fire artillery at Corregidor Island, during Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Smoke rising from Corregidor under bombardment. Japanese troops land on Corregidor, the Philippines, on May 5 1942. A soldier watches enemies' action through binoculars. Soldiers fire artillery in the field. General Wainwright surrenders. He sits with other officers and Japanese officers and discusses. Japanese soldiers lower the American flag. Japanese troops Banzai cheer and celebrate their victory. They raise the Japanese flag. Captured Americans and Filipino prisoners of war departing Mariveles during the Bataan Death March, under Japanese guard. Map shows Japanese targets for invasion in other areas like Malay, Borneo, and New Guinea. Close up view of Japanese soldier's face. Briefing documents labeled Secret are opened and reviewed. Airplanes on the ground. U.S. And Australian troops march in Australia. Animated globe shows different countries. View of armament and artillery production factory operation in the United States supplying war materiel. Close up views of faces of war production workers. Animation and models show a supply line through which supplies are transferred to Australia. Lockheed P-38 Lightning wrapped in camouflage is lowered onto a transport ship deck. U.S. Army tank loaded onto ship and American troops go ashore in Australia. United States planes bomb and sink Japanese ships in the Bismarck Sea on March 2, 1943. View of American machine gunner firing machine gun from aircraft in flight toward enemy Japanese ships. Cockpit point of view shot out of American aircraft as it bombs and strafes Japanese ship. Bombs away view as U.S. aircraft release bombs. Smoke rises from the burning Japanese ships. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz meet and discuss strategy and review maps. Animation shows different potential routes for American forces to return to the Philippines.

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028168
U.S. pilot Lieutenant Rex T. Barber describes his mission to shoot down Yamamoto in the Solomon Islands during WW2.

Title sequence “Air Force Now”. Image of Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, the United States Army Air Force pilot who shot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during a military operation in the Solomon Islands in 1943, taken during World War II. Rex T. Barber is interviewed by Air Force Now. Lieutenant Rex T. Barber describes how he shot down a Japanese bomber that carried Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during WWII.

Date: 1985
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078971
U.S. Marine Lieutenant Marshall, with his severely battle-damaged F4U Corsair at Torokina Air Strip in World War II

Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)

Date: 1943, December 19
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067451
Montage of World War II scenes, encompassing the allied Pacific campaigns and Big Three wartime meetings.

Allied campaigns against Imperial Japan during World War II. Animated map depicts Allied victories in various Pacific islands like Guadalcanal, Palau, and the Mariana Islands. A map of the Philippines. United States troops invade the Philippines. Naval guns fire at a shore and flak bursts are seen. Dramatic shot of a Japanese Zero aircraft approaching United States Navy ships that are firing guns. The Japanese aircraft is hit at close range to the ship, a wing ruptures, it is consumed in fire and crashes with explosion in the sea beside the ship. Many landing craft with U.S. Army forces landing at beach on Leyte. Soldiers land and advance inland. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña of the Philippines wade ashore. Filipino women and children on the island are assisted by U.S. forces and provided with food and protection. Following are meetings of wartime Allied leaders, shown briefly in the ending of the film: Prime Minister Winston Churchill meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the battleship, USS Augusta, at Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Roosevelt stands at the railing, assisted by his son, Army Captain Elliot Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, at the Cairo conference, in 1943. Joseph Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill pose outside the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) during the Yalta conference in 1945. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, American Ambassador Harriman, British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, and Churchill's daughter, Sarah, in uniform, are among those standing behind the seated Big Three. Delegates from 51 Nations gathered for the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, in Westminster Central Hall, London, England, in 1946.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065887