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Periscope view, from U.S. submarine, of a half sunken ship off an island in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II.

A U.S. submarine submerged off an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Periscope view of the waters around an island. A beached ship, half sunken.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076126
United States attack the enemy on Leyte Island, Manila.

Bombing the Leyte Island, Manila. Carrier based planes bomb the island. Officer gives final orders of attack to the pilots. Pilots board their aircraft. Aircraft takes off from the carrier deck. Planes in formation. High altitude view of the sea. Planes drop bombs. Admiral Radford watches through binoculars for the return of the fliers. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Soldiers fire from battleship. Smoke arises from fliers hit by the enemy bombs. Aircraft on carrier. Wounded pilot on board. Soldiers stand in line on the battleship. Officer decorates them. (World War II period).

Location: Leyte Philippines
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045602
United States Marines in combat on Pacific Island and combat cameramen filming Marines in action in Pacific Theater

United States Marine Corp photographers take pictures with 35mm movie camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. View of sunset. Huge explosions at night during night battle against Japanese enemy. Next scene is day time with Marines in many foxholes and bomb craters in exposed battlefield area on Pacific Island during combat. Two Marines hunched over and moving between positiions. Marines receiving enemy fire. Several scenes showing combat photographers (some dramatized) taking up positions in ditches and fox holes to record combat action with still cameras and motion picture cameras. Actual battle scenes of Marines pinned down by incoming enemy fire on an Island. Marines coming ashore on landing craft at beach area and marching in a group up a road. Marine combat cameramen in a ditch capturing action with motion picture movie camera. Titles of films are seen next on screen, reading 'With marines at Tarawa', 'Memphis Belle', 'Fighting Lady' and 'The True Glory'. Marine photographers check and clean parts of motion picture camera. Marine types on a portable typewriter beside him.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064074
Paratrooper Leonard and Private Zych receive Purple Hearts from Major Jeannette Blech at Halloran Hospital, Staten Island, NY (WW2)

U.S. Army award ceremony at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island New York. The honored World War II veterans line up. The recipients salute as U.S. flag is taken down at formal retreat. The flag flutters in wind. Major Jeannette Blech, Chief Nurse at Halloran Hospital, pins the Purple Heart on the uniform of Paratrooper Lance Leonard of Buffalo. A man in the background takes pictures. Major Blech shakes hands with Paratrooper Leonard. The Purple Heart pinned up on the uniform. Private Stanley Zych of Staten Island receive Purple Hearts from Major Blech. Major Jeannette Blech is the first woman in U.S. history to present the Purple Heart to war heroes. The service men and women of the Halloran General Hospital parade.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1944, April 17
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069627
Attack on Japanese island base and crossing the line ceremony at sea during World War II.

Aerial view of Japanese island base with wing tip of plane in view. Aerial view of two small ships at sea, one of them on fire. Side view of T-6 fighter in flight. Aerial view of entire island followed by closer view showing smoke coming from structure near beach. T-6 airplane lands on aircraft carrier. Water sprayed on deck of aircraft carrier as a U.S. Navy Crossing the Line Ceremony begins. Court of King Neptune assembled on deck. Pollywogs run a gauntlet on deck during hazing ritual as they become Shellbacks. A sailor laughs as he displays the outlandish haircut he has received as part of the ceremony.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1944
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078598
Coast Guard Stations on coasts of New Jersey, Long Island, Eastern shore of Maryland, and coasts of Virginia and North Carolina

Opening scene is an animated map showing Coast Guard Stations on Long Island, New York and on New Jersey coasts. Aerial view of Coast Guard Station Number 75. Narrator says manual life boats are launched into the surf from this Station. Camera pans closeup over the station, showing its buildings. Aerial view of inlet on South shore of Long Island from which powered life boats can launch into calm waters. Aerial view of the Fire Island (Long Island) Coast Guard Station with launching runway for power boats. Ground level closeup of the Fire Island Station. A power lifeboat being launched down its runway. Water level view of the power lifeboat speeding along the inlet towards the open sea. View from a height of the path the power lifeboat will follow to the sea. Change of scene shows map of life guard stations along Eastern shore of Maryland, the coast of Virginia and area around the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with focus on cities of Norfolk and Newport News. It also extends South to outer islands of North Carolina. Battered hulk of a ship in surf in this area.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049570
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