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U.S. B-29 operating around newly constructed airfield on Saipan during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress in flight during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean showing Saipan, Philippines,China and Japan. B-29 circling overhead. A B-29 on final approach over water, with landing gear down. A B-29 flies over the field with gear up. Another B-29 in level flight at altitude, with landing gear down. A B-29 makes approach and lands on the new airfield, as interested military personnel watch from side of runway.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051684
Bulldozers and other machines being used to expand airfield on Saipan while B-29s were already operating there.

U.S. Army Engineers expanding the airfield on Saipan, while B-29 operations are being conducted. Bulldozers level the airfield. Grading equipment works at the airfield. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super fortress on the airfield being refueled.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051687
A convoy of U.S. warships under attack by Japanese warplanes during World War II.

Film opens showing a Japanese Nakajima B5N (Kate) torpedo bomber flying low over the water through hail of bullets fired from Allied ships, during World War 2. Glimpse of the plane flying past a U.S. Iowa class Battleship. Next, it flies past a U.S.New Orleans Class Cruiser. As it continues flight, away from the camera, a U.S. Mahan class destroyer appears from the left. Flak puffs of black smoke are in the air. Scene shifts to smoke rising from a bombed ship in the distant background. Change of scene shows a U.S. Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft recovering on an aircraft carrier.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051846
A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains about taking footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater (WW2)

United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 11 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053526
United States aircraft strafe aircraft, shore installations and gun emplacements in Okinawa, Japan during World War II.

Strafing attack on Japanese aircraft, shore installations and gun emplacements by U.S. aircraft during World War II. A Japanese float plane shot at and catches fire during night. Japanese Betty and bomber aircraft and a Sampan ship under attack. Strafing shore installations and gun emplacements in Okinawa. A Japanese single engine fighter plane turning over on its back. A strafing attack on houses and a bridge over a small stream.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055353
F4U airplanes of U.S. 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and USAAF P-38s drop napalm on Japanese targets in Okinawa during World War II

U.S. Marine Corps F4U aircraft of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing are seen along with U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 in flight over Southern Okinawa, during World War 2. Numerous scenes of the aircraft attacking positions of enemy Japan with napalm incendiary bombs. Balls of fire erupting and smoke rising from the hills. Formation of Corsairs returning from the mission.

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056271