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American soldiers unload supplies from a landing craft at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

American soldiers move inland at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. They sleep, eat and smoke cigarette during rest periods. Soldiers unload supplies from a landing craft. Chain of men passes supplies through surf and mud. A snow tractor flounders in water and mud off shore. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058456
American soldiers on board an invasion barge at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

Facial expression of American soldiers on board an invasion barge at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. A soldier smokes a cigarette. Two officers synchronize their watches. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058457
American soldiers row rubber boats at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

A tractor in mud and water at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. American soldiers row rubber boats and reach ashore. Ramp of a landing craft lowered and the tractor rolls out. Soldiers also disembark from a craft. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058458
American soldiers inspect trenches dug by Japanese at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska

Debris littered around near main Japanese installation buildings at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. American soldiers inspect foxholes and trenches dug by Japanese. Soldiers drink from canteen cups, rest and one of them plays a harmonica. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058459
American soldiers on board United States Navy ship Grant interviewed in Aleutian Island, Alaska

American soldiers on board United States Naval ship Grant interviewed en route to Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. A Soldier answers the interviewer as a dog lies down in the background. Two more soldiers interviewed. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, August 13
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058448
Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian islands during WWII

Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 4 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079036