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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).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058459
U.S. Engineers work to construct supply routes throughout the world during World War II.

PBY Catalina aircraft seen inflight above an Allied convoy of ships at sea. Closeup of British flag displayed at stern of one ship. A destroyer escort in the convoy. U.S. Army engineers creating a road in an area of wilderness. A steam shovel empties its bucket into a truck. A surveyor taking readings with a transit. Two graders moving side-by side as they level a new road A tractor pulling a drum compactor. A vehicle drives on a mountainside road built by Army engineers. Snow covered mountains seen in background. Animated map showing far flung places where military supplies had to be delivered during World War 2. An open Army truck carrying American troops on Guadalcanal in the Pacific. U.S. soldiers walking on a pier at Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. American soldiers arriving at a pier in Accra, Gold Coast. Soldiers hold the American flag on a hilltop in Casablanca, French Morocco. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, in Chungking. American troops in foul weather gear neat tents in Kiska, the Aleutians. Troops offloading from a troop transport ship in Cairo, Egypt. Troops in Algiers, and in Sicily. Troops hitting the beach in an amphibious assault.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075784
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).

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943, August 13
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058448
Soldiers handle supplies at Kiska beach in Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

U.S. soldiers sit around on supplies and handle the same. Tractor and trailer comes off LCT (Landing Craft Tank) in the background. Beach-man talks to his aid above beach. Supplies stacked on beach. Tractor parked in the foreground. Soldiers carrying more supplies to supply pile. Signal man at communication center. Soldiers carry large crate with poles. Caterpillar tractor-trailer towed upstream. Soldiers around a tent on beach. (World War II period).

Location: Kiska Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052274
Supplies off loaded from LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) by caterpillar tractor at Kiska in Aleutian Islands, Alaska (WW2)

Caterpillar tractor tows sleds loaded with supplies off LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized). LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) in the background. Caterpillar tractor tows sled loaded with oil drums. LSI (Landing Craft, Infantry) at anchor. (World War II period)

Location: Kiska Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052275
Scenes of U.S. Army Air forces operations on Adak Island during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II

As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057602
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