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United States P-38s, B-25s, P-40s take off in Aleutian Island, Alaska

United States P-38, P-40 and B-25 aircraft taxi along snow covered airstrip and take off in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War 2. Snow covered mountains in the background.

Date: 1943, November 30
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058503
Men try to catch seal on the Diomedes Islands, Alaska during polar cruise of the Whaler "Herman."

Whaler "Herman" on a polar expedition in the Diomedes Islands, Alaska. A man tries to catch a seal in a snow covered area. A boat amidst snow. A man clears snow from the area.

Date: 1914
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065856
The USS Burton Island (AGB-1) arrives at King Island, Alaska on U.S. Navy cruise to assess ice conditions in Alaskan waters.

View from the icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) as she approaches the two-square-mile King Island, at the Western most tip of Alaska. A village of simple dwellings is seen on the sharply sloped rocky side of the island. Local inhabitants gather at the shore to greet the arriving icebreaker. The crew lowers a gangway and villagers accept the invitation to come aboard the ship. The local Priest, Village Leader, and two school teachers are among several local people seen on the ship's deck during their visit. Eskimo women and children wait on shore with their children until being assured by their leaders and men that it is safe for them to visit. Several of the ship's company are invited to visit the village and are seen climbing up the steep way upward. View of house perched against steep mountainside, with skin boat laid up for winter, underneath. Clothing on washline. A larger building with a short wave radio. View from high up in village toward the icebreaker. Sailors climbing down the steep stairs from the village at the end of their visit. Some of them slip and slide down the hillside. Crew try hand at catching king crab through a hole in the ice. A large catch of king crab. View from the icebreaker as she departs Southward away from King Island.

Date: 1952
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077437
Soldiers cook and drink coffee around fire at camp area in Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Camp area in Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Soldiers lay on ground. Foxholes in side of hill. Soldiers get hot coffee poured into cups and cook around fire in camp area. Caterpillar tractor and trailer move down stream. Soldiers march in single file along stream. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052276
Allied soldiers land at Kiska Island in Alaska

"I was there Kiska" An American Private 1st Class shares his experiences during Allied landing at Kiska Island at Alaska in World War II. American soldiers disembark from a landing craft and move ashore without any resistance from Japanese troops. A Japanese hangar and submarine base destroyed by Allied bombings. Abandoned supplies, damaged trucks, antiaircraft guns. A tunnel leads to a hospital.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058397
U.S. Army forces occupy abandoned Japanese outpost camp on Kiska Island in Alaska (WW2)

U.S. forces occupy abandoned Japanese outpost on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska during World War II. An American soldier samples Japanese rice ration and another drinks a bottle of Japanese beer. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett, Commander of Amphibious Force 9, Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt Commander of Western Defense Command, and Assistant Secretary of War, John J. McCloy, inspect the island. Heavy construction equipment and supplies unloaded at the beach. U.S. Army engineers commence building a U.S. base on Kiska. Soldiers hold a Japanese flag.

Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058398