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U.S. Army Air Force bombers raid Japanese-held Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1942, during World War 2

U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) soldiers wearing flight suits board bomber aircraft from a newly established U.S. position in the Aleutian Islands, 1942, during WW2. A soldier pokes his head out a window in the cockpit of one of the aircraft. Bomber aircraft take off from a runway constructed from marston mat (pierced steel planking), mountains in the background. Scenes of the bomber aircraft in the sky, taken from an on-board camera. Close up shots of gunners at their positions. The bombers fly over the foggy islands toward the Japanese base on Kiska Island. A Japanese warship appears in the water far below, one of the U.S. gunners strafes the deck of the ship. Close up of machine gun firing at the boat. Now over Kiska, bomb bays open and American bombs are unloaded. Smoke and explosions far below. A second load of bombs drops toward the Japanese base in slow motion. Wide shot of the target, now covered in streaks of smoke. Shot of the American bomber aircraft in the sky, turning to head back to base.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080980
Natives wrestle bare-skinned at Saint Lawrence Island in Alaska.

Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at St. Lawrence Island. Natives on dog sledges arrive at the ship. Dogs and sledges near the ship. Natives wrestle on the ice, bare skinned and at 20 degrees below 0 temperature. The whaler in the background.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020842
U.S. B-24s bomb the Japanese position in Kiska Island, Alaska during World War II.

American air raid on Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the United States during World War II. Rainbow across the sky. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 aircraft take off. Aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped. Bombardier aboard an airborne plane. Bombs impact and smoke rises.

Date: 1942
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059554
Icebreaker, USS Burton Island, reaches St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, during annual ice reconnaissance cruise

View from ice-covered bow of the icebreaker ship, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) moving northward into region of larger ice sheets. Several walrus off to starboard, sitting on ice flows and diving into the water. Rime ice getting heavier on the ship's railings as she begins breaking through ice sheets. St. Lawrence Island in the midst of ice. A welcoming committee of Siberian Yup'ik Eskimos from village of Savoonga arrive by dog sleds to greet the USS Burton Island. They are invited and climb aboard the ice-covered vessel, where they are seen gathered on deck. Several Women in their group are invited to climb to the ship's bridge, where they pose looking over the railing. The Eskimos walking out to their respective sleds and dog teams (the dogs look like husky or malamute). Several crew members from the USS Burton Island are taken on a dogsled rides by the Eskimos. Afterwards, those crew members are seen walking back to their waiting ship.

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077435
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).

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)

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052275