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Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) and Landing Craft Tanks (LCT) underway offshore Southern France.

Landings of Allied troops for the invasion of Southern France during World War II. A barrage balloon floats in the air. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) and Landing Craft Tanks (LCT) head towards a beach.

Date: 1944, August 15
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071775
Montage of scenes from World War II in Europe

Troops obtain beaches in the European Theater during World War II. A sign reads: "Dunkirk." An anti-aircraft gun on an English ship. Several English tanks on a cliff along a coastline. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler looking through binoculars across the English coastline. Adolf Hitler and staff officers walk upon the deck of a ship. Aircraft passing overhead. Large German coastal gun fired. English soldiers lining up in formation in an open area. Barracks in the background. English Home Guard training with rifles. A coastal defense observation post shows observers scanning the horizon. British Anti-aircraft gun positions along the coastline. An English sailor standing in the observer position on a ship scanning the sea with binoculars. A Supermarine Spitfire of the Royal Air Force in flight. Spitfires diving down through the sky. Formation of six United States Army Air Forces B-26 Marauders passing. Close elevated aerial view of B-25 Mitchell. A bomb exploding near a pier. Strafing a vessel at sea. A destroyer escort vessel. Island across flat terrain showing shells bursting in the distant background. A German building shows two guards standing at the entrance. Inside, Hitler and staff officers looking at a large map. Tread of a German tank going up a road. Crew members standing on a German tank. German artillery going up a road on a half track vehicle. The half track towing heavy artillery piece. Ship underway at sea. Other ships in the distant background. Observer standing on the deck of a ship scans horizon with binoculars. An English soldier observing. Marines crowded aboard landing craft as it moves towards shore. A rocky coastline showing English commandos landing along a shoreline and dashing up rocky terrain. German Communication Tower and Building. An explosion blowing an installation apart. Three huge gas holders erected on pier showing explosion and flame. A building being blown up; flame and smoke.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071820
United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark meets British Army General Richard McCreery in Italy during World War II.

United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark in Italy during World War II. Soldiers run on a field. General of the United States Army Mark Wayne Clark seated in a jeep. General Mark aboard a patrol boat and move ahead to a ship. He walks along Maiori Beach. Lieutenant General of the British Army Richard McCreery greets him.

Date: 1943, September 19
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072540
U.S. Marines launch the Battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II.

U.S. marines engage Japanese during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. Members of United States 2nd Marine Division walk up gangplanks, in full battle gear, and board ships. Convoy of ships underway in the Pacific Ocean, with weapons on deck visible. Fighter escort aircraft from U.S. aircraft carriers fly in formation over the convoy. A U.S. destroyer pulls alongside to deliver sealed orders on a line stretched between the two vessels. Officer briefs the Marines with a relief map on deck of ship. Marines load ammunition in belts for machine guns. They check and fire weapons. They exercise to relieve tension. Navy and coast guard assault boat coxwains receive last minute instructions from an officer. Chaplain conducts religious services for the Marines before the invasion day. Boats loaded with marines proceed toward the shore. Explosions occur. Aircraft in flight as they strafe and drop bombs on Japanese shore installations. American assault boats approach the beach. Heavy Japanese firing destroys several U.S. assault boats. Marines find some shelter behind a pier extending into the water. Marines are held down by heavy Japanese fire. They suffer heavy casualties and administer aid to wounded.

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 6 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072662
U.S. Marines fight against fanatical Japanese defenders in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II.

U.S. Marine Corps struggle during Battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II. Marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division Corps move carefully and stay low as they advance on the island and fire at Japanese well-entrenched in bunkers and hiding in trees.Marines employ grenades, flame throwers and mortars against the Japanese and occupy some Japanese bunkers. Marine casualties being carried on stretchers. Several Japanese soldiers break out of their fortification and run for safety as marines fire at them. Marines check for snipers and throw grenades, as they advance very cautiously toward abandoned Japanese positions on the Tarawa beach.

Date: 1943, November 22
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072663
U.S. Marines fight Japanese in Battle for Tarawa, in the Pacific, during World War II.

A wounded marine holding a bandage to his head moves toward the rear. Sunken U.S. assault boat seen in water in which Japanese had set up machine gun nest. Marine artillery fire destroys the boat. Marines of United States 2nd Marine Division occupy defensive positons behind bunkers and fire mortars. An American sherman tank on the sand has the name "Colorado" on it with a painted symbol. Tank commander hunkers down as he walks toward a marine with walkie talkie. Marines fire mortar continuously. Marine runs from wood frame of destroyed Japanese building. Marines fire at Japanese snipers who have tied themselves in trees. Marines run toward abandoned and destroyed Japanese buildings. The sherman tank moves along the abandoned airfield with U.S. marines running behind. A jeep drives through debris of battle, with a wounded marine huddled down in back. At the beach, amphibious vehicles tow floating supplies behind them.

Date: 1943, November 23
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072665