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U.S. Marines of 1st Tank Battalion en route to Peleliu on the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) in World War II

U.S. Marines of the 1st Tank Battalion aboard the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) headed toward Peleliu in the Palau Islands during World War 2. Marines work on their M4A2 Sherman tanks aboard ship. They use tar and tape to seal places on the tanks as they prepare them for amphibious assault.They clean a hatch on one. A Marine points out water proofing points on tank. A slate reads "motor trouble" on September 12th. Another reads: "Passing Army Convoy." Then a long line of ships is seen on the horizon in the distance.

Date: 1944, September 9
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063837
Group of workers dig trenches in Hyde Park, London England while onlookers watch.

Group of workers dig trenches in Hyde Park, London England. Onlookers watch from the fenced area. A woman carries her pet dog while observing the workers. A man distributes supplies to the workers. Men carrying long beams. Civilians walking in Hyde Park (Hyde Park, London W2 2EU, United Kingdom).

Date: 1938
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064221
Japanese delegation meets with members of General MacArthur's staff to plan formal Japanese Surrender ending World War II

Japanese officials arrive to coordinate arrangements for a formal Japanese surrender, at a Conference in Manila, Philippine Islands. Headed by Lt. Gen. Torashiro Kawabe, Vice-Chief of the Army General Staff, the sixteen-member Japanese delegation descends steps from U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport Aircraft, tail number 44-9045, at Nichols Field, near Manila. General Kawabe salutes American Colonel Mashbir, coordinator of the Allied translator and interrogator Section. Major General Charles Willoughby, Director of Intelligence, leads them to waiting cars. Meeting in the City Hall in Manila, the Japanese officers surrender their personal swords and present documents delegating them powers Plenipotentiary by the Japanese Government. They file into a conference room, where they and American counterparts take their places across a long, black table. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Richard Kerens Sutherland, General MacArthur's Chief of Staff, presides over the discussions, accompanied by Major General S. J. Chamberlin, General MacArthur's Operations Officer. They are supported by Allied translators and interpreters. The conference is concluded successfully and sets the stage for the final formal surrender of Japan. (Note: Plans for this critical conference were developed by Colonel David Larr, Chief of Planning on General Chamberlin's staff.) The clip concludes with views of many U.S. warships and of cargoes being loaded in readiness for the occupation of Japan.

Date: 1945, August 20
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064607
Soldiers roll steel pipes onto a barge and construction vehicles ferried across a river for the Canol Project in Canada.

The Canol construction project in Canada during World War II. Construction vehicles ferried across a river. African American soldiers of the 388th General Services Regiment relax aboard a ferry. Workers roll steel pipes onto a barge along the river. They lift heavy long pipes. Equipment on ferries. The workers roll the pipes on two parallel pipes on the ground. Piles of pipes in the background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064779
USS America and Russian PC-160 ship underway in the Mediterranean Sea.

Aircraft carrier USS America underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Russian PC-160 ship steaming off the starboard side of USS America. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter flies over the stern of the PC-160 ship. Another ship underway in the background. A crewman looks through a long glass on the wing of the flag bridge. He looks towards the Russian ship steaming in the background.

Date: 1967, June 8
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065111
Korean people get medical treatment and U.S. soldiers help orphans in Korea.

1st Marine Division in Korea during fall 1950 in the Korean War. Aerial view of a very long line of homeless Korean refugees walking on a road. Men, women and children carrying luggage on their shoulders walk. People undergo vaccination at a U.S. military medical camp, for typhus and smallpox. A medic vaccinates Korean children. U.S. marines enter an orphanage. A board reads 'Catholic Holy Mother Orphanage'. Nuns stand and watch the marines. A U.S. marine puts his hand on a Korean boy's head to comfort him. The marine empties a bag of candies and chewing gums in front of the children. The children stare at the candy and do not know what it is or what to do. The U.S. Marine shows them how to eat candies and invites them to eat. The children take the candies happily. The Marines place cartons at the orphanage and leave the place.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065190