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U.S. Navy strikes at Japanese positions in Gilbert and Marshall islands early in World War II

View of Diamond Head, framed by palm trees on Waikaki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Street scene with building. Inside, a sign reading: "Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet." In his office, Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen holding a staff meeting. He and one of his staff look over charts with magnifying glasses. Animated map shows prospective supply lines overwater to Australia from Pearl Harbor and Panama. View of U.S. supply ships in a convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers in life vests looking over the railing of a troop ship. Animated map shows threats from Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands in World War 2. Task Force 8, assembled around the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV-6) prepares to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands. The Cruiser, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in calm waters. Deck of the Aircraft carrier Enterprise, filled with F4F aircraft with engines running. A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft takes off from the Enterprise. View from the carrier as the Cruiser Salt Lake City passes to starboard. U.S. Cruisers begin naval bombardment. Smoke rising from burning shore installation. Formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft overhead. Port in Australia, with ships docked and a sentry patrolling. Soldiers waving from a troop ship arriving. Troops disembarking. Body of a P-38 aircraft being offloaded. A Cruiser docked at end of wharf.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1942, February
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062279
Australian utility boat brings survivors of USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) to a U.S. carrier in the South China Sea.

A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. HMAS Melbourne (R-21) rests on water. Two utility boats pull away from HMAS Melbourne. Forward section of HMAS Melbourne showing damage to the bow caused in the collision. Crewmen on the weather deck of a ship look towards HMAS Melbourne. A crewman up in a crane on a board ship. A crane hook swings in the air over a utility boat in skids on deck and is attached to slings. Five crewmen in the boat. Part of carrier superstructure seen in the background. A man signals on the deck of the ship. The boat is lowered in water. Australian utility boat approaches with survivors from USS Frank E. Evans aboard. Personnel on the sponsor deck of the ship watch. The boat approaches the ship's gangway. Men disembark from the boat onto the gangway and move up. The utility boat approaches the gangway of the ship. Men walk up the gangway. A U.S. Navy boat underway.

Location: South China Sea
Date: 1969, June 3
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060208
Huge crane lifts and drops wingless P-38 plane on lake freighter in Australia.

Partial P-38 plane on lake freighter in Australia. Huge crane lifts the wingless plane completely. P-38 plane is loaded on the lake freighter. Freighter moves. Wingless P-38 plane is off-loaded from the freighter. Tractors pull wingless P-38 planes along a road.

Location: Australia
Date: 1942, August 31
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030611
U.S. Soldier mechanics work on propeller of a P-38 plane in Australia.

P-38 plane in Australia. U.S. Soldier mechanics clean, grease and assemble the propeller. They work on the fuselage that is the main body of the plane. (World War II period).

Location: Australia
Date: 1942, August 27
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030614
Soldier mechanics assemble various parts of P-38 planes in Australia.

Assembling of P-38 plane in Australia. Soldier mechanics clean and grease various engine parts. Several other soldiers open boxes and take out the parts of wing section and assemble them together. (World War II period).

Location: Australia
Date: 1942, August 31
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030609
Pilot checks recently assembled P-38 plane on field in Australia.

Assembled P-38 plane in Australia. A pilot walks towards the plane. Puts on the parachute pack and climbs up in the plane. He then checks the plane while people gather around the plane outside field.

Location: Australia
Date: 1942, August 27
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030612
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