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United States 4th Tank Battalion drives on road in Tinian,Mariana Islands during World War II.

United States Marine Corps of the 4th Tank Battalion in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A U.S. tank and jeep drives past sugarcane plantation on road. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July 29
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063860
Admiral Richmond Turner guides Admiral Chester Nimitz and other officers on tour of Kwajalein Island in World War II

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richmond Turner (in garrison hat) converses with Admiral Chester Nimitz and officers accompanying him on visit to Kwajalein island during World War 2. They walk about the debris left after the battle of Kwajalein. The area is dominated by broken trees and foliage. They climb into three jeeps. Change of scene shows the group posing for a photograph. (An inverted color image of the Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) is momentarily inserted here.) Back on Kwajalein, damaged remains of Japanese fuel drums are seen. Admiral Nimitz and party walk across remnants of shattered trees and foliage. They pause near destroyed remains of Japanese structures. Suddenly, an image of the USS Indianapolis appears (rightside up, this time). Glimpse of a U.S. Navy PB2Y Coronado flying boat overhead. A succession of fuzzy scenes. A scene turned sideways. Admiral Turner (in garrison cap, holding a cup of coffee) converses with visiting officers. Admiral Nimitz, seen momentarily, with arms akimbo.The visiting officers board jeeps.

Location: Kwajalein Island Marshall Islands
Date: 1944, February
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072047
Development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Operation Sandstone, the third American series of atomic bomb tests (tests number 6,7 and 8) at the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands,Pacific Ocean. Shows development of an atomic test site at the Enewetak Atoll. American personnel dressed in protective suits perform tests and scavenge wreckage on the Eniwetok Atoll. View of men at the shore and distant convoy of U.S. ships at the horizon. An aerial view of the atoll. American army officials map the operation, back at home. Shows unloading of supplies at the shores of Enewetak atoll. Areas are cleared of trees and foliage. Coral soil is leveled by machines. Cement and tar added to harden the surface. Men detonate underwater obstacles. Aerial view of a causeway joining the two islands. Shows tent city for living quarters and quonset supply huts on the island. Workers build cubes of reinforced concrete. Tower in the middle of the lagoon. Man lays underground cables. View of a tower holding fissionable material on the island. Scenes of American scientists working in the Atomic Energy Commission laboratories, exterior of an American university and Mexico's desert.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1948
Duration: 4 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028983
Atomic bomb test of Operation Greenhouse on the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Atomic bomb test (Operation Greenhouse) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Animation shows the effects of an atomic blast. Men suspend various reading instruments from a bomb-shaped plastic balloon that will provide valuable readings at the time of atomic blast. Banks of high speed cameras are planted close to the tower holding the fissionable material (Zero Tower). Radioactive measuring instruments are planted on the islands. Scientists and technicians perform a last minute check of the necessary instruments before leaving the island. A view of the Zero Tower. Men leave the island and detonate the bomb. Mushroom cloud of the atomic blast at a distance. Men in boats at a safe distance watch the explosion wearing protective eye glasses.

Location: Enewetak Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028989
Animation shows U.S. aircraft bombing Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Animated map shows Saipan in the Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of American ships approaching the island. Marines aboard a ship look at maps. Animation shows United States aircraft bombing Saipan island.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064874
Animation and pictures show U.S. forces advancing and capturing a radio station on Japanese acquired Saipan, Mariana Islands.

U.S. forces advance towards Japanese acquired Saipan island in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. Pictures of United States ships arriving at a target area. Fire and explosions on the island. A soldier fires a rifle. A Marine holds a land mine in hand. Animation shows U.S. forces approaching the island. They capture a radio station . A fleet of ships underway.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064878
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