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U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division make repairs during lull in combat on Peleliu Island in World War II

During a lull in fighting, on Peleliu, during World War 2, a U.S. marine, with two others in an improvised tent shelter, hands out mail to buddies. Their tent frame is made from broken tree limbs. Three mess kit cups hang on the top frame limb. Marines stand in a line with their mess cups to dip beverage from a large pot. Marines walk along the airfield while others ride on a landing vehicle tracked (LVT). Those on the LVT get down and walk with the rest. Partial remains of roofed structure protects some supplies and equipment. Others sit out on the ground. An M4A2 tank, of the 1st Marine Tank Battalion, sits in the background. Marines work on equipment, in the shade of the roofed shed. One uses a welding torch to make repairs. Outside the shed, marines work on M4 tanks and an LVT.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 23
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022908
U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division fire 60 mm mortars on Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War II.

U.S. marines of the 1st Marine Division, are seen dug in along a dirt road during the battle of Peleliu, in World War 2. They fire 60mm mortar rounds. Several seem comfortable taking shelter behind an M4A2 tank of the 1st Marine Tank Battalion, parked on the road. Marines in a jeep drop off mortar rounds to the marines dug in along the road. Glimpse of dead Japanese soldier who apparently committed suicide with a knife.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 18
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022909
U.S. Astronaut Alan Shepard arrives at Grand Turk Island to participate in Mercury-Atlas 7 debriefings

U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft (Tail number 50-72649) arrives and parks on ramp at Grand Turk Auxiliary U.S. Air Force Base. Commander Shepard, who had just flown from Arguello, California, steps from the aircraft with his belongings. He is there to participate in the Mercury-Atlas 7 post-mission debriefings. He is met by Air force officers and Mercury project personnel.

Location: Grand Turk Island
Date: 1962, May 25
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024576
Native inhabitants of Okinawa Island, Japan

Native people of Okinawa. Japanese civilians walk on road. An elderly Okinawan woman on the street. An Okinawan man carrying a pole. A young woman and elderly woman in front of a watch shop. A Japanese woman in kimono crosses the road. Smiling Japanese men and women. Okinawan farmer tending pineapple plants. American Air Force non-commissioned officers at a bank window in a bank. Car drives past "Italian Food House Restaurant." An Okinawan farmer works on a farm. A Shinto shrine in Okinawa. Two Japanese men fix a boat. Truck at a mining site. Public union demonstrators demonstrate against United States air bases carrying red flags with Japanese writing.

Location: Okinawa Ryukyu Islands
Date: 1972
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025529
British steamship 'Galician' is stopped at sea by German cruiser off the Canary Islands, in World War I

Slate reads: "The Union Castle Steamship, 'Galician' from Capetown to Southhampton, was on August 15th, when off Teneriffe, signalled to stop by the German Cruiser, 'Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse.' Next slate reads: "The 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,' had been transformed from a liner, whilst at sea, six heavy guns and 24 machine guns being mounted." A brief view from the "Galician" of the German four-stacker auxiliary cruiser, "Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse." The next slate reads: "Bearing down on the 'Galician' at a speed of 24 knots, the cruiser signalled to the liner to 'Heave To.' The marconi operator sent out the 'S.O.S.' distress signal and the cruiser ordered 'Cease communication or we will sink you." Two officers photographed on deck of the "Galician." View of the Cruiser near the "Galician." Boat carrying German boarding party arrives at the ship and they climb the ladder to board. A German sailor seen aloft at the "Galician's" mast, disabling her marconi wireless antenna. A torn white ensign (missing a canton) flies from the mast. Captain and officers of the "Galician" pose for photographer (marconi operator). Slate lists British military personnel aboard, who were taken as prisoners of war. One of them is photographed. The German boarding party leaves the ship taking their prisoners with them. The German Cruiser seen departing. Civilian passengers and crew aboard the "Galician," pose celebrating their relative good fortune.

Location: Tenerife Island Spain
Date: 1914, August 15
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028142
Soldiers of the First Cavalry Division walk down the bank of Cainte River in Luzon in Philippine Islands

U.S. Army soldiers of the First Cavalry Division cross small stream bridged with a canoe. Soldiers walk down the bank of Cainte river. A bulldozer pulls a string of trucks across the river. Soldiers march across an open field. (World War II period).

Location: Luzon Island Philippines
Date: 1945, February 23
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040439
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