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Aftermath of Battle for Tarawa, in Pacific, during World War II. Destroyed Japanese shore batteries, tank, and Command Post

Battle of Tarawa in Pacific during World War II. British Vickers coastal guns, captured by the Japanese in Singapore, silenced by U.S. Navy bombardments. Damaged Japanese tank and Command Post.

Date: 1943, November
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072669
Construction of airstrip by the U.S. Seabees on Tarawa, Kiribati, during the Battle of Tarawa in World War II.

Bucket cranes and bulldozers remove and clear heaps of dirt for constructing an airstrip. Dump trucks spread sand and road scrapers and steam rollers prepare the ground. U.S. F6F fighter aircraft land on the newly constructed airstrip. Pilot poses with marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division.

Date: 1943, November 25
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072670
U.S. marines raise the American flag after their victory in Battle of Tarawa during World War II. Reinforcements replace them

Reinforcements wade ashore to relieve the United States 2nd Marine Division on Tarawa, during WWII. American flag being raised on Tarawa island after victory. Marines salute the flag. The U.S. marines, who took Tarawa, leave the island.

Date: 1943, November 24
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072671
Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering visits coal mine and visits with a working family and their neighbors, in WW II

German Reichsmarschall (Marshal of the Empire) Hermann Goering visits a coal mine during World War 2. Interior of mine. Goering with coal miners. Coal carried on conveyer belts. Goering inspects objects of various kinds laid out in boxes. He goes up the steps of a house and visits a working family. As he comes out, he talks to children and picks up a baby. He is surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd of local citizens. Goering gets into an open car, and standing, salutes the crowd, who return his salute. Children try to run after his car, as it pulls away.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072796
Head of Schutzstaffe, Heinrich Himmler, inspects Nazi Muslim troops and observes artillery drill in Germany during World War 2

Head of the German Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler inspects Bosnian Muslim Waffen-SS troops (likely Kroatische-SS-Freiwilligen-Division or the Croatian SS Volunteer Division, later called the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar, 1st Croatian) training in Neuhammer Germany during World War II. Himmler seen reviewing Islamic Nazi troops wearing fez hats as their commander, General Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, follows behind. Hermann Fegelein is also seen briefly in the review. Götz Berens von Rautenfeld (wearing glasses) and Emil Kuhler seen briefly while Himmler is inspecting a rifle. Himmler observes artillery drill of Albanian recruits. Trees in the background. Himmler rides in a car.

Date: 1943, November 21
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072797
Antiaircraft damage allied aircraft tracked by air control center officers in Berlin, Germany during World War II.

Allied aircraft tracked and damaged in Berlin, Germany during World War 2. Soldiers and officers at Berlin's Air Control Center. The officers track the arrival in the skies of British and American allied aircraft. Search lights light up the skies overhead. German Anti-aircraft fire downs Allied enemy aircraft at night. The damaged allied aircraft and dead pilots on ground.

Date: 1943
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072800