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Animation depicts U.S. Task Force attacking Japanese forces and Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho sinking in the Pacific Ocean.

American strike over Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano of World War 2 (part of Battle of Leyte Gulf). Animation depicts Commander of 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid sending a signal that Task Force 77 has been attacked by Japanese forces. Animation depicts Commander of U.S. Third Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. directing Task Force 38.1 to aid Task Force 77. Animation depicts Task Force 38.1 attacking Japanese forces. A Japanese soldier studies radar readings. Animation depicts Japanese forces diverting as Task Force 38.1 approaches. Animation depicts damaged Northern force. Animation depicts Task Force 37 and 38.2 proceeding towards the south and the other Task Forces continuing the attack. Animation depicts the division of Task Force 34. Officers work on the plan. Animation depicts Japanese forces dividing their task force into two groups. Aircraft in flight. Japanese carriers bombed. Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho sinking.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068318
U.S. air attack on Japanese ships and animation depicts plan of attack of both countries in the Pacific Ocean.

Conclusions of the Battle of Leyte Gulf of World War II in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Japanese ships being attacked by a U.S. Task Force. Naval guns being fired from the battleships. A U.S. aircraft takes off from a carrier. The aircraft in flight. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers on the decks of ships look skywards. A soldier looks through binoculars. Animation depicts Japanese plan of attack, division of Japanese and U.S. forces and American plan of attack. Aircraft in flight. Soldiers man naval guns. A soldier observes through binoculars. Battleships underway in ocean. Officers study maps and communicate with each other. The battleships underway during the battle.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068321
Workers make and assemble robot bomb parts and undertake bomb testing in Dearborn, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio

American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. Workers weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068462
Attack on Japanese island base and crossing the line ceremony at sea during World War II.

Aerial view of Japanese island base with wing tip of plane in view. Aerial view of two small ships at sea, one of them on fire. Side view of T-6 fighter in flight. Aerial view of entire island followed by closer view showing smoke coming from structure near beach. T-6 airplane lands on aircraft carrier. Water sprayed on deck of aircraft carrier as a U.S. Navy Crossing the Line Ceremony begins. Court of King Neptune assembled on deck. Pollywogs run a gauntlet on deck during hazing ritual as they become Shellbacks. A sailor laughs as he displays the outlandish haircut he has received as part of the ceremony.

Date: 1944
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078598
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan receive five purple hearts for their deceased sons during World War 2

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa receive Purple Heart medals from Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward at Navy Headquarters in Washington, D.C. USA. They receive the Purple Hearts in memory of their five sons who all died together while serving aboard the USS Junea on November 13, 1942. Brief shot of woman rocking in a chair while holding a young boy in her arms. Close up of Purple Heart medal in case. The Sullivans holding all five Purple Hearts together.

Date: 1944, June 24
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078601
Views of USS South Dakota aka "Battleship X" during World War 2.

Slate reads, "Hero Battle Ship X revealed to be USS South Dakota" Aerial view of USS South Dakota at sea with airplane wing tip in foreground. Sailors assembled on the deck of the USS South Dakota. Overhead view of ship's guns. The ship had been dubbed "Battleship X' for reporting to the press around January 1943 when it was undergoing repairs. Guns firing on the USS South Dakota. An officer speaks.

Date: 1944
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078602