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A U.S. officer on a South Pacific island gives his view on surrender of Japan and speaks about B-29 bombers.

A U.S. officer at a South Pacific island, gives his view on surrender of Japan in World War II soon after returning from a flight to Japan. The U.S. officer says that U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Far East Air Forces played an important role in driving back Japan from the Pacific Islands. The officer speaks about U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers carrying out strikes on Japan in the final days of war.

Date: 1945
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074561
U.S. sailors aboard a submarine fire a gun at the Bali Island, Indonesia during World War II.

Shelling of the enemy coastline of Bali Island, Indonesia during World War II. Smoke rising in the extreme foreground. Gun crew firing guns in beach shelling operations. Mountains and clouds in the foreground. Black smoke rises up from the explosions. Gun crew stand around a gun aboard a submarine. Conning tower in the background. Men measure the gun. Coastline of Bali island.

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075928
Soldiers of the 31st Division eat food and clean carbines on an LST underway off the coast of the Philippine Islands.

The invasion of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands by U.S. soldiers during World War II. Soldiers of the 31st Division on the deck of a Landing Ship Tank (LST) off the coast of the island. The soldiers eat food from mess kits. Other soldiers clean carbines.

Date: 1945, April 23
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077032
U.S. soldier drives a Japanese Shinyo suicide motorboat found in the Kerama Islands (WW2)

A United States soldier climbs down into a Japanese Shinyo suicide motorboat found in the Kerama Islands during World War 2. Soldier begins to drive the retrieved Japanese motorboat. Motorboat driven by an American soldier underway circling along the beach of Kerama Islands at high speed. United States soldiers docking Shinyo suicide motorboat after testing.

Date: 1945, April 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079539
Operation Crossroads Test Able. Several ships, including LST-133, LST-545,and LS-1113 seen anchored for Bikini atom bomb test

Operation Crossroads activity preparing for Test Able. Shows LCT- 1113, LSTs 133 and 545. Monitoring personnel are seen maneuvering in small boats at side of LST-133. LST-133 was the first tank landing ship to reach Omaha beach during the Normandy Invasion and also served in Okinawa. William I. Scheunemann was one of the many who served aboard LST-133 during World War II.

Date: 1946, July 7
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058531
U.S. Forces capture Japanese held Munda in the Solomon Islands.

U.S. Forces capture Japanese held Munda in the Solomon Islands. U.S. landing force in boats striking at Munda. Enemy planes try to stop the U.S. Marine troops. Marine advance towards coast. Marines get away from the boats. Tanks moving on to island from landing barge. Marines fire rifles amidst enemy fire. U.S. Marines dig to bury dead soldiers. Bombing by planes. Mortars and machine guns fired. Scenes of wrecked tanks. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034902