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Fighter planes P-51 Mustangs of the U.S. Army Air Forces in the Mariana Islands.

A fighter plane P-51 of the U.S. Army Air Force taxies on ground. Other P-51 Mustang in flight. Army vehicles move as the planes fly overhead. A large number of P-51s parked. A vehicle moves in the background.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033373
B-29 plane of the U.S. Army Air Forces in the Mariana Islands.

Man refuels B-29 plane. A man on the wing of a bomber B-29 Superfortress of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Another man gives him a hose. The man on the wing refuels the aircraft. Another plane in the background.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033374
U.S. B-29 bombers operating from Northern Marianas Islands (WW2)

Boeing B-29 Superfortress taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, during World War Two. View of Pilot at controls. View from nose of aircraft as it flies very low over ships in the water. Crew members in flight gear plus life vests (also known as Mae West jackets) are sweating from tropical heat at low altitude. B-29s moving as they taxi to line up for takeoff. A Curtiss C-46 Commando flies overhead. Seen are B-29s of Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing's 497th Bomb Group (Tail Code "A"), 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 500th Bomb Group (Tail Code "Z"). Also seen are aircraft of the 314th Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of 39th Bomb Group (Tail Code "P") as well as B-29s of the Tinian-based 313th Wing's 9th Bomb Group (Tail Code "X") and 6th Bomb Group (Tail Code "R"). Views of the B-29s taking off. Name on one aircraft, "The Rocket," can be seen. B-29 taking off directly over camera. Ground operations and departures being controlled by a controller/dispatcher on radio telephone. Formation of B-29s overhead. Interior of a B-29 in flight, showing gunner relaxing at his position. View of crew inside B-29 bomber.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034501
An aerial view of the crowded seashore of Long Island New York, United States.

Scorching summer heat and great humidity drive millions of people to the Long Island seashore and other watering places. An aerial view of the crowded Long Island seashore in New York, United States. Crowds of people on a Long Island New York beach. Children frolic in fountains under streams from fire hydrants.

Date: 1934, July 4
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022423
Animated map explains islands and mountainous range in Japan.

Animated map of Japan explains the geologic formation and the geographic placing of the Japanese islands. Japan is the land of rising sun. Animated map explains many islands in Japan. Tokyo and the Pacific Ocean drawn on the globe. Animated map shows the four main islands (from north to south) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. Mountain range is explained on animated map. View of forest and mountains.

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024895
The Battle off Samar near the island of Leyte in the Philippines on 25th October 1944.

Shows the Battle off Samar which was the central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island near the island of Leyte in the Philippines on 25th October 1944. Animated map shows advancement of U.S. armed forces on Leyte Island. An Allied fleet of destroyers and escorts shown on map. USS Fanshaw Bay is their flagship. Signal-man intercepts Japanese communication relays in a Combat information center. Shows naval battle between Allied and the Japanese armed forces. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029336