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U.S. Army Engineers building a major Airfield on Saipan, during World War II in the Pacific

A vast project to build a major airfield on Saipan, in the Marianas Islands, to enable U.S. B-29 operations against Japan mainland. Bulldozers and trucks work on the field. Asphalt plant in operation and a rock crusher in use. A lone B-24 Liberator bomber is seen in the middle of the field. Trucks transport asphalt and rock to strip. The asphalt being laid by the soldiers and then rolled on the strip.

Location: Saipan Marianas Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051683
U.S. task force underway for Peleliu (Palau) Invasion during World War II.

Opening slate reads LST 554, and date 8-13. Views of U.S. invasion task force vessels underway toward Peleliu Island (Palau), during World War 2. A 110 foot wooden Subchaser, number SC 633 is seen close, to starboard of camera boat (LST-554) and refueling lines are stretched between the LST and the Subchaser. Ensign Maynard K. Ross of Philadelphia, PA, directs the take-up of slack in the refueling lines while a Navy Commander on the LST bridge oversees the operation. (Note: SC 633 ended up running aground during the invasion.) Break in sequence and scene shifts to glimpse of slate reading August 20, 1944, and then view aft on LST 554. On the bridge, 21-year-old Ensign Charles Kahler, of Schenectady New York, uses a sextant to shoot sun lines. Another officer is seen taking relative bearings with a pelorus. Sailors are resting on deck. A series of splashes are created in the water by gunners testing their weapons. LST 557 is cruising to starboard. Puffs of black FLAK smoke appear overhead as antiaircraft weapons are tested.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, August 20
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056741
Marines in LVTs head for a beach amidst heavy firing in Tarawa, Kiribati during World War II.

A training film about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. Animated map of Betio island depicts different beaches assigned to different Marine Battalions. Marines in Landing Vehicle Tracked head for a beach. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombing. Aircraft in flight as they provide an air cover. The Marines on the beach.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057716
Japanese troops capture Corregidor , Philippines after the American troops surrender during World War II.

Japanese troops win the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. Japanese soldiers fire machine guns at American positions in Corregidor, Philippines. Japanese troops advance on foot. Japanese planes in flight. A rail road train pulls up. Soldiers fire guns during jungle warfare. Knee mortars and rifles being fired at Bataan and Japanese soldiers advance further into the island. Japanese soldiers celebrate their victory with a Banzai in the Battle of Corregidor after Americans surrender.

Location: Corregidor Island Philippines
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675058741
U.S. General Wainwright and officers at surrender conference as Japanese win the battle of Corregidor during World War II.

Japanese troops win the Battle of Corregidor during World War II. United States General Johnathan Matthew Wainwright and other Japanese officers at a surrender conference. Officers discuss the terms of surrender. Japanese soldiers march in compound of a building. Soldiers on top of a watch tower. Japanese troops lower an American flag and Japanese flag being raised after they capture the island of Corregidor.

Location: Corregidor Island Philippines
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675058743
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon inspects a coastal defense outside the Malinta Tunnel in Corregidor, Philippines.

Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and United States Vice President Richard Nixon visit Corregidor, Philippines. A BA banner to welcome Nixon. Richard Nixon and President Magsaysay emerge from the Malinta Tunnel in Corregidor. They inspect a Battery Way, a 12-inch coastal defense mortar mounted on a rotating barbette carriage. A guide accompanies President Magsaysay and Nixon. Nixon’s straw hat reads “BPS Sta. Maria”. A Filipino boy wearing a Corregidor Island t-shirt waves a small flag. Filipino children play. Nixon and others walk along a pier. A ship at the pier in the background. Ramon Magsaysay’s straw hat is blown by the wind. A Philippine Military personnel catches the president’s hat and returns it. A line of Filipino children, some in military costumes, wave Philippine flags to welcome President Magsaysay and Vice President Nixon. A welcome sign reads “Mabuhay U.S. Vice President Nixon & Party”. Nixon’s wife Pat Nixon and others talk to a group of children. Magsaysay and Nixon shake hands with children.

Location: Corregidor Island Philippines
Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061315
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