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PBM Mariner aircraft involved in rescue operations

Air-Sea rescue by PBM Mariner aircraft. PBM planes land among ships lying off island. Smoke rises from an explosion on the beach. Men paddle in life raft. Line is thrown to him from PBM. Life raft pulled to PBM tail. Aviator in rubber life raft towed alongside PBM. The aviator climbs into plane head first. Empty life boat drifts freely. PBM taxis for take off. Tail of an aircraft. PMB towed to the stern of a vessel. Men watch aboard. Aviator floats in a rubber life raft. Rescued aviators and enlisted men in aircraft rearm boat. Officer interviews enlisted survivor and takes notes. Rearming boat gets underway and leaves.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, June 28
Duration: 7 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041670
Engineers repair and check United States aircraft in the Mediterranean.

Animated map shows Italy and Yugoslavia. United States aircraft makes an emergency landing at an airfield. Airmen speak with the pilot. Engineer inspects aircraft wheel. Number of airplanes parked on the ground. Engineers check the aircraft engine. Yugoslavian ships bring food for the Yank Island. Soldiers unload goods from ship. Troops disembark from a B-47 aircraft. Man gives hand signals. (World War II period).

Location: Mediterranean Sea
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043287
The launching of a JB-2, based on the German V-1 buzz bomb, surface to surface missile at Eglin Field, Florida.

From a review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A JB-2 (Jet Bomb 2) "Loon" based on the German V-1 buzz bomb, surface-to-surface missile. Technicians examine a scale model of the JB-2 missile. Air Force research and development of American type JB-2 missile, the first unmanned guided missile in America's arsenal. A JB-2 is launched from Santa Rosa Island, Florida. A rocket assists in take off. The rocket unit falls away immediately after JB-2 rises into the air. A control aircraft flies overhead showing JB-2 launchings at Eglin Field. JB-2 in flight. The JB-2 was sub-contracted by Republic: Airframe by Willys-Overland; Engine by Ford Motor Company, the IJ-15-1, which copied the German V-1's 900-lb. thrust Argus-Schmidt pulse-jet; Guidance by Jack and Heintz Company; Launch System by Monsanto; Rocket launch sleds by Northrop.. (World War II period).

Location: Florida United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046009
Activities of 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima, Japan.

Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima. Smoke rises and fire burns on the island. Mount Suribachi in the background. An invasion craft comes ashore. A U.S. Hospital ship and a small craft in the foreground. Coastline of Iwo Jima. Marine supplies are loaded from attack transport into medium landing ship along the side. (World War II period).

Location: Iwo Jima
Date: 1945, March 1
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046459
USS Logan (APA-196) with damaged bow, hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) and other ships at the beach line of Iwo Jima, Japan

D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Bombardment by U.S. 3rd Marine Division on the island. Damaged bow of USS Logan (APA-196) following collision with USS Napa (APA-157). Hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) underway. Ships at the beach line. (World War II period).

Location: Iwo Jima
Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046461
A United States destroyers pulls alongside USS Bayfield at bay of Iwo Jima, Japan.

D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach area of Iwo Jima. U.S. destroyer pulls away from USS Bayfield. A convoy of ships in the background. Destroyer pulls alongside USS Bayfield. Beach activity on the island. A caterpillar underway. Landing Ship Tanks (LST) on beach.

Location: Iwo Jima
Date: 1945, February 23
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046467
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