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Floatplane OS2U Kingfisher in catapult ready for launch from the Cruiser USS Chester underway in the Pacific Ocean.

An American Cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) prepares to launch a scout plane in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A close up of the U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher floatplane in catapult ready for launch. U.S. sailors stand under the wing of the floatplane. A sailor climbs up a ladder. Aerial view of the USS Chester underway. Aerial view of Ulithi Island. Aerial view of Ulithi anchorage. Ships anchored at Ulithi. Aerial view airfields and ground installations at Ulithi.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, February 11
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069340
A OS2U Kingfisher is catapulted from the Cruiser, USS Chester in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II.

The U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester prepares to catapult a scout plane. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane OS2O Kingfisher on a catapult. U.S. sailors on the deck. Guns mounted on the deck in the background. A pilot in a the cockpit. The float plane is catapulted and makes a low pass by the ship. An island in the background. Several U.S. warships are seen including an Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC).

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1945, February 12
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069342
Men on deck of LST watch as Japanese ammunition dump burns in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Landing crafts underway off the shore of Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Japanese ammunition dump in flames. Men on deck of LST (Landing Ship Tank) watch in the foreground. LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) lined up on a beach and other landing craft underway. Landing craft loaded with U.S. troops, head towards the beach. Plane flies over an island.

Location: Iwo Jima
Date: 1945, February 19
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071343
Japanese bomb balloons bound for the United States are shot down; examination of parachute and bomb apparatus

Evaluation of Japanese bomb-carrying balloons sent across the Pacific to the United States by Japan during World War 2. Gun camera footage of American fighter planes from Aleutian Island bases firing at Japanese balloons en route to the Pacific coast of the United States. A balloon bomb which reached the shores of the United States. but did not explode is examined by United States Army soldiers. They unfold the rice paper parachute portion of the balloon and examine its construction. Close-up views of the balloon control mechanism are shown, including a circular frame that would hold anti-personnel and incendiary bombs. Details of the wet cell battery and ballast weights are shown, including barometric aneroid switches which would operate to release ballast from simple hooks, as needed, to control balloon altitude. Narrator indicates it is believed the main purpose of the bombs was to start brush and forest fires.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071921
U.S. 8th and 5th Cavalry Regiment troops entering outskirts of Manila. Officers refer to map on the street

United States 8th Cavalry and 5th Cavalry Regiment troops enter Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. 8th Cavalry Regiment troops file past dead Japanese lying in a street. Major General Verne D. Mudge, commander, U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, and Regimental officers study a map at a street intersection.

Location: Manila Philippines
Date: 1945, February 12
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071953
Infantrymen of U.S. 36th Infantry Division, 143rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion cross Karls Canal in Leimersheim (WW2)

Infantrymen of U.S. 36th Infantry Division, 143rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company 'F' in Leimersheim, Germany. Infantrymen cross Karls Canal in pontoon rafts to take position on the Rhine River outside town of Leimersheim during World War II. Infantrymen walk through woods at Karls Kope Island after crossing canal. Two infantrymen in prone position look through trees. Shoreline of an opposite riverbank. German pillboxes on east bank of Rhine River. Several infantrymen in pontoon raft cross canal, disembark, walk to a Jeep, and receive their food.

Location: Leimersheim Germany
Date: 1945, March 25
Duration: 4 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074331
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