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Bombing of Tokyo by United States 21st Bomber Command's B-29 Superfortresses during World War II.

View of B-29 superfortress aircraft, of 21st Bomber Command,flying over Tokyo,Japan, with Mount Fujiyama clearly visible. Bombs falling from the B-29s. Near ground view of street and smoke rising from bomb strikes. In Washington, DC, General Henry (Hap) Arnold, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Air Forces, and Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Assistant Chief of Staff , give a sendoff to crew of a XXI Bomber Command B-29 bound for the Pacific Theater. The B-29 crew write a message in chalk on a bomb, reading: "To the Warlords of Japan. We have not forgotten--the B-29s will remind you Again and Again and Again!!!" Views of the city of Tokyo, Japan, showing streets, buildings, cars and pedestrians. Animated map fades to Saipan Island. B-29s of the 21st Bomber command,73rd Bombardment Wing, 497th Bombardment Group,landing at Isley Field, Saipan, watched by airmen at the base. Animated map showing B-29 access to Japan, itself, from Saipan.Formation of B-29s in flight, and bombs falling over Japan.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060195
Lowland portions with mountains and sugar farms in Puerto Rico.

Lowland portions of the island in Puerto Rico. A coastal area with buildings and palms. Sugar farms with farmers at work. Hills at Manati. Trees bearing fruits. Women work in a refinery. Farms on mountains.

Date: 1931
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060221
Peasants use cattle to plow farms on mountains in Puerto Rico.

Lowland portions of the island in Puerto Rico. Mountains in Puerto Rico. Houses for peasants on the mountains. Cattle plows farms on a mountain. Women and children outside a hut.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060222
Japanese soldiers use different techniques of attack at night against U.S. Marines during World War II, Pacific Theater.

Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific and Japanese tricks of attack used against them during World War II. Re-enactment: Jungle warfare shows U.S. Marines with machine guns in foxhole at night. Japanese technique of attack shows U.S. Marines receive fake orders and being attacked by enemy. Another technique of attack as a U.S. Marine advance in jungle while second Marine gives him cover. Japanese soldier wearing an American helmet. Marine attacks Japanese soldier after hearing his footsteps. Dead Japanese soldier on ground. Japanese soldier slaps bamboo sticks together to simulate the sound of machine position. Marines fire machine guns from foxhole towards Japanese soldier camouflaged with foliage. Flares sent up in sky by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldier acts as U.S. soldier and talks like one. Grenade explosion kills Japanese soldier. Marines counter the last Japanese trick.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060323
Errors made by United States Marines on battlefield leading up to big problems in Pacific Theater during World War II.

Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of the Pacific and errors made by them causing problems during World War II. Reconstruction shows Marines wade through water. One Marine not feeling well and coming to stop. At Battalion aid station Marines carrying a Marine affected by malaria on a stretcher. Marine attaches identification tag to a sick man. A jeep pulls away. Marine drinks from a canteen cup Marines taking Japanese equipment away from dead bodies of Japanese soldiers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060326
Methods of communication used by United States Marine Corps in jungle warfare in Pacific Theater during World War II.

Reconstruction about deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on island of Pacific and precautions taken by them during jungle warfare in World War II. Marines camouflaged with foliage use camouflage make-up and hide under bushes waiting for Japanese troops. Japanese officers being attacked by Marines hiding under bushes. Marines come across a wire in jungle leading to ambush. They repair the broken wire temporarily. Jungle communications method as a Marine changing position of his canteen from right to left and carrying the message in upper left pocket which identifies him as runner or messenger. Two U.S. Marines search a wounded Marine lying in jungle and identify him as a messenger. Another method of communication depicts Marine using semaphore signal from a hilltop. Group of Marines receive the semaphore signal.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060327