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U.S. troops maneuver on beaches of Tarawa during World War II.

U.S. Marines Corps soldiers crawling on beach at Tarawa during World War II. Landing Ship Tank (LST) on shore and smoke at a distance are seen. Marines following a low wire on the beach. U.S. Navy Destroyer (DD) firing. Marines taking position and advancing during Battle of Tarawa.

Date: 1943, November 22
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023679
13th Army Air Force friendly baseball match between U.S. 307th Bomb Group Ground Crew and Combat Crew.

Shows a friendly baseball game between U.S. 307th Bomb Group Ground Crew and Combat Crew. Combat crew emerges as the winner Losing soldiers pay bills to winning soldiers after the game to pay off bets. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, October 11
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030932
Ammunition explosion following visit of U.S. General Knudsen and fellow American soldiers at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal

Shows U.S. General Knudsen and fellow American soldiers and officers in conversation at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal. A distant explosion in an ammunition dump occurs 5 minutes after the departure of the General, and is caught on camera. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, September 5
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030935
Bob Hope and Frances Langford in USO tour, entertain U.S. troops on Bougainville in World War II

The Bob Hope Troupe on U.S.O. tour in the South West Pacific in World War 2. During tour, they entertain U.S. soldiers on Bougainville. Bob Hope engages in comic banter with Frances Langford. She then sings "I'll be seeing you," accompanied by the troupe's guitarist, Tony Romano. Views of the soldiers in audience seated close together on the ground. They seem to want an encore and engage in banter with Bob Hope.

Date: 1944, August 2
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033573
Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna of Bob Hope Troupe entertain U.S.soldiers on Bougainville during USO tour in World War II

The Bob Hope Troupe on U.S.O tour in the South West Pacific in World War 2. They entertain U.S. soldiers on Bougainville. Their guitarist Tony Romano, together with Hope and Jerry Colonna, sing "If I had my way." They pause to remedy some microphone problem, and then continue. The guitarist then sings in solo falsetto and Bob Hope follows with comic banter about being a private in the army. The trio finishes by finishing the song together.

Date: 1944, August 2
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033576
Wrecked airplanes and P-38 operations on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, during World War II

U.S. military personnel working at end of Henderson airfield on Guadalcanal during World War 2. One pushes a wheelbarrow. Camera pans across and along runway to P-38 aircraft parked haphazardly in grass. It continues to pan, showing lots of damaged aircraft and parts, including several P-40s. Mechanics work on one of the P-40s. A fuel truck passes. Tents are seen behind the piles of parts and aircraft. Numerous auxiliary fuel tanks are piled up in one area. Broken aircraft parts are seen in a ditch off the side of the runway. Trees and foliage are in the background with tents pitched amongst them. As the camera continues to pan farther down the runway, it reveals more orderly campsites, with tents and laundry drying. Mechanics work on the engine of a P-38 parked on a sandy ramp. Palm trees and water seen in background. More P-38s are parked in good order. Scene shifts to a P-38 taking off. It is followed by a second, and then a third, all taking off in quick succession.

Date: 1944, April 6
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036201