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U.S. Marines unload their tanks and supplies from a landing craft and are greeted by tribes at a beach of the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Marines battle the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marines train in the United States. They practice invasion tactics. The marines climb down a cargo net and get into a lading craft. They set up an operation post in the Pacific. Explosion in water. The marines get off from landing crafts at a beach. They unload tanks from a landing craft. An explosion at the beach and tanks move on the beach. The marines advance towards the beach. Anti aircraft guns mounted on the decks of navy ships underway. U.S. Marines seated on a deck. The marines in a landing craft underway. The U.S. flag on the landing craft. The marines walk forward. The marines along with U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Byrd are greeted by tribes. They marines unload supplies and use modern techniques. Trucks and jeeps loaded with supplies drive through mud.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069130
2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.

The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067282
Building the Dew line of the North American Air Defense System in extreme weather conditions in Northern Canada.

Aerial view of a Dew line installation. Pacific Western DC-3 lands on a snow runway. An icebreaker ship navigates arctic waters. Plows remove snow from a runway. A C-119 aircraft airdrops supplies to a Dew line site. Carpenters work in arctic conditions. Blowing snow obscures a site. Towers being erected in milder weather. Geodesic spheres being assembled. Aerial view of a completed Dew line installation. Barren snow-covered landscape. Workers using dog teams and sleds. View from sled of husky dog team pulling ahead. Aerial views of completed Dew Line installations. Ground views of installations.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044156
Vice Admiral Halsey looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship and infantry men advance across jungle swamps on the Solomon Islands.

A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069138
Japanese troops land and advance inland on the Aleutian Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Japanese troops on the Aleutian Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A map locates places. Ships underway at sea. Japanese troops aboard a ship. They advance across a field. A seaplane takes off and in flight overhead. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft bombard Japanese battleships. Smoke and splashes in water due to the bombardment. The aircraft bomb a shore. Enemy anti aircraft guns are fired. Soldiers stand at attention. A soldier holds a flag. A map of Pacific areas controlled by Japan.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675065450
Smoke arises from the burning of the models of U.S. Navy PBY Catalina and a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Navy personnel aboard a ship underway in the Pacific during World War II. Muzzle of 50 caliber machine gun. Firing from the gun. Ship underway in the Pacific. U.S. Navy PBY Catalina models burning. Ship model burning. Smoke arising from the burning of the ship and airplanes.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063032