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Allied troops battle German forces after landing on Elba island, Italy and during World War II.

Liberation of Elba island in Italy from German forces during World War II. Animated map highlights Elba island. Allied ships bombard German shore installations on Elba. A smoke screen covers the landings of the Allies. Allied troops wade ashore. Allied LST (Landing Ship, Tank) at Elba shores. Allied troops advance inland. Shell explosions on the island. German soldiers are taken prisoners. Allied soldiers carry wounded soldiers on stretchers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073831
Invasion convoy of U.S. army heads for Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during World War II. Battleships fire guns. Amtrack going in. LST (Landing Ship, Tank) fire at the island. Phosphorous shells burst in air. Landing crafts head towards the shore.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074276
U.S. gun crew fires 75mm gun towards a shore during the invasion of Guam, Mariana Islands in World War II.

Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during World War II. U.S. gun crew aboard boat fires 75mm gun towards the shore. Smoke rises from an island in the background.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074278
U.S. soldiers dig foxholes in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II.

Invasion of Japanese held island of Guam, Mariana Islands by U.S. army during World War II. Damaged Japanese installations on the island. Soldiers carry ammunition on shoulders. Soldiers dig foxhole. Soldiers stand around on the beach. Amtrack in the background. Two soldiers behind embankment with radio equipment. Soldiers walk through debris. Amtracks on coastline. Soldiers sitting and standing around 57mm gun.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074279
U.S. soldiers clear an area with dynamite for the construction of an airstrip in Green Islands in the Solomons.

The capture of Green Islands in the Solomons by U.S. troops during World War II. Tactical maneuver of bypassing some Japanese held islands and advancing to more strategic positions is explained. U.S. ships and a landing craft underway. Barrage balloons in flight overhead. A man aboard a ship looks through binoculars. Soldiers aboard a landing craft underway. Japanese aircraft flying in formation overhead. Soldiers firing anti aircraft guns from the ships and landing craft towards the aircraft. Smoke rises as the airplanes explode. The remaining Japanese airplanes withdraw. Enemy held positions are being fired at. Smoke rises in the foreground. A landing craft arrives at a shore. Soldiers aboard trucks come out of the landing craft and advance on the island. A man watching in the foreground through a camera mounted on a tripod. Aircraft flying in formation overhead. The soldiers clear an area for the construction of a runway with the help of a bulldozer. They lay dynamite in the area as they are not able to clear the area completely with the bulldozer.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076655
British Marines aboard landing crafts arrive at Walcheren Island in Holland.

British Royal Marines land in Holland during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts en route to Walcheren Island. Men and equipment aboard the landing crafts. A convoy of the landing crafts. British Marines cleaning rifles and loading cartridge clips. Rockets are fired from a ship. Hits on the island. An airplane drop bombs on the island. Smoke rises from explosions. Enemy artillery hits near a landing craft. A shell explodes near a landing craft. Men climb into Landing vehicles Tracked (LVTs). Troops coming ashore.

Date: 1944, November 1
Duration: 3 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077004