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U.S. warships fire and U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb Makin Island.

U.S. ships at the Makin Island. Armor-piercing and landing crafts fire in the foreground. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb island. U.S. Navy SOC Seagulls in flight over island. USS BB and USS CA fire 5 inch guns. Landing Crafts and Island in background. Smoke column rises over island and planes pass over island. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024945
Depth charge explosion and ship burns at sea during invasion of Saipan in Mariana Islands.

Depth charge explosion at sea during invasion of Saipan by U.S. forces in Mariana Islands. Shoreline of island. A ship burns at sea. Smoke columns rise. Tracers strafe island. 20 and 40 mm guns on U.S. Navy Destroyer are fired. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035298
Crew of a B-29 bomber of U.S. Army Air Force on a mission on Truk, Caroline Islands from Isley Field base, during World War II.

73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers flying for a mission on Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Pilot and crew members inside a B-29 cockpit. Clouds and sky as seen from inside the cockpit. Crew member looks for enemy airplanes from the top canopy. Bombers flying over sea. The land strip of island between the sea waters.

Date: 1944, October 28
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036239
Formation B-29 bombers of U.S. Air Force on a mission to Truk, Caroline Islands, during World War II.

73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers take off for a mission to Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Crew member inside a B-29 cockpit shoots other bombers flying above clouds, with film camera. A Japanese island as seen from the plane. Formation of B-29 bombers high in the sky.

Date: 1944, October 28
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036241
American forces capture the city of Garapan on Saipan in the Mariana Islands.

The capture of Garapan on Saipan in the Marianas Islands, by the Americans. American Naval and artillery bombardments destroy the last Japanese strongholds in cliffs north of Garapan city in the Mariana Islands. Infantrymen and tanks advance. An enemy sniper is burnt out. A Japanese bunker is destroyed. Machine gun crew fires and throws grenades at the enemies. Enemies on a cliff shot down. Some of the Japanese troops (and island civilians fearful of American forces) jump off cliffs to commit suicide. Troops line up the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Japanese troops surrender. A U.S. 2nd Marine Division cemetery. View of the names of the marines on the gravestones. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050448
A technical group attends a meeting to carry out investigations for U.S. Army chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama.

U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Close-up view of U.S. 6th Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber flying low over islands near San Jose Island. More distant shot of formation of B-25 bombers in flight. A field located near San Jose shows a bomb dump. U.S. airmen load bombs on a bomber aircraft. A technical group consisting of U.S. NDRC (National Defense Research Committee) scientists, trained officers of United Kingdom's Army and Navy and U.S. Army Air Force officers attend a meeting in front of a chart.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060517