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Animated map show U.S. forces landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands.

Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 56. The 77th Infantry Division at Oahu. The 2nd and 4th Marine Division land on the island on the orders of a United States General. Animation shows the 37th Division troops landing on a beachhead from ships.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064870
Animated map U.S. forces approaching and bombarding a beachhead in Saipan, Mariana Islands.

Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 58 with battleships and destroyers. Animation shows bombardment by Group 1 and Group 2 on the island. Fire Support Units fire at the Japanese. The gun boat support group advances towards the beach.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064871
Aircraft land on Escort aircraft carriers and firing from battleships on Saipan in the Mariana Islands

Invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. Aircraft land on Escort aircraft carriers. Firing from battleships on the island. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067418
Men watch fire on Saipan, Mariana Islands from the deck of a destroyer.

Invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II.. An aircraft in flight over a destroyer. Fire on the island. Men watch from the destroyer deck in the foreground. Smoke columns rise from the island. Another ship in the background. Gun barrels on the destroyer. Rail at the deck. An aircraft on the deck. Ships in sea.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067420
Smoke rises from firing and bombardment by a U.S. ship convoy on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Burlesque, Camouflage, Jacob, Albert, Allen and Ivan Islands are shown on a map. Preparations for the second phase of occupation are undertaken. All objectives of phase I are secured. A ship convoy underway at sea. Smoke rises from naval gun fire. Troops aboard a landing craft underway. Men fire rifles and other guns at an island. Black smoke rises from bombardment. Aircraft in flight overhead.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077292
Japanese prisoners of war are interrogated by U.S. soldiers on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Camouflage Island and Burlesque Island. Damaged buildings and shelters. Several pillboxes and tank ditches are also damaged. Wrecked tanks and other equipment. Important information is gained from captured documents. Japanese prisoners of war are questioned by U.S. soldiers. Korean and Japanese prisoners of war are being interrogated. The prisoners are marched along the beach by the troops. The troops and the prisoners aboard landing crafts underway at sea.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077302