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American comedian Bob Hope at Eniwetok Island in Pacific Theater (WW2)

American comedian Bob Hope' show at Eniwetok Island during World War II. Ships underway at sea in Pacific Theater. Troops on South Pacific island construct an airstrip. Wrecked planes and equipment in background. Jerry Colona sings at microphone. A man plays guitar in the background. Bob Hope wearing a base-ball cap seated on the stage. Frances Langford sings on the stage. She signs autographs. A girl wearing a dancing costume on stage. Spectators watching the show.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041118
Carole Landis and Jack Benny at Eniwetok Island to entertain troops during World War 2

American comedian Jack Benny at Eniwetok Island during World War 2 to entertain U.S. troops. Actress Carole Landis talks to Benny while smoking a cigarette. Carole Landis signs her autograph for several soldiers who approach her. Landis and other members of the show, including singer Martha Tilton, board a PBY Catalina aircraft. PBY Catalina takes off from the island.

Location: Eniwetok Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041119
U.S. forces launch attacks against Japanese targets from the Aleutian Islands during World War II

Film opens showing animated map of Pacific and avenue of attack against Japan via the Aleutian Islands in World War 2. . Scene shifts to the Aleutian Islands, where American P-47 aircraft are seen parked on an open ramp in severe winter weather. Next, American Army truck convoys are seen traversing subarctic Canada on the Alcan highway, with supplies to sustain U.S. forces in the Aleutians. U.S. soldiers and airmen are seen obtaining various items and playing volleyball on a ramp at an airbase. Fog shrouds the Aleutians keeping aircraft grounded. Soldiers look at maps and plan targets. Aircrews are briefed about their mission and targets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over snow-covered peaks. View looking down on a B-24 headed toward Japan. Airmen in a headquarters plotting the disposition of aircraft reporting to them by radio. View above thick clouds with nothing in sight. (But exploding bombs are heard.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058422
Views of destruction from Japanese air raid on Wakde Island, New Guinea, as U.S. forces occupy it during World War II.

Scenes of destruction from Japanese air raid on Wakde Island, New Guinea during World War II. (Opening slate incorrectly reads Wake Island.) U.S. troops bivouacked in tents near shore. Large supply Ship and several others visible in background.

Location: Wakde Island New Guinea
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059508
U.S. Army personnel and equipment are shipped to San Jose Island to carry out chemical warfare tests during World War II.

U.S. Army personnel and equipment loaded aboard a ship in New Orleans, United States to carry out chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Test animals and equipment loaded aboard the ship. Men unload a barge loaded with equipment at San Jose Island beach. Trucks move inland. A camp area is leveled. Bulldozers operate at the camp area. A gas handling area is established. An aerial view of the camp.

Location: San Jose Island Panama
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060516
Test of persistent gas munitions during various U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II.

Tests of persistent gas munitions during U.S. chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. A simulated chemical warfare shows U.S. troops firing mortars. A U.S. bomber aircraft in the sky. M7 100-lb bombs stacked at a munitions dump on the island. The bomber aircraft is loaded with bombs. The bombs are dropped by the aircraft from various heights. A technician examines an explosion area and makes use of an instrument to determine if there is any loss in contamination and vapor yield as a result of tree bursts. A bomber in flight and members of crew on board. The technician on the bomb drop site examines results on trees. Chemical samplings of bombed area are made in laboratories of the United States. A soldier wearing protective clothing. Mortars lay down a mustard gas barrage.

Location: San Jose Island Panama
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060519
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