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Animation depicts Private Snafu undergoing extremes in weather conditions in the Aleutian Islands, Northern Pacific Ocean.

Cartoon character Private Snafu undergoes extremes in weather conditions in the Aleutian Islands, Northern Pacific Ocean during World War II. Animation depicts thunder and rain. Solution about clothing under extreme conditions. Vegetation on islands. Gummy mud. Earthquakes and cold breeze. Transportation by vehicles on sledge. Aircraft in flight covered with snow. Airstrip submerged under water.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072901
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat rescues downed U.S. Marine Corps pilot in Solomon Islands during World War II.

Rescue of Marine Corps pilot, Milton H. Vedder, who was shot down on April 25, 1943, in an aerial battle over Vangunu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. View from a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat as it takes off and then flies low over islands and water. Two Marine F4U Corsairs are seen flying escort above the PBY. View from the PBY as it lands on the water and taxis past a native shack while approaching Segi Point shoreline. Crewman on PBY looks through binoculars. Native canoe approaches with Lieutenant Vedder. Native and beach observer in a boat. Man in hat is probably coast watcher Donald Kennedy. Rescued pilot Lieutenant Milton N. Vedder, in boat, smokes a cigarette. View from PBY as it takes off. Vedder and others conversing inside the PBY. Several views of the two U.S. Marine F4U Corsair fighter escort aircraft. Other F4Us are seen in distance. (Note: reportedly, the two escorting F4U Corsairs were flown, respectively, by Major Weissenberger, the Commanding Officer, and Major Leary, both from Lt. Vedder's squadron, VMF-213. )

Location: Segi Point Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, April 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074718
Atom bomb Test Able conducted on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands as a part of Operation Crossroads by the United States.

Atomic Bomb Test Able Day (Operation Crossroads) conducted by the U.S. Army on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. A mushroom cloud rises after an aerial drop of an atomic bomb. Aerial views of a cloud of smoke and a target fleet in Bikini Island lagoon.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 10 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075073
King Juda of Marshall Islands, views ships anchored at Bikini Atoll for nuclear bomb test

Chief Juda of Marshall Islands is seen accompanied by another Marshellese (possibly interpreter), standing in front of a sign which reads 'Absolutely No Swimming in Dock Area, by Order of SOPA' (Senior Officer Present Afloat). (Chief Juda, or King Juda, as called by the American forces, was the chief of the residents of the Bikini Island , who numbered 160 native people from 11 families.) They walk toward a beach and talk to each other. Something attracts their attention and both men point offshore. Views of United States ships anchored off coast in readiness for Operation Crossroads Atomic test.

Location: Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands
Date: 1946, July 25
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075085
United States 1st Marine Division troops relax at Peleliu Island, Palau

United States 1st Marine Division troops relax at Peleliu Island, Palau after the end of World War II. One of the Marine holds wooden board with Japanese slogan on it. Marines try to snatch liquor bottle from each other. They grab for cigarette packets. 1st Marine Division troops laugh and drink from bottles.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1945, September 25
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022852
United States 1st Marine Division load and fire 155mm Howitzer at Peleliu Island, Palau.

United States 1st Marine Division troops relax at Peleliu Island, Palau. Marines take out Japanese liquor bottles from crate. Marines load and fire 155mm Howitzer. They carry ammunition to Howitzer. (World War II period).

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1945, September 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022853
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