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U.S. soldier drives a Japanese Shinyo suicide motorboat found in the Kerama Islands (WW2)

A United States soldier climbs down into a Japanese Shinyo suicide motorboat found in the Kerama Islands during World War 2. Soldier begins to drive the retrieved Japanese motorboat. Motorboat driven by an American soldier underway circling along the beach of Kerama Islands at high speed. United States soldiers docking Shinyo suicide motorboat after testing.

Date: 1945, April 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079539
Pedestrians in Chinatown; view of Alcatraz Island from the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco

Cars parked at Pier 45, Fisherman’s Wharf (43 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States) in San Francisco, California. Two ships are docked in front of the coast. View of Alcatraz Island (formerly home to Alcatraz Prison) from Fisherman’s Wharf. A yacht is seen sailing near the prison island. View of a street traffic coming up hill. A street scene in San Francisco’s landmark Chinatown district. Pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. Cars parked near Chinese shops. Shop sign “Ping Yuen Restaurant Bakery”. A faint red moon. Pedestrians walking past the Empress of China Restaurant and Cocktails (838 Grant Ave San Francisco, CA 94108, USA) in Chinatown. A signage of Empress of China, the most iconic and upscale restaurant in Chinatown (presently known as “Empress by Boon”).

Date: 1969, October
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079619
President Kennedy observes a Polaris missile test while onboard USS Observation Island

A man signals to United States Marine Corps (USMC) UH-3A helicopter. United States President John F. Kennedy arrives at the U.S. Navy ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154) by helicopter. A sailor plays his bugle and salutes. The president meets the ship's commander and other officers. President Kennedy observes a Polaris missile test with the USS Andrew Jackson submarine (SSBN-619) firing the missile. Other officials accompany President Kennedy to watch the missile test. President Kennedy gives a short speech on board USS Observation Island. Later in the day, President Kennedy speaks to Major General Davis and Launch Operations Director Kurt Debus in Florida before boarding the Air Force One (VC-137C SAM 26000).

Date: 1963, November 16
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080558
View of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, New York

A three-quarter front view of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island (present day Liberty Island) in New York City, United States, in the late 1800s.

Date: 1898, September 3
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080661
U.S. Navy Task Force bombards Saipan during World War II

A U.S. Navy Task Force underway in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Saipan, Mariana Islands during the Battle of Saipan of World War 2. Closeup of triple gun turrets turned to port on a U.S. warship in the task force. Shells striking at shoreline of the island in distance. View of warship in the distance firing its naval guns to port. A Flush deck destroyer escort firing to port, from close to the island. Sailors in position with a twin Bofors 40mm gun. At TC:00:37 mark is the USS Indianapolis CA 35 heavy cruiser.Landing craft approaching the shore, where smoke is rising. A huge explosion in the water near the shore. Shell bursts in the water short of the island. Landing craft underway.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071740
American aircraft carrier under Kamikaze attack, off the Japanese coast in World War 2

World War II in the Pacific. American aircraft carriers underway off the coast of Okinawa on May 14, 1945. Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber) flies through heavy antiaircraft gun fire. One of the Kamikaze gets hit and crashes just ahead of the carrier. Several other kamikaze planes are shot down. Damage control party aboard the USS Enterprise carrier deck fights fires from a Kamikaze strike.

Date: 1945, May 14
Duration: 3 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029819