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Glimpse of U.S. Navy Seabees at Saipan port, after the U.S. defeat of Japanese forces there in World War II

Glimpse of Amercan Navy Seabees, in a boat backing away from a dock at waterfront, in Saipan, after defeat of Japanese on the island during World War 2. A mobile derrick stands behind the boat. The area contains damaged and destroyed facilities.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050874
U.S. forces plan airbase construction after the battle of Saipan during World War II

America forces begin preparing Saipan as an advance base in the Pacific campaign against Japan in World War 2. Japanese military prisoners as well as civilian women and children are seated on the ground, shaded by a tree on a coastal plain in Saipan. American officers review a map laid out on the hood of a jeep. They converse in a group as they stand near a rudimentary small gauge railroad track in the sand. Sheer cliffs are close behind them and the ocean is nearby. A jeep is seen parked and another moves along a bumpy path. Officers and soldiers stand on and near the small gauge rail line. Several jeeps are parked. Camera pans over sheer cliffs behind. (Some contain openings that housed Japanese fortifications.) Camera pans over wide flat area where the Japanese were building an airfield near Marpi Point on the northern end of the island of Saipan. Construction materials cover the area and several jeeps travel through it. Final scene shows more Japanese civilians in a group where several American soldiers are attending to their needs.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050875
Living conditions of the United States soldiers in Saipan during World War II.

United States soldiers in Saipan during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean with China, Japan, Saipan. Island of Saipan. Living conditions of the soldiers. Pup tents, dugouts in the area. Runway with ocean in the background. Piles of equipment stacked up. Soldiers lift a crate on to a truck. Man pushes gas drum along rails. Jeep pulls two barrels in a trailer. Piled equipment and tents in the background. Soldiers ride a horse-drawn cart. Row of tents. Soldiers walk along the area. Tents in the foreground.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051681
U.S. Aircraft destroyed on the ground by Japanese air raid in Wakde, New Guinea, during World War II.

Aftermath of Japanese air raid on Wakde Island, New Guinea during World War 2. Numerous destroyed U.S warplanes litter the field. Some are still burning. Most are unrecognizable, but the wrecks appear to include B-25s, B-24s, and P-38s.

Location: Wakde Island New Guinea
Date: 1944, June 7
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059509
U.S. Marines shown in combat aftermath on Saipan

U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese tank on fire. A wounded Marine being given blood plasma and first aid. Wounded on litters placed into a jeep ambulance. A wounded man being looked after by a doctor. Wounded being made to lie down on a litter and being placed into a jeep ambulance. A dead Japanese machine gunner near a gun mounted on a tripod.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059665
U.S. Naval bombardment of Saipan during World War II

Views from a U.S. warship firing its guns at Saipan, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rising from strikes along the shoreline. At TC:00:17, a smoke ring can be seen from a gun. View from deck above pair of 5-inch guns firing. A twin Bofors 40mm gun, quiet, but ready for action. Shell explosion raising water near the ship. A huge fireball rising from a shell strike ashore. A flush deck destroyer near the camera ship. Empty shell casings littering a gun deck. Sailors directing water hoses on gun batteries to cool them. Sailor Fire fighter dragging a hose up to a gun battery where another sailor uses it to cool gun barrels. Gunners throwing spent shells into a well on deck. Series of explosions in the water near the shore. The Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in Dazzle camouflage paint, nearby. Sailors eating rations on camera ship deck. A battleship in camouflage paint, firing heavy guns at Saipan. Sailors aboard camera ship looking over the railing at something of interest. Behind them are stacks of spent shell casings. View of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on catapult aboard the camera ship. Glimpse of what appears to be a triple turret of 6-inch guns. A Navy pilot, in flight gear, walks on deck, where sailors are stacking spent shell casings. Empty plane catapult in background.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067419
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