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U.S. Marine Corps F4U aircraft returning from missions in Pacific theater in World War II

Location is probably Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, during World War 2.The day is clear and sunny and palm trees are seen in background. Pilot sits in cockpit of Marine Aircraft Group 11 F4U Corsair airplane number 525 after returning from a mission. Plane captain, in shorts, climbs up to cockpit and gives the pilot a booklet in which he makes notes regarding any aircraft problems.He hands the booklet back to the plane captain and climbs out of the cockpit. He unfastens the chute leg straps and carries the chute in his arms. Scene shifts to another F4U that has just parked and is shutting down it's engine. Plane captain climbs up to the cockpit. A crew truck pulls up and a ground crewman picks up a parachute and places it on the truck fender.

Date: 1944, March 10
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034617
P-47s of the U.S. 318th Fighter Group return to the Aslito Airfield, Saipan, after Tinian raid in World War II

Twelve P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, of the USAAF 318th Fighter Group, returning to Aslito Airfield (Insley Field) after completing strike missions over Tinian Island. Airfield showing dispersal area for the aircraft buildings surrounding area. New runway under construction at airfield. Aircraft spotter looking through binoculars. P-47s approaching airfield for landing. P-47s landing on airfield.

Date: 1944, July
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047552
Royal New Zealand Air Force P-40 aircraft operating on Torokina Air Strip, Bougainville in World War II

Allied flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) gather near a tent on Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea, during World War 2. Two drink cups of water from a canvas Lister bag. View of control tower silhouetted against light sky background with tents clustered on ground below. A P-40, with RNZAF markings, taxis past the camera and is then seen on the active runway. A ground crewman waves on three more RNZAF P-40s as they taxi.

Date: 1944
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067450
U.S. Marines inspect Japanese flag and unload LCVT in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II.

United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. Three Marines inspect a Japanese flag. A Marine attaches a bayonet to Japanese rifle and fires the rifle. Wounded marine on a stretcher being unloaded from a jeep. Marine being carried to a medical center. Another Marine lights up a cigarette for him. Landing area, lagoon and off shore islands. LVT-3 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) off shore as Marines unload a LCVT (Landing Craft Vehicle Tracked) in the foreground.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077480
U.S. Marines dig graves and paint crosses at a graveyard in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II.

United States Marines in Bougainville, New Guinea during World War II. A Marine paints a white cross for a burial yard. A cross at the cemetery bearing a sign that reads' Cemetery no.1' A105 mm Howitzer in foreground on an island. A truck tows a 155 mm Howitzer on a carriage. Landing area and artillery dugout on the shore. Three anti aircraft gun and mount dug in off the shore. Three shell cases lying on ground. Cemetery as men dig graves. A M3A1 tank moves into a jungle. Turret of M3 Stuart tank.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077481
Pacific campaigns in World War 2; U.S. ships under kamikaze attack by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway.

Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The Battle of Midway, June 1942: A fleet of U.S. warships underway off the Midway Island. U.S. aircraft bomb the Island. A Japanese ship is hit. The ship on fire. Black smoke rises from the wreckage. U.S. soldiers fire deck guns at Japanese aircraft. Pacific Theater: U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains or Dakotas in flight over the battlefield. Allied parachute troops and supplies dropped from the aircraft in New Guinea. Parachute troops descend towards the ground. Allied aircraft carriers underway. U.S. aircraft on a carrier deck. Airmen prepare the aircraft for take off. The aircraft taxi and take off. U.S. B-24 Liberators drop bombs. Explosions as deck guns are fired. Explosions near a ship in the water. A U.S. carrier under kamikaze attack by a Japanese aircraft. The hit aircraft descends towards the ship and into the water.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021766