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General MacArthur arrives and inspects Allied forces at the war front in New Guinea during World War II.

A USAAF B-17 bomber taxis in after landing at Vivigani Airfield on Goodenough Island in New Guinea. General MacArthur steps from the aircraft and is greeted by the American Air Base Commander. Closeup of General MacArthur. Next, a jeep carrying him and several others is seen from the rear as it drives over roads literally hacked from the jungles. Views of friendly native tribesmen, engaged by the Allies, carrying supplies toward the front. as Australian troops march along side them. View of rough water tumbling in a river and native bearers crossing it on a suspension bridge. View from above of long line of New Guinea native bearers moving along a path. Back at Vivigani Airfield , MacArthur greets some of the American fliers who have been attacking Japanese shipping from there. His B-17E, tail number 41-12633, ("Sally") is parked in the background. General MacArthur salutes and heads to his B-17 (that will take him to 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby). View of a USAAF B24 Liberator bomber taxiing on the airfield. Another B-24 (named "Connebb's Speciab" is being loaded with bombs. Crew of a B-24 getting briefed as they stand under the wing of their aircraft. A pilot sticking his head out of the cockpit window. A B-24 airborne after takeoff. View from B-24 of a Japanese ship in sea below. Gunners inside the B-24 strafing the ship as the B-24 flies low over it. Bombs dropping during the Aircraft' second pass over the Japanese ship. View of the bombs exploding at port and starboard of the ship. View of clouds and then interior of the B-24 as crew members converse on their way back to their base.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059285
United States Coast Guardsmen patrol beaches throughout the United States with the help of trained dogs and radio sets.

United States Coast Guardsmen patrol coasts in the United States. Coast Guardsmen mounted on horseback as they patrol coastlines throughout the United States. Narrator states they are guarding the coast from landings of enemy saboteurs who would arrive by submarine (reference to the Coast Guard discovery of Operation Pastorius Nazi German would-be saboteurs caught on Long Island, New York.) Coast Guardsmen ride horses on a beach. Trained dogs and radio sets also assist them in patrolling the shoreline.

Date: 1943
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059297
USS New York (BB-34) departs U.S. Naval Station Argentia, New Foundland, as part of convoy, during World War II

Gun crew,on the USS New York (BB-34),wearing steel helmets, check out her 3-inch antiaircraft gun on the stern deck, as she departs from U.S. Argentia Naval station, Newfoundland, during World War 2. Sailors are dressed in winter clothing. Snow-covered hills in background. As they are underway, a large transport ship is seen astern. Scene shifts to warmer, sunny weather at sea. Sailors play a game with quoits on the deck of the USS New York. Others relax in a warm sunny spot. Sailors stand on the deck. An island visible nearby. Sailors download a bomb from a Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard the battleship New York. International maritime flags displayed near the bridge.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059323
Warships bombard the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II.

Views of shells being fired by Allied warships at the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War 2. Explosions occur at the coast of Iwo Jima as the shells strike the island. A twin Bofors 40mm gun being fired from a warship. Fire and billows of smoke rising from the coastline. A crew loads a 3 inch-50 caliber fixed round into a gun aboard a warship. The round is then fired.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059343
U.S. Army air Force B-29 Superfortress bombard Japanese cities of Nagasaki, Tokyo and Iwo Jima during World War II.

American air attack on Japanese cities during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress aircraft in flight as it drops bombs over an airplane factory in Nagasaki. Bombs impact and billows of smoke rise up. A map depicts the air strike on Tokyo by U.S. aircraft that took off from Saipan, Mariana Islands. During an American air attack on Iwo Jima, Japan U.S. Army Air Force P-51 Mustangs shoot down Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airplane descends as smoke rises. B-29 aircraft in formation flight as bombs are being dropped and smoke rises. A damaged B-29 comes in for landing at an air base. The damaged B-29 aircraft. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft lined up at an air field.

Date: 1945, May 17
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059360
A hole on the deck of USS Intrepid after a Japanese plane crashed into it in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

USS Intrepid aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A sailor examines a hole on the deck of the aircraft carrier made by Japanese aircraft. Flight deck of the aircraft carrier. An island in the background and foam on the deck in the foreground.

Date: 1945, April 16
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059672