Refine Your Search

Okinawa Ryukyu Islands 1944 stock footage and images

- Showing 4423 to 4428 of 9548 results
81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” attack Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur (WW2)

81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” mortar and artillery crews bombard Japanese positions at Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Artillery officers communicate and give orders through telephone and walkie-talkie. An M2 4.2-inch mortar firing as a crewman load shells into it. Explosion from mortar fire hitting Japanese positions. Artillery crew firing howitzer. Crewmen duck and cover their ears as mortar fire. Japanese positions are bombarded by mortar and artillery fire all day and night. Medics treat wounded patients the day after the bombardment. Medics lay down a stretcher carrying a soldier. They place another soldier on a stretcher. The medics carry the soldier away. Medics drive a Jeep carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A wounded man being carried over by two soldiers. Soldiers resting outside a makeshift hospital. A doctor treats the wounds of 322nd Regimental Commander Colonel Benjamin W. Venable. Colonel Venable receives IV fluids Close view of IV fluid bottles hanging from ceiling. Medics carry Colenel Venable out of hospital.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080168
Tired 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers resting and recuperating after the Battle of Angaur (WW2)

Faces of United States 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” soldiers after the Battle of Angaur in World War II. A soldier smoking a cigarette. A tired soldier holding a rifle with bayonet. Soldier scoops food from GI ration and eats. A soldier chewing. A soldier sleeping at the foot of a tree. Medics dressing wounds of a heavily bandaged man. A young soldier eating while sitting on fallen tree trunk. An injured soldier with both eyes covered by bandages is led away. Soldier lying down. Medics evacuate injured patients. A soldier looks to the camera as medics treat his wounds. Soldiers sitting on top of a moving tank. Injured soldiers with dirty faces look to the camera. Logo that reads "Buy War Bonds--The Mighty 7th War Loan" superimposed over photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080169
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taking off from Angaur (WW2)

United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) takes off from Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with a black cow nose art takes off from the same airfield. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber “Shack Bunny” (Serial number: 44-40759) taking off from runway.

Date: 1944, November 11
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080434
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers landing at Angaur (WW2)

A United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber with unicorn nose art lands at Angaur airfield, Palau during World War II. Another United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber lands and taxis at Angaur Airfield runway. Its nose art depicts a reclining nude woman.

Date: 1944, November 11
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080435
The Guadalcanal campaign in World War II

Major General Alexander Vandegrift, USMC, who, as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division, also commanded other U.S. military units involved in the invasion of Guadalcanal in World War 2. He discusses those joint U.S. military operations. The U.S. Destroyer, USS Blue (DD-387) seen bombarding Guadalcanal.A B-17 bomber overhead. U.S. Marines decend rope net into landing craft of the attack transport, USS George Clymer (APA-27), later seen with the USS Harry Lee (APA-10) and numerous landing craft around them. A landing craft from the Harry Lee arriving and Marines jumping out. Many U.S. troops wading ashore from landing craft. Troops carrying supplies ashore. Officers salute as American flag is raised on rugged flag pole. Numerous Japanese prisoners of war marching and in outdoor confinement. Japanese prisoners being processed. Japanese soldier using shoe clamps to quickly climb a tall palm tree. Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.decorating a flyer with the Distinguished Flying Cross. View of the medal.Halsey decorating marines, including Major General Alexander Vandegrift, USMC, seen wearing the Navy Cross. Sign on palm tree reading: "Hospital Station C-1-Med." Wounded inside hospital tent. Troops gathered for religious service. U.S. troops dug in and moving along jungle path. Fallen Japanese soldiers on shore of Guadalcanal.Smoke rising from Japanese bombing of Henderson Field and construction continuing with heavy equipment. A B-17 bomber landing on the field. Names on B-17s at the field, including: "Spook," "Leis-Lady,"and "Boomerang." A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taking off from Henderson field. Film concludes with parade of warships and overflight of warplanes (including a biplane).

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021761
B-29 Superfortresses of the 314th Bomb Wing taxi to runway for takeoff during World War II.

U.S. B-29 Superfortresses of the 314th Bomb Wing, on Guam, during World War 2. They taxi to the runway for takeoff. B-29 Superfortress aircraft parked at North Field, Guam. Bombers seen taxiing include some displaying tail codes of Square O and Square P. Note: 314th Bomb Wing consisted of: 19th Bomb Group (BG) with tail code Square M; the 29th BG, tail code Square O, 39th BG, tail code Square P; and 330th BG, tail code Square K.

Date: 1945, July 9
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023212