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Wash crew of Okinawa, wash and clean aircraft and bombs loaded on USAF B-52 in South East Asia during Vietnam War.

USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) in South East Asia during Vietnam War. Wash crew of Okinawa, wash and clean aircraft. Maintenance crew work on the aircraft and inspect the working of all systems. SAC crew load bombs on a forklift truck. The forklift truck carry bombs and load onto an equipment. A flat bed trailer truck carries bombs and drives towards the aircraft. An officer speaks on a radio device from check post. Personnel load bomb on Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. The B-52 takes off.

Location: South East Asia
Date: 1969
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071569
U.S. soldiers receive wages from a Naval Supply Officer while sailing to Okinawa (WW2)

United States soldiers receive their salary from the U.S. Navy supply officer while sailing to Okinawa during World War 2. Naval Supply Officer sits behind a small desk with a cash box. Naval Supply Officer gives soldiers’ wages in cash as B type military scrip. Soldiers line up to receive their wages. An officer hands out a document (likely a pay slip) to soldiers after receiving their salary. Soldiers watching as the Naval Supply Officer disburse wages in cash. A soldier inspects a 20 “B Yen” note (United States B type military scrip currency in Japan).

Location: Japan
Date: 1945, April 5
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079538
Equipment being unloaded with the help of a crane in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.

The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. U.S. Army Service Force (ASF) provides logistical support to fight the enemy. A flag of the United States. A United States Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber flies. Various goods like timber, vehicles being unloaded from a cargo ship with the help of a crane. A ship carries troops. Soldiers disembark from a ship. A soldier carries a guitar.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057598
Scenes of U.S. Army Air forces operations on Adak Island during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II

As film begins, organ music is heard. Camera pans across tops of tents showing sky above. Scene shifts to a Chaplain conducting Sunday services in the open. A soldier plays a field organ as soldiers and airmen participate in the service. Closeup of the Chaplain kneeling before a makeshift altar where objects are placed to facilitate communion in a mass or service. Complete change of scene shows airmen arranging bombs for loading aboard an open truck that then backs up to an airplane, into which they are loaded. Narrator notes that these are all purpose bombs weighing 250, 500, and 1000 lbs, respectively. Closeup of a 1000 lb bomb in foreground marked "GP 1000 lb AN-M44." Airmen arnorers install fins and fuses before loading the bombs aboard the aircraft. An airman loads belts of machine gun ammunition at a gun turret of the airplane. others load guns elsewhere on the aircraft. Closeup of pilots being given final briefing about the mission, before departure. Narrator notes that the mission will involve two flights of B-24s and one of B-17s. Planned altitudes and routes of the bombers are drawn on a map in colors. They are to attack a Japanese installation on Kiska Island. Fighter support is described. A Flight crew assembles near their B-24 Liberator bomber. Closeups of individual crew members waiting on the airfield ramp. Scene shifts to fighter pilots who will be accompanying the bombers. They converse in front of a row of fighter aircraft. They are wearing flotation gear over their flight suits. The area is paved with Marsden matting (pierced steel planking). Closeups of men in the group, including: Lieutenant George I. Rudell, Lieutenant Holy P. Mail, Lieutenant Lial A. Bean, Major Willson Aston, Lieutenant Henry J. Strencops and Colonel Jackson.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057602
Aftermath of Japanese air attacks on Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, in World War II

The aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Dutch Harbor, June 3 & 4 1942, during World War 2. Scenes include the bombed ship, S.S. Northwestern, which was being used as housing for construction crews. The docked steamer was damaged by bombs from "Val" dive bombers launched by the Japanese aircraft carrier "Junyo". Smoke rises from an oil tank as it burns. Bombed & wrecked trucks at the island. Also shown are bomb damage and fires at Fort Mears, Dutch Harbor.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1942, June 4
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058382
Pictures and animation show U.S. fleet advancing towards Japanese acquired Saipan island in the Mariana Islands.

Animated map shows U.S. forces acquiring Saipan, Mariana Islands from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of U.S. fleet underway. Aircraft drop bombs on target areas. Fire and explosions on a beachhead. Pictures of boats being lowered for soldiers to advance on the beachhead. Animation shows forces arriving at Tanapag Harbor. U.S. troops in landing crafts. Activity at a line of departure. Fire and explosions on a beach as aircraft drop bombs.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064876
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