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A plane taxis and takes off from an airstrip at the Galapagos Islands.

U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. View of an airstrip on the Galapagos Islands. A plane taxis and takes off from the airstrip. Jeeps parked on the airfield. Two men stand and talk.

Date: 1943, September 8
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033675
A landing boat comes ashore with a jeep, Concord CL-10 in the background and men work on a radio on Clipperton Island.

U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. View of Clipperton Island. USS Concord CL-10 in the background. A landing boat comes ashore with a jeep. Men get off the boat. A man in the jeep. Men run behind the jeep. They push it. The jeep gets stuck in the soil. Men work on a radio on the beach.

Date: 1943, September 14
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033677
Byrd expedition to Clipperton Island, loading rafts onto jeeps.

U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. A group of men and a jeep on a beach in at Clipperton Island. USS Concord CL-10 in background. An officer gets in the jeep and drives away. A man sitting on a barrel puts on his trousers. A Navy seaplane flies overhead. The plane makes a close pass. Men stand in a group. Men load a raft onto a trailer. The jeep is driven away, raft and trailer in tow.

Date: 1943, September 15
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033681
B-29's on Northern Marianas Islands during World War II

U.S. B-29 bombers of the 73rd Bomb Wing, at Isley Field, Saipan, during Second World War in Pacific. Seen are those of the 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V") and 498th Bomb Group (Tail Code "T"). Also seen are B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing, stationed on Guam, including those of the 29th Bomb Group (Tail Code "O") and the 330th Bomb Group (Tail Code "K "). Load of bombs on trailer. Bombs under B-29s which are ready for loading. Ground Crews turning props through on B-29s prior to starting. Flight crews boarding aircraft. Briefing chart of mission showing courses from Marianas Islands to Japan and back. Ground crews stacking bombs near aircraft. Brief glimpse of a surfaced submarine underway. Lines of B-29s taxiing and taking off.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034500
P-51s from Iwo Jima escort B-29s from Marianas Islands on bombing mission against Japan in Second World War

U.S. Army Air Force VII Fighter Command P-51s operating bomber escort missions from Iwo Jima, in World War II. Aerial views of Iwo Jima and airfield. A military cemetery. Several dump trucks working on ground improvements. View of Army camp. Long line of parked P-51s. Three officers looking at chart depicting B-29 mission paths from Marianas Islands to Japan and back. P-51 starting engines. Name on one aircraft is 'The Deacon'. Aircraft pulls out of parking area, second one follows. Formation of B-29s, including some from Saipan-based 73rd Bomb Wing, 499th Bomb Group (Tail Code "V"). Views of interior of a B-29 with crew members at their duty stations. P-51 fighter escorts join up with the bombers. View of escorting fighters from inside B-29 looking through gunners bubble. Formation begins to encounter Japanese Flak. P-51s peel off and are seen maneuvering near the B-29s. Views of gunner rotating turret on a bomber.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034502
Operations Crossroads atomic tests. Official observers arriving in Marshall Islands.

Several C-54 aircraft of Air Transport Command arrive carrying official observers for the Operation Crossroads atomic tests in the Marshall Islands. Tropical showers are occurring. Spare propellers for B-29 planes seen stored onsite.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034521