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An American flying boat PBY Catalina carrying soldiers and correspondents in flight to Mindanao,Philippines.

The soldiers and war correspondents being transferred aboard the U.S. Navy PBY Catalina of the 2d Emergency Rescue Squadron from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines during World War II. The PBY Catalina in flight. The coastline of an island in view. Inhabited areas in the island and rocky terrain in the island. The aircraft in flight in the sky. Two aircraft in flight. A vessel in the ocean. Few vessels in the ocean water.

Date: 1944, October 20
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054895
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers move to invade Los Negros in the South West Pacific during World War II.

An orientation film about the American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. A U.S. Army intelligence officer reads a document as he studies American strategy to attack Japanese positions on the Admiralty Island in the South West Pacific. An officer at a map of Los Negros. Aerial views of the island. An aircraft lands on sea and soldiers in rubber rafts move towards the island. Soldiers reconnoiter the island. An officer at a map and he makes a phone call to confirm the strategy to be followed for the attack in the South West Pacific. Nearly 800 soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division assemble for the attack. They embark onto Higgins boat at a beach and pull away. The soldiers get aboard a ship at sea. A convoy of U.S. ships underway to invade Los Negros. Officers aboard the ship confer. Naval guns being fired at the coast of Los Negros. Aircraft in flight as they provide an aerial cover. The soldiers get into landing crafts from a ship. The aircraft in flight.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059146
Wounded U.S. soldiers being treated during Pacific campaign of World War II, Pacific Ocean Theater.

U.S. soldiers land on an enemy island and being wounded in action during a Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. troops care for wounded soldiers being hit during initial enemy attacks. Another wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher inland. Wounded soldier being placed on a jeep. Shell blasts on the island. Jeep pulls away. U.S. tanks advance on island. Wounded soldiers of U.S. army being brought at a field hospital. First aid and plasma being given to wounded soldier by medics. Leg of a wounded soldier affected by gangrene being treated. Wounded soldiers being loaded into ambulances and evacuated. Enemy shells fire on island as smoke rises from explosions.

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060303
A Japanese film describes her Empire ambitions in the early 1930s

Film opens with animated map showing Japan and its nearby Asian mainland neighbors. Arrows from Japan point to areas and islands that Japan considers part of the Japanese empire. In addition to Pacific islands, they include Asian mainland places, Manchuria, and the Sakhalin Islands. The map shows the Northern limit of Japan's territorial reach with a line drawn on the map at about 47 degrees North latitude. The map shows the reach of Japan's empire extending South to include all of Manchuria and in the Pacific to encompass all the scattered islands in the Pacific accessible to Japan. The map begins drawing a circular boundary to the East encompassing all these areas of the Japanese Empire. Film shifts to Japanese navy warships patrolling the Eastern Pacific boundaries of the Empire, and bi-wing aircraft flying in formation overhead. Rising sun symbol seen on underwings of biplanes. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō who was later Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War is seen seen as a young Admiral in 1895. Next, he is seen in 1934 at the age of 86, coming out of a barn and walking toward the camera. He is bent over and walks slowly, dressed in woolens and wearing thick eye glasses. (He died on May 30, 1934.)

Date: 1934
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675061004
Landscapes, volcanoes and waterfalls in Hawaii, United States.

A film about places of interest in Hawaii, United States. A lush green mountain overlooking a sea. A waterfall in a forest. Passenger aircraft landing at airport on Hawaii Island (the Big Island) and it taxis after landing. Orchids bloom on the island. A puff of smoke rises from a volcano. A boat underway at sea. A man surfing. People playing tennis. People play golf at a golf course. A woman relaxes and sun bathes. A man in 1970s fashions walking. Various flowers including orchids. A child swims in a pool. People seated, standing, and waling on a beach. A woman seated near a beach cove with her feet in the water. A paraglider in flight over water. Traditional Hawaiian boats in a cove. A Woman walking among flowers and plants, and view of a waterfall. Cattle at Parker Ranch. A couple on a vacation and walking on grounds of their hotel. View of hotel pool. Couple on the island attend a luau and wear flower leis around their necks. Smoke rises from a volcano crater. Women perform Hula dance as men and women look on and enjoy a dinner at an outdoor table. A painting of a sunset.

Date: 1978
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065939
U.S. aircraft bomb Japanese positions and ships in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft bombard Japanese positions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A map of the area. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight over islands in the Pacific. The aircraft fly in formation. A Japanese cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser being bombed. A gun sight aiming point view of the cruiser being strafed. Explosions occur at sea. Enemy barges being attacked by the aircraft. Smoke rises at sea. U.S. aircraft bomb Munda Airfield. Smoke rises from the shoreline of the Munda island. Bombs being released over Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands. Bombs impact and columns of smoke rise.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066601