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U.S. Marines shown in combat aftermath on Saipan

U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A Japanese tank on fire. A wounded Marine being given blood plasma and first aid. Wounded on litters placed into a jeep ambulance. A wounded man being looked after by a doctor. Wounded being made to lie down on a litter and being placed into a jeep ambulance. A dead Japanese machine gunner near a gun mounted on a tripod.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059665
Japanese fighter planes attack grounded U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress planes in Saipan during World War II.

Japanese air raid over Saipan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers parked at an airfield in Saipan, Mariana Islands. Crewmen work on a B-29. Pilots being briefed by USAAF Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnel. B-29s take off from an airbase. B-29s fly through flak. Bombing of Tokyo by B-29s. Wreckage of B-29s after Japanese air raid on Saipan. Firefighters in action. Black smoke rises from the burning B-29s. A Japanese plane goes into a kamikaze suicide dive over Saipan.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060196
The battle of Saipan during World War II in the Pacific.

U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The 4th Marine Division advances on the eastern side of Saipan. Marines fire rifles. The 2nd Marine Division fires at enemy snipers. The 8th Marine Regiment advances amidst heavy firing. A Marine M3 Stuart (M3A1) light tank equipped with flamethrower (Satan flame tank) is seen in action. Marines moving slowly behind a tank. Two marines running, under fire, carrying a wounded on a stretcher. Others run for cover before a huge explosion. The 8th Marines capturing Mount Tapochau. The 4th Division moving M16 rocket launchers into position for deployment. barrages of rockets striking distant targets in the Bluff Point area. Closeup of rockets being fired from launcher on back of a truck. Map showing Saipan and the disposition of the various Marine units as of 24 June, 1944. American P-47 aircraft parked at Aslito airfield. One has the name "Rosemary" painted across its engine cowling. P-47s taking off on 26 June, to strike at Tinian. A Grumman TBF Avenger is seen taking off at the same time. Another status map shows improved U.S. positions.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064888
U.S. Naval bombardment of Saipan during World War II

Views from a U.S. warship firing its guns at Saipan, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rising from strikes along the shoreline. At TC:00:17, a smoke ring can be seen from a gun. View from deck above pair of 5-inch guns firing. A twin Bofors 40mm gun, quiet, but ready for action. Shell explosion raising water near the ship. A huge fireball rising from a shell strike ashore. A flush deck destroyer near the camera ship. Empty shell casings littering a gun deck. Sailors directing water hoses on gun batteries to cool them. Sailor Fire fighter dragging a hose up to a gun battery where another sailor uses it to cool gun barrels. Gunners throwing spent shells into a well on deck. Series of explosions in the water near the shore. The Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in Dazzle camouflage paint, nearby. Sailors eating rations on camera ship deck. A battleship in camouflage paint, firing heavy guns at Saipan. Sailors aboard camera ship looking over the railing at something of interest. Behind them are stacks of spent shell casings. View of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on catapult aboard the camera ship. Glimpse of what appears to be a triple turret of 6-inch guns. A Navy pilot, in flight gear, walks on deck, where sailors are stacking spent shell casings. Empty plane catapult in background.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067419
An oil abatement product is thrown in water and a H-52 helicopter photographs a fire on the water offthe shore of Newport.

An oil abatement experiment aboard USS Compton (DD-705) off the shore of Newport, Rhode Island. A small civilian tanker laying oil on the surface of water for the experiment resulting in an oil slick on the surface of water. Officers and men on the deck of USS Compton. A United States Coast Guard (USCG) H-52 Seaguard helicopter hovers over the water in the background. Crewmen walk back and forth in the foreground carrying bags of an oil abatement product. The H-52 hovers close over USS Compton. A bag of the product is handed over to a man on the deck. The man walks off. A USCG patrol boat in the open sea. Oil slick on the surface of water off the side of the destroyer. A man stands looking down over a side in the foreground. The product being dumped over the side from the bags. Grayish powder on the surface of water. Empty bags float on the surface of water. A weather deck passageway. An officer runs down the passageway. Smoke over water on the starboard side of the ship. A fire burns off the starboard bow. Black smoke rises. Men on the weather deck. The smoke fills the area in the background. Men rush with a fire hose. A fire burning on the surface of water. Smoke rises from the fire. The H-52 circles to photograph the fire. It hovers some distance from the fire. A little bit of smoke drifts from the fire as it stops burning. The smoke hangs over the surface of water after the fire has burned out.

Date: 1970, May 20
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068272
U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops wade through water and walk past wreckage of a village in Ulithi Atoll.

U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. The soldiers wade through water to board a landing barge. A soldier with a bandaged leg is helped by other soldiers in the water. Two soldiers with carbine advance warily towards ruins of a house. The troops looking from a hole in a damaged concrete wall of the house . A U.S. airplane in flight over a jungle. The soldiers advance through a jungle terrain. They walk past wreckage of a village in the jungle terrain. The soldiers advancing.

Date: 1944, September 24
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069712