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U.S. invasion fleet sails towards Tarawa and destroys Japanese emplacements during the World War II.

U.S. turns offensive in the Pacific theater and captures Tarawa from Japan during the World War II. The U.S. invasion fleet moves toward Tarawa. Sailors on the ship discuss the strategy. A globe showing the Pacific Ocean. Marines on the fleet ships pray. The U.S. Navy opens fire. Explosions on the surface of water. Marines land and fight after a naval bombardment. More reinforcements arrive. Destroyed Japanese emplacements due to the American offensive. Wrecked Japanese weapons on the island. Korean laborers. American construction battalions repair the damaged airfield.

Location: Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033558
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands watches as Dutch Marines parade in her honor.

Princess Juliana of the Netherlands visits Curacao Island, a Dutch colony in South America. Princess Juliana on a motorcade in Willemstad. Curacaoans cheer and welcome the Princess. Princess Juliana receives a bouquet of flowers from an open car. People cheering from colonial Dutch-style houses. Dutch Marines in white uniform forming an honor guard during a parade. United Nation countries (United States, Republic of China, Netherlands, etc) flags pass in review. Princess Juliana watches the parade with Dutch colonial officials.

Location: Curacao Island
Date: 1944
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033600
U.S. military transport aircraft operating from primitive airfield in the Aleutians during World War II

U.S. military personnel gather around the door of a Navy R4D (Navy DC-3) parked on marsden matting ramp at an airbase in the Aleutian Islands (possibly Adak) during World War 2. Camera shifts attention to U.S. Army P-47E aircraft parked near the runway. Tents are pitched nearby and mountains are in the background. The P-40s display the characteristic yellow propeller spinners of the 11th Pursuit Squadron, “Aleutian Tigers,” but do not display more elaborate tiger markings. Back at the R4D, one of the Navy crew is checking passenger names as they board the aircraft. Next, the R4D transport plane is seen starting number 1 engine (#2 is already running). It takes off raising considerable dust as it gains speed. Its identification number, 4-R-107 is visible below the cockpit. After takeoff, it flies past a nearby mountain and circles back and buzzes the field, flying over the runway at about a thousand feet, as it proceeds on its way

Location: Aleutian Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071666
B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the U.S. 314th and 73rd Bomb Wings during World War II

Aerial views of B-29 Superfortress of the 314th Bomb Wing, displaying the Square P tail code of the 39th Bomb Group. It is in flight and flying around the coast of Guam, Marianas Islands, during World War 2. In the far distance, a B-29 is seen taking off from North Field, Guam airstrip. In separate sequence, a B-29 from the the 73rd Bomb Wing, displaying Plain T tail code of the 498th Bomb Group, lands at Isley Field, Saipan, and taxis behind a follow-me jeep. B-29 of the 497th Bomb Group, with tail code Plain A, seen parked on the field.

Location: Marianas Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067206
Crew of grounded Dutch submarine, O-19, being rescued by the U.S. submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) during World War II

A U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft flies low over the submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) as 3 of her crew members paddle a yellow inflated rubber raft to the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, in the Spratly islands, South China Sea, during last month of World War 2. Crew members of the O-19 are seen on her deck. Rescued Dutch sailors seen aboard the USS Cod. Light signals being sent from the O-19, but no crew visible on her deck.

Location: Spratly Islands
Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076085
The USS Cod (SS-224) rescues crew of the Dutch submarine, O-19, from a reef, in South China Sea during World War II

Some of the Officers and men of the Dutch submarine, O-19, are brought to the U.S. submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) aboard yellow inflatable life rafts, after their boat ran aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, in final days of World War 2. They are helped from the life rafts by U.S. sailors. Dutch crewmen smile as they walk along the deck of USS Cod. More crew from the O-19, close by the Cod, step into life rafts. Crew of the Cod pull a raft in close with lines as the Dutch crew members throw personal belongings to deck of the Cod, and climb aboard. Officers and men of the O-19 standing on deck of the USS Cod.

Location: Spratly Islands
Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076086
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