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U.S. Task Force shoots down three Japanese aircraft in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Saipan during World War II.

U.S. Forces shoot down enemy airplanes and submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Task Force underway at sea off the coast of Saipan. Three Japanese aircraft attack ships. Naval guns being fired at the airplanes. The airplanes being shot down. An aircraft bursts into flames and falls into sea. A U.S. aircraft attacks a German U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The U boat being strafed and sinks into the sea.

Date: 1944, April 24
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059355
Sunset view of the U.S. submarines underway on the surface in the Pacific Ocean, off Hawaii, during World War II.

U.S. submarines underway in the Pacific Ocean headed toward home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. Sunset view of the ocean. Silhouette of the submarine . Aerial view of submarines underway.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076129
United States naval guns down Japanese torpedo airplanes in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

A U.S. convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean heads for a raid on the Marshall Islands during World War II. F4U Corsair fighter airplanes with wings folded on the deck of a U.S. carrier underway. U.S. anti-aircraft guns down two Japanese torpedo airplanes. A Japanese airplane in flames falls in the ocean off the stern of the ship. A sailor lies down on the deck of the U.S. carrier as the flaming airplane passes. Another Japanese aircraft crosses behind the ship and also crashes in flames.

Date: 1944, January 3
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061494
United States Navy's radioman, George Tweed is rescued and U.S. destroyer crew in Guam.

Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 10
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050428
Admiral Chester Nimitrz visits the flagship, USS Rocky Mount and Kwajaleln Island during World War II

Admiral Chester William Nimitz , Commander in Chief of Pacific Ocean Areas, visits flagship USS Rocky Mount and Kwajalein Island during World War 2. View from the USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) as a US Navy PB2Y Coronado seaplane approaches, lands in the water. and taxis toward it. An officer stands above steps leading aboard the ship. An unidentified small transport ship and small boat are in the background. two small launches are tied to the Rocky Mount. Admiral Chester Nimitz, Pacific fleet commander, is seen from the Rocky Mount as he ascends ladder to the ship's deck. View is looking downward from behind a Navy cinematographer. Admiral Nimitz is greeted by officers aboard the ship. Boarding the USS Rocky Mount, immediately behind Admiral Nimitz, is Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr., Commanding General of all Army personnel in the Pacific. He is also greeted by the officers on deck. Next, Rear Admiral Richmond Turner is seen boarding the Rocky Mount. (The Rocky Mount served as his flagship when he directed operations against Kwajalein.) Various views of the officers mingling and conversing on the deck. Scene shifts to Admiral Nimitz and accompanying officers posing for a photograph on the Kwajalein Island. He and members of his party are all wearing steel helmets. In one scene they are surrounded by military photographers as Admiral Turner (in garrison cap) points out areas of interest to Admiral Nimitz. Ensuing scenes show the officers examining the remains of Japanese fortifications and weapons on the island. Admiral Nimitz converses with three soldiers who have been bathing on the shore. More views of the group amidst debris on the island. They board three waiting jeeps

Date: 1944, February 5
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072045
Japanese Kamikaze planes attack U.S. ships during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

Japanese aircraft attacks U.S. ships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. Navy OS (Operations Specialist) seated before a radar. An aircraft in flight overhead. View aboard U.S. ship underway in the Pacific. A telephone operator looks up into the sky while he talks over the phone. Gun crew on single 40MM gun, training gun. A trainer on a gun. Ships underway at sea in background. A 5 inch gun is fired. Flak in the sky. A Coast Guard personnel loads clips into a 40mm twin bofor gun. A Japanese plane hits water after being shot down. Gun crew on 20MM gun fires at enemy aircraft. A Japanese Kamikaze plane hits a flight deck in a ball of flame. Coast Guard crew on 20mm gun fire at Japanese plane. Japanese plane in flight, tracer streaking through sky. American carrier covered in smoke after being hit by Japanese Kamikaze plane. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) fire all guns at Japanese aircraft. Sky filled with flak. Japanese aircraft heads for water. A 40mm gun is fired. Japanese plane strikes water. Twin 40mm gun is fired. Men load clips into the 40mm gun. Japanese plane hits water. Guns aboard the ship are fired. Coast Guard photographer shoots the movies. An officer looks through binoculars.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053281