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United States Marines captures Saipan in the Mariana Islands during the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Final stages of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. carrier-based airplanes land at and are refueled at a captured airfield renamed as Conroy Airfield. Bombers and fighters take off to bomb Japanese positions on the northern tip of Saipan. Smoke billows up from a Japanese ammunition dump by U.S. bombings. U.S. Marine Commander Carlson confers with an officer. Marines and tanks advance. Mortars are fired at Japanese pillboxes and caves on a hill. Smoke billows up from the hillside. The marines continue advancing. Animated map connects Saipan with Tokyo and the Philippines. The marines after the capture of Saipan.

Location: Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 4 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061528
Battle for Leyte Gulf between the Allied naval-air forces and the Japanese naval-air forces.

Animation shows Allied naval-air attack over the Philippines islands during the Battle for Leyte Gulf against the Japanese naval-air forces in October 1944. The battle is fought around a chain of islands such as Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. (World War II period).

Location: Leyte Philippines
Date: 1944, October
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029329
Battle for Leyte Gulf between the Allied Naval Air Forces and the Japanese Naval Air Forces.

Animation shows Allied Naval Air attack over the Philippines island of Leyte during the Battle for Leyte Gulf against the Japanese Naval Air Forces in October 1944. The battle is fought around a chain of islands such as Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. Allied 3rd and 7th naval fleet launch a massive attack and cripple the Japanese naval-air support. Results show heavy damage inflicted to Japanese Naval Air Forces. (World War II period).

Location: Leyte Philippines
Date: 1944, October
Duration: 4 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029330
Preparations for bombing, and bombing of Tokyo, Japan, by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.

From "The Last Bomb", shows U.S. Army Air Forces conventional bombing of Japan in 1945, during World War 2. Map shows take off points in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Guam Island shores. Houses and mountains in Guam. Civilians in village. U.S. military equipment, ammunition, vehicles and aircraft parked at airfield. Men around tents. Men at airfield engaged in morning activities. B-29 aircraft parked and others taxi at airfield. Technicians work on aircraft engines. Men manning B29s. Men board B29s. Sign reads 'Headquarters XXI Bomber Command'. General Curtis LeMay around chart planning raid on Japan's industrial areas. Other officers in room. Officer stand up as General Curtis leaves. Officers discuss the plan of attack. Bombs including GP bombs transferred at airfield. Submarines speed up in water to take up positions. Officers at headquarters in discussion. Officers talk on phone. Officer around flight status panel carry out visual progress of the flights. Officer marks positions. Time table for statistics of each wing on wall. B29s taxis for take off at airfield.

Location: Guam Mariana Islands
Date: 1945
Duration: 7 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051971
USAF personnel and Filipino snake caretakers look on as an airman lifts and exhibits a python at the Jungle Survival School.

An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The PACAF (Pacific Air Forces) Jungle Survival School at Clark Air Force Base on Luzon Island, Philippines. A USAF airman picks up a python. A Filipino snake caretaker helps him. Other personnel look on as the airman holds the python and lifts it up to his shoulder. The personnel take a look at the python as one touches it. The demonstrator holds another snake curled around his arm. The python crawls on the ground between the personnel's feet. Two Filipino snake caretakers stand nearby. 'PACAF Jungle Survival School' sign on the picket fence. Airmen in an enclosure. Tress and plant in the compound. Airmen leave the compound with their military rucksacks and get onto a truck.

Location: Luzon Island Philippines
Date: 1967, February 7
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021584
Events showing the surrender of Japanese forces to the Allied forces in the Pacific Theater at the end of World War 2

Following victory over Japan in World War 2, a map shows the surrender of Japanese troops to Allied forces in different regions of Pacific Theater during World War II. On Cebu Island in the Philippines, U.S. 8th Army soldiers march several thousand Japanese prisoners along a road. Command of Japanese 34th Army hands over his saber. American soldiers gather piles of swords received in surrender from the Japanese forces. View of mist hanging over Governor's Palace (The Mansion) in Baguio Philippines. General Wainwright and General Percival arrive by car at the mansion. Japanese General Yamashita arrives next and enters the building. General Tomoyuki Yamashita signs surrender documents as General Wainwright and other Allied officers look on. General Yamashita is taken to New Bilibid prison and is seen being escorted into a prison cell.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945, August
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058332
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