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Various scenes of United States Marine invasion of Guadalcanal, captured Japanese soldiers under watch during WW2

Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.

Date: 1942, August 7
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078495
Jungle combat, bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, rebuilding of Henderson Field by United States Marines during Battle of Guadalcanal in WW2

United States marines in jungle combat during Battle of Guadalcanal in World War 2. United States marines march in jungle at Guadalcanal. United States marines cross a jungle bridge in Guadalcanal. Rifle pyramid with line of United States marines marching in the background. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates the Battle of Guadalcanal from his office. United States marines in the aftermath of assault from Japanese soldiers at the mouth of Alligator Creek in Guadalcanal. Dead Japanese soldiers at the mouth of Alligator Creek in Guadalcanal. Henderson Field (Now known as Honiara International Airport) smoking after attack by the Japanese during Battle of Guadalcanal. United States marines extinguishing a damaged fighter at Henderson Field. United States marine on tractor to repair runway at Henderson Field. B-17 Fling Fortess lands at Henderson Field. Various B-17 bombers parked near field. Close up of bomber names and nows are include “Spook”, “Leis-Lady” and “Boomerang”. United States Army fighter flies over Henderson Field. United States Navy ships sailing near Guadalcanal. A formation of United States Army aircraft fly over United States Navy ships near Guadalcanal. A “V” over the Liberty Bell ringing. Title card reads, "This is a military film not for public showing."

Date: 1942, August 18
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078496
High speed photography shows fireball formation from nuclear weapon testing.

High speed photography shows structure of a fireball as it forms from a large nuclear explosion, possibly from hydrogen bomb, during the Cold War. Dark clouds of smoke cover test site following explosion. Location likely Bikini Atoll.

Date: 1958
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078696
United States UH-19 helicopter lowers radiation measuring device during Cold War.

A United States Army Sikorsky UH-19 Chickasaw helicopter in flight. A United States soldier lowers a nuclear radiation measuring device from the Sikorsky UH-19 Chickasaw helicopter.

Date: 1958
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078697
United States 81st Infantry Division troops treat wounded and advance during Battle of Angaur (WW2)

United States 81st Infantry Division M4 Sherman tanks and troops on the beach head of Angaur during the Pacific War in World War II. Medics carry casualty in stretcher and treat patient on the beach. A soldier holds his helmet to shield a wounded soldier's eyes. Another holds a patient’s IV fluid. More troops land on the beach. 81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” Soldiers receive more ammunition from Higgins boat. The soldiers carry supplies. Japanese fire hits American ammo dump on the beach, creating an explosion. United States troops with water hose put down fire in ammo dump. Major General Paul J. Mueller talking to another military official on Angaur. Officers walk in knee-deep water as they land on the beach. General Mueller inspects Angaur.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080163
81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” attack Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur (WW2)

81st Infantry Division “Wildcats” mortar and artillery crews bombard Japanese positions at Suicide Hill during the Battle of Angaur in World War II. Artillery officers communicate and give orders through telephone and walkie-talkie. An M2 4.2-inch mortar firing as a crewman load shells into it. Explosion from mortar fire hitting Japanese positions. Artillery crew firing howitzer. Crewmen duck and cover their ears as mortar fire. Japanese positions are bombarded by mortar and artillery fire all day and night. Medics treat wounded patients the day after the bombardment. Medics lay down a stretcher carrying a soldier. They place another soldier on a stretcher. The medics carry the soldier away. Medics drive a Jeep carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A wounded man being carried over by two soldiers. Soldiers resting outside a makeshift hospital. A doctor treats the wounds of 322nd Regimental Commander Colonel Benjamin W. Venable. Colonel Venable receives IV fluids Close view of IV fluid bottles hanging from ceiling. Medics carry Colenel Venable out of hospital.

Date: 1944, September
Duration: 2 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080168