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A Japanese officer briefs crewmen as a submarine gets underway in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.

A Japanese submarine gets underway in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II. Crewmen on the deck of the submarine as an officer briefs them. The submarine gets underway at sea. Sailors in the foreground wave their hats.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675066684
P-38s of U.S. Army 13th Air Force demonstrate ability to drop auxiliary tanks during World War II in Pacific Theater

November 25, 1943 13th Air Force, South Pacific,during World War 2. A flight of three P-38s in formation with cumulus clouds behind them. Two are being photographed from the third airplane. The lead P-38 demonstrates ability to improve performance for aerial combat, by jettisoning its long range 250 gallon drop tanks and accelerating ahead of the other aircraft.

Date: 1943, November 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030627
Allied soldiers aboard USS Talamanca (AF-15) underway in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Allied troops on USS Talamanca (AF-15) in the South Pacific during World War II. Soldier wearing life jacket stands at rail of a ship. Soldier walks along the deck of a ship. Heavy roll throws him against rail. Soldier's face as he looks out of wake of the ship.

Date: 1944
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074672
U.S. Marine SBDs and other aircraft attack Japanese-held Islands in the Pacific during world war II.

A film titled 'Pacific Milk Run' . Formations of U.S. B-25 bombers, TBF torpedo bombers,and F4U Corsair fighters, in flight. U.S. Marines flying Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. A map shows the Japanese-held Gilbert, Marshall, Marianas, Caroline, and Solomon Islands in the Pacific. Marine Corps SBDs taking off and landing on a coral runway. Marine aircrews at breakfast mess. Intelligence officer confers with Marine Major General. Marine aircrews being briefed about a mission. Pilot and rear gunner board an SBD and take off on a mission with other SBDs as well as F4U Corsairs, and B-25 Mitchell bombers. SBDs peel off to attack Japanese targets. View from cockpit of a B-25 in formation with others. B-25s dropping bombs. Japanese aircraft rise to defend against the U.S. aircraft, including Zekes (Mitsubishi A6M Zeros); Nates (Nakajima Ki-27s) and Tonys ( Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft). U.S. Corsairs engage the Japanese aircraft in dogfights. Marine SBD bombs a Japanese transport ship. U.S. aircraft formations returning from mission. An SBD lands and parks. Crew chief is briefed by pilot and begins repairs of battle damage. Marine aircrews play baseball and later drink beer.

Date: 1943
Duration: 17 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037765
Battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas of Pacific Ocean and rescue at sea, during World War II

World War2, the Pacific Theater. United States battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas. Heavy sea breaks over the bow of the ship. Ship submerges in sea up to the deck at bow. Seamen in a small boat Raft in rough seas as men rescued in whaleboat. Whaleboat picks up men in rough sea. Two rubber life rafts in water. Men rescued in life rafts. Whaleboat in rough seas. Six life rafts come alongside a ship. U.S. sailors and Marines being rescued. Navy TBM airborne in flight and drops smoke flare. Men in rubber life rafts. Three life rafts with men in them in open seas.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049007
American offensive campaigns in Europe and Pacific Theater during World War 2

Fall of Benito Mussolini in Italy. Mussolini seen speaking to a crowd and shaking his fist. Sicily surrenders to Allied troops during World War II. German soldiers holding white surrender flags march forward. Civilians in Italy cheer the arrival of smiling American soldiers. Scene changes to American B-25 bomber aircraft dropping bombs over Japanese positions in Pacific Theater. Close view of bombardier calibrating position and bombs away from bomb bay doors toward Japanese-held targets. Gun camera footage of Allied aircraft attacking Nazi German Wolfpack submarines in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied aircraft, including B-25 bombers, bombing German industry and cities during a night raid. In England, United Kingdom, church service is held open to the sky in the ruins of bombed out Coventry Cathedral, which had been destroyed by German Luftwaffe blitz bombing of Britain. Clergy, robed choir members, and British parishioners seen at the enthronement service of Bishop of Coventry Neville Gorton in 1943, enclosed only by the exterior walls of St. Michaels, Coventry Cathedral.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058345