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Bodies committed to ocean and Marine rifle salute in mass funeral ceremony aboard USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Pacific Ocean.

Mass funeral aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Pacific Ocean. Bodies committed to ocean in Mass Funeral Ceremony. Multiple crews of six men each carry dead sailors, wrap each in the U.S. flag, place them on a board and tip them into the ocean. Marines fire rifle salute. View of sheet covered bodies on lower deck awaiting burial at sea. The 50 men were killed in a January 21, 1945 accident when a TBF Avenger returned from a sortie in the area of Formosa (Taiwan). It landed on the deck and taxied near the island, and then exploded killing 50 men and injuring 75. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055313
Post-World War II scenes in Communist occupied areas of Europe and Asia

Animated map shows thrust of German forces during invasion of Soviet Russia in World War 2. Stalingrad is highlighted as a turning point. Another animated map shows Soviet territorial gains at the end of the war, as narrator discusses the disposition of those places and their respective populations, as in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. He also discusses Soviet zones of occupation. Animated map shows "Iron Curtain." Soviet troops on parade. Soviet ZSU-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) on display during a parade in 1945. A stadium filled with people in Soviet-occupied East Germany, in 1949. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, the first President of the German Democratic Republic, is seen in the stands. Young East German women parade in traditional costumes, clapping their hands, in the stadium. Waterfront scenes show Soviet trade activities with post-war occupied entities. Scenes of conflict as Chinese communist forces expel Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces (ROC) from mainland China to Formosa (Taiwan), in 1949. A litter-borne casualty and a refugee mother and small girl are seen.

Date: 1949
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064331
USAAF XX Bomber Command B-29s attack Japanese positions on Formosa in World War II

U.S. Army Air Forces XX Bomber Command Operations during World War 2. A Boeing B-29-10-BW Superfortress, number 42-6347, named "King Size," of the 462nd Bombardment Group, 769th Bombardment Squadron. It is seen here, at their forward operating base on Kiunglai Airfield, China. Tents are seen near the flight line. Numerous bombs are lined up on the ground ready to be loaded aboard the bomber. A B-29 taking off at nightfall. A formation of B-29s in flight. Bombs being dropped over Japanese installations at Hatto, Formosa (aka Taiwan). View of B-29 landing after the mission. (Note. Formosa was a Japanese colonial territory from 1895 to 1945.)

Date: 1944, October 18
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043949
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers take off from USS Essex (CV-9) and fly over Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II.

Planes from USS Essex (CV-9) strike Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers in flight over Eiko airstrip in Taiwan. TBFs in flight over water. U.S. carriers underway at sea. Airman opens canopy of TBF parked on flight deck of carrier.

Date: 1945, January 4
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074359
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger bombers bomb grounded Japanese planes at Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II.

Planes from USS Essex (CV-9) strike Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II. Aerial views of mountain range in Taiwan. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers in flight over mountains. Bombs burst on grounded planes at Eiko airstrip. Smoke billows up due to explosions.

Date: 1945, January 4
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074360
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger bombers bomb Japanese Eiko airstrip, Taiwan during World War II.

Planes from USS Essex (CV-9) strike Eiko Airstrip, Taiwan during World War II. Aerial views of towns and inhabited areas in Taiwan. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger bombers in flight over Eiko Airstrip. Interior views of TBF Avenger showing gunner adjusting oxygen mask and firing gun.

Date: 1945, January 4
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074361
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