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U.S. personnel salvage a sunken LC (Landing Craft) in Purata Island.

U.S. salvage operations in Purata Island, Bougainville. PT (torpedo boat) boats and LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized) at a beach. U.S. personnel salvage a sunken LC (landing Craft). A large active volcano in background. A small island with palm trees. Several LCMs tied up together.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053304
President Franklin Roosevelt celebrates Christmas with his family in Hyde Park.

The United States President Franklin Roosevelt and his family in Hyde Park. He celebrates Christmas with his family at his home. President Roosevelt seated on a chair surrounded by his wife, children and grand children. A decorated Christmas tree in the background. Two grandchildren of President Roosevelt sit on his lap.

Date: 1943
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053537
A survey of the damage on the captured island of Munda after U.S. 13th Air Force bombardment during World War II.

Damage at Munda Point, Solomon Islands after U.S. 13th Air Force bombardment during World War II. The damage is surveyed by U.S. officers. Wreckage of Japanese aircraft and installations. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers are removed by U.S. troops. Gun emplacements are made. Bulldozers level the ground. Heavy construction equipment is operated to level a hill. U.S. bomber aircraft on a flight line at a newly constructed U.S. airfield. A bomber takes off from an airstrip.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060503
USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress, C-47 Skytrain and other airplanes parked at an airbase in Munda, Solomon Islands.

United States Army Air Forces aircraft at an airbase in Munda, Solomon Islands during World War II. USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress and C-47 Skytrain parked at the airbase. B-17 crew waits under the wing of an airplane. B-25 Mitchell airplane in flight over the area. U.S. Navy PBY-5A Catalina taxis on the airbase.

Date: 1943, October 20
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063015
First footage of Allied Invasion of Bougainville during World War 2

The Allied Invasion of Bougainville. Distant island view through rigging of a ship. On ship, large caliber machine gun is fired. Troops getting ready on deck of ship. Senior officer reads final orders. Numerous landing craft in water. Troops descending side of ship into landing craft. Side view of invasion destroyer. Landing craft in surf near island. Landing craft beaching. Plane flies over head. Troops wade through surf attempting to reach beach. Rear view of hundred of troops massed on beach. Soldiers walk around huts. Bodies of dead Japanese. Troops offload supplies from a landing craft.

Date: 1943, November 1
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078596
U.S forces intercept and shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Bougainville Island (WW2)

United States airmen on wing and fueling a P-38 Lightning aircraft to prepare for a mission in World War II. A military jeep carrying some airmen drives by. An airman gets off the jeep and runs to a P-38. The United States airman climbs the P-38 and takes his seat, his comrade closes the aircraft canopy. An airman closes his aircraft canopy. A P-38 with engines running. A fighter-bomber (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) begins to taxi in the airfield. An airman in the control tower signals using a light. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning takes off from the airfield. A group of Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft zoom in the sky. Aerial shot of Bougainville Island coast. Japanese Zeroes flying in the sky, seen via gun camera footage. Two Japanese bombers are flying, one of the bombers catches fire after it was attacked by American aircraft. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning slightly angles in a maneuver. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning fires at the Japanese in front. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning chases and fires at the Japanese aircraft, a Mitsubishi Betty. Cockpit aims at Japanese aircraft. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning fires, the Japanese bomber is hit and explodes into a ball of fire. Three Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft fly in the sky. Three airmen, Lieutenant Besby Holmes, Captain Tom Lanphier and Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, laugh facing the camera. Ending slate.

Date: 1943, April 18
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078973