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Mortar carrier T-21 at Aberdeen proving ground in USA.

Mortar carrier T-21 circles the field at Aberdeen proving ground. It moves over rough and level terrain. Soldiers open rear door revealing mortar. Soldier climbs into the carrier and inspects grenades and other equipment. (Note: The 4.2" M2 heavy mortar recoil was hard on the halftrack chassis so the T-21 was cancelled and never adopted.) (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024693
Japanese bombers take off to attack Port Darwin, Australia, during World War II

"Bombing Raid on Port Darwin". An animated map with Japanese writing shows course of Japanese Air Force bombing mission (probably from Poeloeti-Penfui Airfield, West Timor) against Port Darwin, Australia, during World War 2. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bombers taking off on the mission. Airmen on the field wave their hats at the departing planes. View from nose greenhouse of a bomber breaking ground on takeoff. Formation of G4Ms in flight. View inside, of pilots in cockpit. Pilot holding control yoke. Japanese writing on cloth fastened near right cockpit window.Crew members eating lunch en route in flight.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024833
Child naming ceremony or Miyamairi at local Shinto shrine in Japan (WW2)

Parents take a newborn baby for a Miyamairi (literally "shrine visit") to pray for good health at a Shinto shrine in Japan, during World War II. A Japanese man writes his child’s name using a calligraphy pen. Man displays his child’s name in front of an altar. A Japanese couple takes their newborn child to a Shinto shrine. The couple and the child’s grandmother sit in front of a clerk. The grandmother holds the child as mother sits next to her. The Shinto priest recites a prayer and swings a tamagushi right and left. The priest gives holy sake to the mother for the child. She feeds sake (symbolically) to child and then she drinks it. Priest folds the paper of Japanese writing and gives it to the family.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024915
USS warships shell Makin Island.

USS Baltimore shells Makin Island and LCs head in for landing. USS Mississippi fires. Smoke arises. USS Baltimore fires 5 inches guns. Sailors in battle gear, including steel helmets. Artillery mounted on ship is fired. Large column of smoke and fire arise from island. Warships at sea. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 5 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024944
U.S. warships fire and U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb Makin Island.

U.S. ships at the Makin Island. Armor-piercing and landing crafts fire in the foreground. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb island. U.S. Navy SOC Seagulls in flight over island. USS BB and USS CA fire 5 inch guns. Landing Crafts and Island in background. Smoke column rises over island and planes pass over island. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024945
Various people from relocation centers employed in different vocations by WRA offices in United States (WW2)

United States Relocation Program for Japanese-American civilians in World War II. A Japanese couple walks in Midwest. Building and houses at the Relocation Center. Civilians leave the Center and War Relocation Authority (WRA) offices provide employment to them. A Japanese man works in crop of corns and check corn bugs in Illinois. Another works with machine in a factory. A Japanese nurse gives medicine to a woman lay on bed in women surgical ward of a hospital. A man operates tractor in a field. A boy works on machine in a factory to make kitchen equipment.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026112