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Australian troops advance in Madang, New Guinea.

General MacArthur's Forces win new bases in Pacific. View of General MacArthur walking with officers. Australian troops advance in Madang, New Guinea. Native tribes help the soldiers. The Aussie troops wade in water. They crossover a wooden bridge balanced on a large stone. Allied dive bombers strike Japanese positions. Aussie troops advance cautiously. The ferret out Japanese troops from trenches and caves with hand grenades. The read mail from home. An Austraiian clowns around after capturing Japanese base, by walking down road with no clothing on his rear end. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041814
Divers dive from the French superliner 'Normandie' capsized in Hudson River in New York, United States.

The SS Normandie passenger ship capsized in the Hudson River off New York City, New York, United States. A diver wearing a scuba diving suit prepares to dive. Other people help the diver to put on his helmet and adjust it The diver steps down from a ladder into the water. Other sailors aboard hold and loosen their ropes. Three divers float in the river near a pier on the side of the ocean liner.

Date: 1943, March 7
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056391
Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm departs Jersey City, New Jersey, carrying Japanese Nationals and Issei (First generation Japanese) being repatriated to Japan during World War II

Opening scene shows deck of the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm, as it is departing Jersey City, New Jersey, with Japanese Nationals and Issei (First generation Japanese) aboard, who are being repatriated from the United States to Japan, during World War 2. The Swedish First Mate is seen on deck speaking with two Red Cross women dressed in white. The Swedish flag is seen in the background. A very small Japanese boy squats on the deck and watches several Lehigh Valley Railroad barges passing nearby, including one containing a house. Glimpse of the Gripsholm's Captain and a sailor on deck. Japanese women walk about on the deck and join other passengers and some crew who are looking across the Hudson River at the Manhattan, New York City skyline.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058281
Swedish Liner M.S. Gripsholm prepares to depart Jersey City, New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan during World War II

Picture begins showing workmen using crane and cable to lower a bulkhead support into the cargo hold ot the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm as it prepares for departure from Jersey City, New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan in World War 2. View from above of the men sorting large boxes containing passengers' property. Three small Japanese boys are seen on deck, looking at something in hand of the biggest of them. They walk away and smile when they see the camera filming them. Members of the ship's crew examine the boxes in the cargo hold, and fasten steel straps on a box without them. A Japanese official dressed all in white converses with several Japanese men on deck. View from rear of a passenger at the ship's railing looking at the Manhattan, New York City skyline across the Hudson River from Jersey City. The Swedish flag billows in the breeze nearby. Tugboats ply the river. Views of fresh fish provisions in large refrigerator locker. Crew member holds one up for the camera.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058285
Girls cover their faces as they show off their legs at the prettiest legs beauty contest in Palisade Park, New Jersey.

The prettiest legs contest in Palisade Park, New Jersey (Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S). A girl shows off her legs with her upper body behind a cardboard with a cartoon on it. Contestants cover their faces with sacks and walk down a ramp. Contestants are wearing swimsuits. Boys look on from behind a fence. Audiences clap. A girl shows her legs as they protrude from a cut out. A man tears apart the cut out and girl steps in front of the cut out. The winner of the competition is shown smiling.

Date: 1943, July 26
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059037
The Mayor of New York La Guardia interviews Sergeant John Basilone after he received the 'Medal of Honor' (WW2)

United States Marine Corps Sergeant John Basilone being interviewed in New York during World War II. The Mayor of New York Fiorello Henry La Guardia interviews him. The mayor in his office with the sergeant. La Guardia welcomes Basilone and they shake hands. Sergeant Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his work for the country. The mayor interviews him about the combat against the Japanese. The mayor makes a statement concerning war bonds.

Date: 1943, September 4
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062161