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U.S. airmen help pilot of a crashed U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

U.S. airmen in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Airmen help a U.S. pilot get out of a crashed U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter. Airmen walk around the wrecked plane.

Date: 1943, March 4
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074693
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat rescues downed U.S. Marine Corps pilot in Solomon Islands during World War II.

Rescue of Marine Corps pilot, Milton H. Vedder, who was shot down on April 25, 1943, in an aerial battle over Vangunu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. View from a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat as it takes off and then flies low over islands and water. Two Marine F4U Corsairs are seen flying escort above the PBY. View from the PBY as it lands on the water and taxis past a native shack while approaching Segi Point shoreline. Crewman on PBY looks through binoculars. Native canoe approaches with Lieutenant Vedder. Native and beach observer in a boat. Man in hat is probably coast watcher Donald Kennedy. Rescued pilot Lieutenant Milton N. Vedder, in boat, smokes a cigarette. View from PBY as it takes off. Vedder and others conversing inside the PBY. Several views of the two U.S. Marine F4U Corsair fighter escort aircraft. Other F4Us are seen in distance. (Note: reportedly, the two escorting F4U Corsairs were flown, respectively, by Major Weissenberger, the Commanding Officer, and Major Leary, both from Lt. Vedder's squadron, VMF-213. )

Date: 1943, April 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074718
Pilot of U.S. Marine Corps rescued by U.S. Army Air Forces PBY Catalina flying boat in Pacific Theater during World War II.

Rescue of a U.S. Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pilot exits U.S. Army Air Forces PBY Catalina flying boat on water. Sun sets in the background. Pilots and rescued pilot. U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant M. N. Vetter gets in a boat. Vetter waves to PBY and crew.

Date: 1943, April 24
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074719
U.S. officers inspect remains of the U.S. fliers in Japanese Military Sanadayama Cemetery in Osaka soon after World War II.

Japanese Military Sanadayama Army Cemetery in Osaka, Japan soon after World War II. U.S. grave registration men dig up remains of the U.S. fliers. U.S. officers examine charred ashes and bits of bone. Remains are replaced in jar and reburied.

Date: 1945, November 9
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074916
Officers salute as U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade passes after review of U.S. 7th Division at Schofield Barracks.

U.S. 7th Division review at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu during World War II. U.S. soldiers get lined up both sides of road. Soldiers salute as U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade passes. President's car followed by other cars passes along road flanked on both sides by troops.

Date: 1944, July 27
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074942
U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber takes off from Assam to drop U.S. Office of War Information leaflets on Japanese troops in Burma.

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on airfield in Burma. Propellers turning. B-25 taxis and takes off from airstrip. B-25 flies over Burmese jungle.

Date: 1944, April 1
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075016