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U.S. Marines looks through the binoculars and explosion at sea during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands.

U.S. Marines looks through the binoculars during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. A Marine pulls a lever. Explosion at sea. Smoke rises at sea.

Date: 1944, June 26
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035323
A boat carries U.S. Marines and explosions at sea during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands.

Smoke rises in the sea during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. A boat carries U.S. Marines at sea. 40mm shells hit in water. Explosions at sea.

Date: 1944, June 26
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035325
A Convoy of transport ships and U.S. Marine fires antiaircraft guns during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands.

U.S. Marine fires antiaircraft guns aboard a transport ship during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. 4 inch gun fired on lower deck. Landing craft circles. Convoy of transport ships. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035331
U.S. marines working and devastated railroad tracks during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands.

Boxes of Japanese supplies during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Destroyed railroad tracks and equipment. U.S. Marine in the far background. Marine tractor driver. Men push flat car on railroad tracks. Locomotive in the background. Marine smokes pipe. Marine works at a tractor. Marines work over locomotive.

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035333
Landing boat comes into shore; faces of U.S. Marines during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II.

Landing boat comes into shore with supplies during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands. Faces of U.S. Marines, including some African American soldiers. A Marine pushes an oil drum in the water. Men on top of military vehicles as they leave beach area. World War 2.

Date: 1944, June 15
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035334
Story of "Black Cat" -- PBY Catalinas used as night bombers against Japanese convoys in World War II

Convoy of Japanese supply ships in the Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Mysteriously, two explode. One sinks and one is left burning. Narrator describes similar losses of Japanese cargo vessels and Japanese reports attributing the losses to new superior American aircraft. View of Japanese Military High Command buildings in Tokyo, Japan. An Imperial Japanese Navy Night Fighter (QHAFMFA6) seen taking off. Japanese admiral boards warship to plan Imperial Navy strategy and tactics. Attacking aircraft is shown as a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina Flying Boat. Several views of Catalina flying boats in flight, painted black for night flying (called "Black Cats"). Aerial view of islands with small harbors where a PBY can hide during daylight. Base personnel gather at a catalina base awaiting an overdue returning PBY. She appears and buzzes base to announce successful mission. The PBY then lands in nearby harbor, taxis toward shore and is met by sailors in boats who attach a tow line to winch the PBY ashore, tail first. Squadron Commander meets the plane as the crew disembarks. Commodore Thomas S. Combs, Commander Aircraft 7th Fleet, arrives by jeep with Group Commander, Captain Peck. Crew gives quick accounting of mission. Corpsmen take wounded combat cameraman from the PBY on a stretcher. Tow pulls the PBY to area of ramp for servicing and repairs. Maintenance personnel note crew report of problems and begin corrective actions. They count 8 bullet holes in starboard wing.They find hole in fuselage from shrapnel that wounded the cameraman, and repair it. They repair a gas tank leak and refuel the PBY. View of 525lb and 1000lb bombs in Squadron dump. Armorers assemble belts of 50cal machine gun ammunition.They rearm the PBY with bombs under one wing and a torpedo under the other, and machine gun ammunition. They remove two black cats (animals) from inside the airplane. PBY crew plays water polo with a coconut. View of officer's quarters. Pilots prepare for next mission and go to intelligence briefing

Date: 1943
Duration: 9 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035339