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Rodeo contest in Brisbane, Australia with Australian and American competitors

A rodeo in Brisbane, Australia. Native indigenous Australians carrying spears do a dance demonstration. Spectators sit and watch the Rodeo event between the diggers and the Yanks (Australians versus Americans military personnel in Australia during World War 2). A rider climbs a horse. The horse bucks the man onto the ground. The spectators cheer while watching the rodeo featuring numerous riders on bulls and horses. A woman competes also. The Australians win the rodeo contest.

Location: Brisbane Australia
Date: 1944, March 20
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067069
The USS LST-349, carrying German prisoners of war from Anzio to Naples, is driven against rocks off Ponza , Italy during a storm, and sinks.

View from rocks above as the USS LST -349, is seen being pounded by wind and wave against rocks off Ponza, Italy during World War 2. German prisoners of war are huddled together on her deck as American crew members work to rescue them. Prisoners are seen being assisted as they climb up the steep rocks from the ship. Some are ferried off in inflated rafts. Narrator says: “The ship begins to break in two, with some crew and 20 prisoners still aboard.” View of ship going down as those on the rocks struggle and rescue efforts continue. Narrator states: “The waves swept two Americans and six German prisoners off the cliffs to their deaths. In all, 14 died, 4 Americans, one British officer, and 9 German prisoners.” In the final scene, the ship has sunk out of sight and all survivors (unseen) have moved inland.

Location: Italy
Date: 1944, February 26
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067074
Parents of Japanese-American soldiers who died serving in the U.S. army are awarded Purple Heart medals.

Parents of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry receiving awards in the United States, during World War 2. Parents of the Japanese-American soldiers seated at the ceremony. They are receiving Purple Heart medals for the soldiers who died while serving in the U.S. army. Narrator mentions "60 from Hawaii alone gave their lives." (The soldiers were likely from the 100th Infantry or 442nd Regimental Combat Team).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067080
U.S. Marines attack a Japanese pillbox and bring out equipment in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Three U.S. marines gather around a foxhole. One of the marines fires a pistol into the foxhole. A marine rifleman fires into a Japanese pillbox. A marine uses a flame thrower on it as a result of which it burns. The flame thrower shoots flame into the pillbox. U.S. 2nd Battalion 5th Marines go inside it and bring out equipment. The marines inspect the gear which they found in the pillbox. Tents of United States 1st Marine Division. Tables and chairs inside the tent.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067113
U.S. Marines advance carrying weapons and wade towards a beach in Peleliu, Palau Islands.

The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines talk over a walkie-talkie. The marines sit around in a jungle. Rubble all around on the island. The marines dressed in full combat gear advance inland. An M-4 tank in the jungle. The marines carrying .30 caliber M2 machine guns advance. They descend a hill. The marines set up in a foxhole with weapons. A dead Japanese soldier in the foreground. 3rd Battalion 1st Marines disembark from a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). They wade towards a beach. A tractor tows an M114 155 mm howitzer inland.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 17
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067117
The amphibious assault on Peleliu in World War II

The invasion of Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War 2. A Marine Major General is seen on the bridge of the Flagship USS Mount McKinley, off the coast of Peleliu during the amphibious assault by U.S. forces on September 15, 1944. He is observing the action through a set of binoculars.The island under bombardment. Task force ships firing their Naval guns include the heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28) seen at TC: 01:29, 01:46, & 02:13. Other officers on the deck also watch the action through binoculars. Smoke columns rise from the island under bombardment.

Location: Peleliu Palau Islands
Date: 1944, September 15
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067130
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