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U.S. amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean from Guadalcanal to invade New Georgia during World War II.

Amphibious forces of United States Army leave Guadalcanal harbor to attack enemy positions on the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. troops and equipment are loaded aboard LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry). Marines and infantry board the LCIs. Landing crafts loaded with troops head for an LST (Landing Ship Tank) anchored at Guadalcanal harbor. Amphibious forces underway in the Pacific Ocean head for New Georgia on the Solomon Islands. Soldiers look through binoculars. U.S. Army Air Force fighter aircraft in the sky. .

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060495
Activities of U.S. Marines at a beach of an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa.

United States ships and a landing craft convoy near an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Landing crafts at a beach. Activities on the shore. Marines walk along a roadway. They talk amongst themselves. A group of marines stands around the British flag. Two marines hold the American flag. A group of men holds the British flag. The marines salute as the British flag is raised. Hook of a boat in the foreground. A landing craft in the far background.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062561
Dead bodies of United States Marines lying on the edge of a beach of an island in the Pacific Ocean.

United States Marines on an island in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Tarawa of World War II. Marines seated on the beach in bivouac area. A burning building. A wrecked tank in water. The convoy in the background. Dead bodies of United States Marines. More dead bodies floating on the edge of the beach. An oil fire in a distance. A damaged building.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062563
Rear Admiral and a Commander aboard USS Yorktown study map of airfield on Japanese-held Island during World War II

USS Yorktown also called 'Fighting Lady' underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Very brief film is devoted entirely to a Rear Admiral (2-star) and a Commander aboard the Yorktown, examining and discussing the map of an airfield on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059707
Marines salute the American flag-raising at Tarawa Island, Pacific Ocean.

American flag raised on Tarawa Island, Pacific Ocean. Marine holds flag and other marines watch. Marine bugler sounds call as flag is raised. Marine enlisted men and officer salute as the flag is raised. American flag hoisted up palm tree. Marines salute the flag. Marine General Smith and staff salute at flag-raising.

Location: Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Date: 1943, November 26
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052288
U.S. Navy and Marine personnel recover after the battle of Midway in World War II

Recovery actions by U.S. Navy and Marine personnel in the wake of the Battle of Midway in World War 2. Opening scene shows religiious services being held by a bomb crater that had once been a chapel on Midway Island. That evening, marines are assembled near flag-covered coffins of fallen comrades, in a burial ceremony. A marine chaplain conducts a funeral service, as Marines stand, with their rifles, at parade rest Several views from different perspectives of the event. An honor guard fires a volley with rifles. The American flag is at half staff, in the background. Among the officers seen is Marine Major James Roosevelt, son of the U.S. President, Franklin Roosevelt. Next, Navy boats are seen offshore, carrying the fallen for burial at sea. U.S. Navy aircraft fly in formation overhead. A marine scans the sky with binoculars as dense black smoke continues to billow from the petroleum facility bombed by the Japanese several days ago, and hangs like a pall over Midway Island. The American flag on a tall pole, is highlighted against the black smoke. Film ends with series of Slates summarizing Japanese losses in the Battle of Midway. The first shows 4 Japanese Carriers sunk. It is painted over by a brush containing red paint. Another slate announces 28 Japanese Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers sunk or damaged. A paint brush places a large black cross over that slate. A final slate states 300 Japanese aircraft destroyed. The red paint brush appears again, but this time it marks a big “V” for Victory across the slate.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1942, June
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071189
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