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U.S. Navy strikes at Japanese positions in Gilbert and Marshall islands early in World War II

View of Diamond Head, framed by palm trees on Waikaki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Street scene with building. Inside, a sign reading: "Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet." In his office, Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen holding a staff meeting. He and one of his staff look over charts with magnifying glasses. Animated map shows prospective supply lines overwater to Australia from Pearl Harbor and Panama. View of U.S. supply ships in a convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers in life vests looking over the railing of a troop ship. Animated map shows threats from Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands in World War 2. Task Force 8, assembled around the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV-6) prepares to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands. The Cruiser, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in calm waters. Deck of the Aircraft carrier Enterprise, filled with F4F aircraft with engines running. A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft takes off from the Enterprise. View from the carrier as the Cruiser Salt Lake City passes to starboard. U.S. Cruisers begin naval bombardment. Smoke rising from burning shore installation. Formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft overhead. Port in Australia, with ships docked and a sentry patrolling. Soldiers waving from a troop ship arriving. Troops disembarking. Body of a P-38 aircraft being offloaded. A Cruiser docked at end of wharf.

Date: 1942, February
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062279
Battle footage from unknown area of the Pacific during World War 2.

Allied soldiers wading up onto a beach in the Pacific during WWII. A soldier crouched on the beach and looking out to sea. A tank emerges from a landing craft and drives onto the beach. Troops run through the jungle. A soldier carries a wounded comrade on his back while another soldier follows. Soldiers hunker down to start setting up their machine guns. A dead allied soldier in a ditch. Planes dive bomb a distant beach area. Spray of sand and water on horizon as bombs hit beach.

Date: 1944
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078603
Boeing B-29 Superfortress landing and taxiing at an airfield (WW2)

United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over an airfield as seen from the ground during World War II. Groups of aircraft flies away. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress with “A” marking lands at the airfield. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes a landing near parked fighters. Jeeps drive near the B-29 Superfortress after its landing. Air Force personnel surround the B-29 Superfortress. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress taxiing from the runway.

Date: 1945, May 29
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080119
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight (WW2)

Side view of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (“Rawls’ Gravy Train”, Tail Number: 47-0040) in flight during World War II. Close view of the nose with nose art. Nose art shows a cartoon train and words that read “Rawls’ Gravy Train”. Camera moves away from the nose to show aircraft in flight. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber flies over snow-capped mountains. The camera moves back to show engines and nose of the B-29 bomber. Side view of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080142
Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber in flight with focus on modification (WW2)

United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber (Tail Number: 46-9770) flying during World War II. Side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. The camera moves for a closer view of the middle portion of the aircraft. Closer view of the plane belly showing the bomb bays. The camera focuses on B-29 bomber modification showing large rounded area in middle of plane.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080143
American comedian Bob Hope and troupe arrives at the Mullinex field

American comedian Bob Hope arrives at the Bonriki airfield, also known as Mullinex field, during World War 2. A PBY-5A Catalina lands and taxis. Bob Hope and his USO entertainment troupe exit the plane. They are greeted by officers and men. The troupe enters jeeps. PBY-5A Catalina warms up. Stage and Navy sailor and soldier spectators for the Bob Hope show. Bob Hope and troupe in plane.

Date: 1944, July 29
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041126