Authentic WWII Pacific Theater Stock Footage

1st CAVALRY DIVISION - 41st INFANTRY DIVISION

The history of the famed Hell For Leather U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division and the 41st Infantry Division.
Historical Films 29 min BW

6TH INFANTRY DIVISION FROM HAWAII TO PACIFIC

The 6th Infantry Division embarks from Hawaii for the Pacific Theater with combat in New Guinea and the Philippines.
Historical Films 1944 BW 20 min

ACTION AT ANGAUR

Invasion and capture of Angaur Island (Palau group) by the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division in its first battle of WWII.
Historical Films 1944 BW 28 min

Unedited footage of U.S. 3rd Marine Division as they go about securing the island of Iwo Jima and expanding their beach head with Mt. Suribachi in the background.
Historical Films 1945 BW 9min (SILENT)

AIRCRAFT ON MIDWAY ISLAND 1942

Unedited scenes of WWII aircraft the P-40 Warhawk and P-39 Airacobra and close-ups of the pilots defending Midway Island.
Historical Films 1942 COL 12min (SILENT)

ANGEL IN OVERALLS: THE P-38 LIGHTNING

Developed by Lockheed during WWII the P-38 Lightning was a versatile twin-boomed aircraft used in a number of combat roles such as dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, as a night fighter and extensively as a long-range fighter for bomber escort.
Historical Films 1943 BW 15 min

APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO

The war in the Pacific from 1942 with Japan attacking Corregidor through 1945 with the formal surrender ceremony on the U.S. Battleship 'Missouri' and celebrations in America as word spreads.
Historical Films 1945 55 min BW

ATOMIC BOMB "FAT MAN" TARGET NAGASAKI JAPAN

Rare and unusual unedited footage of the 509th CG (Composite Group) and Silverplate B-29 aircraft on Tinian Island, loading “Fat Man” Atomic Bomb, B-29 in flight, mushroom cloud rising from atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki.
Historical Films 1945 BW COL 22min (SILENT)

ATOMIC BOMB "LITTLE BOY" TARGET HIROSHIMA JAPAN

Rare and unusual unedited footage of the 509th CG (Composite Group) and Silverplate B-29 aircraft on Tinian Island, loading “Little Boy” Atomic Bomb into bomb bay of the B-29 Enola Gay, shows the only actual footage known to exist of the mushroom cloud from atomic bomb drop over Hiroshima.
Historical Films 1945 BW COL 13min (SILENT)

ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC

This dramatic World War II documentary details the planning and the battles that lead to the defeat of the Japanese Empire.
Historical Films 1945 52 min BW

ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC: B-ROLL

Additional B-Roll footage of the 307th Bombardment Group (H), The Long Rangers flying B-24 Consolidated Liberated Bombers in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
Historical Films 1945 BW 10min (SILENT)

ATTACK! THE BATTLE FOR NEW BRITAIN

Details the attack by allied forces in the South Pacific campaign against Japanese strongholds located on New Britain.
Historical Films 1944 57 min BW

AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WORLD WAR II - 1945

Australian soldiers in the Pacific Theater conducting operations in Borneo, the Philippine Islands and Indonesia.
Historical Films 1945 30 min BW

The Battle of China (1944) - WWII Documentary on Japan’s Invasion

The Battle of China (1944) chronicles Japan’s invasion, the Nanking Massacre, China’s resistance, U.S. support, and China’s role in Japan’s defeat.
Historical Films 1944 64 min BW

BATTLE DAMAGE - USS BUNKER HILL

Aftermath on the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill after she was struck by two kamikaze planes which caused a massive fire on her deck.
Historical Films 1945 11 min BW (SILENT)

BATTLE FOR MARIANAS 1944

Unedited combat scenes on Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan in the Mariana Island Chain in the West Pacific.
Historical Films 1944 BW 10min (SILENT)

BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE

The defense of Midway Island from Japanese attack which became the turning point in favor of the Allies in the battle of the Pacific. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is quoted as saying I want every Mother in America to see this film.
Historical Films 1945 COL 18min

BATTLE OF OKINAWA 1945 - U.S. TROOPS ON JAPANESE SOIL

U.S. Troops finally land and begin combat operations of the island of Okinawa, home soil of Japan.
Historical Films 1945 COL 10min (SILENT)

BATTLE FOR SAIPAN - MARIANA ISLANDS

Marines conduct combat operations on the island of Saipan and the city of Garapan with house to house fighting.
Historical Films 1944 BW 10min

BATTLESHIPS AND DESTROYERS

Scenes of Battleships and Destroyers sailing in formation, firing of Battleship deck guns, plus an Aircraft Carrier and Submarine.
Historical Films 1947 9 min BW (SILENT)

BOB HOPE AND USO TROUPE ON TOUR 1945

Comedian Bob Hope and iconic USO star and supporter, puts on a show while touring the Solomon Islands.
Historical Films 1945 BW 11min

CHINA - THE MARCH OF TIME AND WAR

The lifestyle and governance of China in the 1930's and 1940's during the invasion of China by the Empire of Japan as well as the ideological rift between Communism and Democracy.
Historical Films 1930's-1940's

CONQUEST OF NANKING

Japanese planes bomb the Chinese City of Nanking in late 1937. Bodies of dead and wounded Chinese civilians lie in the rubble of destroyed buildings, homes and in the streets. Chinese civilians, refugees, flee the city.
Historical Films 1937 BW 16 min

DOOLITTLE TOKYO RAID - TASK FORCE AT SEA

Unedited footage of the ships supporting the Doolittle Raid to Tokyo, multiple scout seaplanes from a cruiser and the B-25 bombers in flight overhead.
Historical Films 1942 COL 6min (SILENT)

FLAME-THROWING TANKS - PACIFIC THEATER

Unedited footage special flame-throwing tanks in action during the Battle Of Saipan, Mariana Islands.
Historical Films 1944 COL 11min (SILENT)

FLEET THAT CAME TO STAY, THE

Documents Task Force 58 in Operation Iceberg, the battle for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands and a deadly air-sea battle against Japanese Kamikaze attacks day and night for three months.
Historical Films 1945 BW 21 min

FURY IN THE PACIFIC

Intense combat action in the Pacific as U.S. Forces assault the Japanese-held territories of Peleliu Island, the Palau Group and the Caroline Islands.
Historical Films 1945 BW 19min

GREAT ASIA WAR

Captured Japanese film documents fleet activity as it prepares to attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Historical Films 1940s 9 min BW (JAPANESE)

HAWAII - DECEMBER 7, 1941

Dramatization of life in Hawaii before World War II, during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the changes war brought afterwards.
Historical Films 1941 BW 82min

HAWAIIAN DEFENSE

Historical footage of WWII, travelogue footage of Hawaii in the 1940's, and footage of the Hawaiian National Guard in 1953.
Historical Films 1940's - 1950's BW 29 min

HIROSHIMA AFTERMATH - MEDICAL ASPECTS

Devastating medical effects of the Atomic Bomb on the Japanese population, documenting for history specific patients and the damage to their bodies and appendages.
Historical Films 1946 COL 9min (SILENT)

IN DEFENSE OF PEACE

International events since the end of World War Two such as the formation of the United Nations and the rise of Communism.
Historical Films 1951 22 min BW

INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN

Australian Forces attack island of Balikpapan in Dutch Borneo Southeast Asia as part of the Pacific Campaign against Japan.
Historical Films 1945 8 min BW (SILENT)

INVASION OF KWAJALEIN

Part of the Marshall Islands Campaign by the Allies in 1943 Kwajalein Island was deemed expendable by the Japanese High Command with existing troops repositioned to make it as costly as possible for the attacking U.S. 7th Infantry Division in conjunction with the 4th Marine Division in Operation Flintlock.
Historical Films 1944 COL 10min (SILENT)

INVASION OF MAKIN ISLAND

The Gilbert Islands campaign and the invasion of the Makin atoll is the opening steps in the Allied Island Hopping strategy to advance across the Pacific to the Japanese homelands.
Historical Films 1943 COL 12min (SILENT)

INVASION OF SAIPAN

Part of the Mariana Islands Campaign the invasion of Saipan was a critical objective for the Allies as it would place the Japanese home islands in range of Allied B-29 Superfortress Bombers with fierce combat ensuing.
Historical Films 1944 COL 10min (SILENT)

INVASION OF SAIPAN - USS INDIANAPOLIS

Rare footage of the Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis during the Invasion Of Saipan with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral Richmond K. Turner and Admiral Ernest King on board as well as various naval officers touring the Island of Saipan.
Historical Films 1945 COL 5min (SILENT

IWO JIMA 1945: 5TH MARINE DIVISION

Soldiers from the 5th Marine Division continue their efforts to secure the island of Iwo Jima.
Historical Films 1945 COL 5min (SILENT)

IWO JIMA: D-DAY

D-Day for 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 28th Marine Regiment as they assault the beaches of Iwo Jima supported by naval gunfire and while pinned down on the beachhead by intense Japanese fire slowly move inland using small arms, grenades and flame-throwers.
Historical Films 1945 COL 10min (SILENT)

IWO JIMA - AIR EVAC OF WOUNDED

Badly wounded Marines are loaded aboard Navy R4D aircraft for medical evacuation from a dirt strip on the island of Iwo Jima.
Historical Films 1945 COL 7min (SILENT)

JAPAN - MENACE OF THE RISING SUN

Unedited footage of World events involving Japan as it attacks China, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt speech and his signing of the Declaration of War to the last days before General MacArthur retreated from the Philippine Islands.
Historical Films 1930's-1941 BW 11min

JAPAN OUR FAR EAST PARTNER

Documents the US Army in Japan as occupation forces after WWII and partners with a thriving modern Japan in the 1950s.
Historical Films 1940s - 1950s BW 29 min

JAPANESE AND JUNGLE - ISLAND COMBAT

Documenting combat between American and Japanese forces from mission preparation to actual combat to aftermath.
Historical Films 10 min BW

JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PILOTS

Japan mounts a final offensive against the U.S. Navy by unleashing fanatical Japanese pilots whose mission is to crash their into ships with U.S. aircraft carriers as prime targets.
Historical Films 1940's COL 8min (SILENT)

JAPANESE NEWSREELS EXCERPTS 1940

Japanese Troops In China | Japanese Navy Scenes | Japanese Infantry Captures Chinese Village
Historical Films 1940 BW 9min (SILENT)

JAPANESE PAPER BALLOON FU-GO: SECRET WEAPON TO ATTACK THE U.S.

In an effort to sow chaos over the United States the Japanese military uses the Jet Stream to launch weaponized balloons toward the United States armed with either explosives to cause terror or fire bombs to start massive forest fires.
Historical Films 1940's BW 22min

JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS

Conditions at selected Japanese Prison Camps primarily housing British, Australian and Filipino prisoners of war.
Historical Films 1945 18 min BW (SILENT)

JAPANESE PRISON CAMP - AUSTRALIAN P.O.W.s

Evacuation and physical condition of Australian Prisoner of War is documented as they wait to board C-47's to freedom.
Historical Films 1945 10 min BW (SILENT)

JAPANESE SHIPBOARD ACTIVITIES

Captured film footage depicting a variety of activity aboard the warships of the Japanese Navy during World War II.
Historical Films 9 min BW

JAPANESE VICTORIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA 1939-1945

Japanese conquest of New Guinea, bombing of Port Darwin, capture of Andaman Island, warships in the Indian Ocean.
Historical Films 1939-1945 BW 11min

KNOW YOUR ENEMY, JAPAN

Directed by: FRANK CAPRA, JOHN HUSTON (Narration)
Propaganda film commissioned by the U.S. Government designed to acquaint the U.S. soldier with their enemy.
Historical Films 1945 64 min BW

LAST BOMB, THE: B-29 BOMBERS ATTACK JAPAN

Recent captured islands bring the home islands of Japan in range of American B-29 bombers who begin a relentless bombing campaign leading to dropping the Atomic Bomb.
Historical Films 1940s 36min COL

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LIFE IN TOKYO - 1945

Life and street scenes of Tokyo Japan after their WWII surrender and the beginning of the Allied Occupation.
Historical Films 1945 COL 19min (SILENT)

LUZON PHILIPPINES - PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

Unedited footage of the Luzon Philippines Japanese POW camp established near Mt. Makiling with a team of 24 Nisei who served in the U.S. Military and now screen, register POWs and help run the camp.
Historical Films 1945 BW 7min (SILENT)

MARINES IN ACTION ON IWO JIMA

U.S. 5th Marine Division in combat on Iwo Jima as they fight their way across the island and in one of the most iconic moments of WWII raise the flag on the summit of Mt. Suribachi.
Historical Films 1945 COL 6min (SILENT)

MARINES AT TARAWA, WITH THE

Depicts the U.S. marines taking "bloody" Tarawa and capturing Guam also includes disturbing footage of war atrocities.
Historical Films 1945 19 min COL

MARINES ON USS TALLADEGA

Unedited footage of the 5th Marine Division on the attack transport ship USS Talladega en-route to Iwo Jima.
Historical Films 1945 COL 9min (SILENT)

MIDWAY ISLAND DAMAGE - AIRCRAFT CARRIER OPS

Unedited scenes of damage to building, structures and oil storage facilities on Midway Island 1942.
Historical Films 1942 COL 6min (SILENT)

NAGASAKI AFTERMATH 1946 - PHYSICAL DAMAGE

Nuclear bomb damage to the Japanese City Of Nagasaki 1946 with debris mounds and shells of buildings made of concrete.
Historical Films 1946 COL 22min (SILENT)

NANKING: 1937 - FINAL BATTLE

Japanese forces take of the capital city of The Republic Of China and make a ceremonial entrance into the city.
Historical Films 1937 9 min BW (JAPANESE LANGUAGE)

Nanking 1937: Japanese Occupation & The Nanjing Massacre

Rare footage of the 1937 Nanjing (Nanking) Massacre during the Japanese occupation. War crimes, atrocities, refugees, and military brutality in wartime China.
Historical Films 1937 36 min BW (SILENT - TITLE CARDS)

NAPALM - THE 1940s: MIXING STICKY FIRE

Early development, fabrication, assembly and testing of single and salvo napalm bomb drops from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber.
Historical Films 1945 COL 6min (SILENT)

NUCLEAR DEVASTATION - JAPAN

The horrific damage and destruction caused by nuclear strikes against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended WWII.
Historical Films 1945 BW 31min

NUCLEAR DEVASTATION - JAPAN: REEL 1 IN HD

Nuclear Explosions from the Trinity tests, the B-29 Enola Gay in flight, nuclear destruction of Hiroshima Japan.
Historical Films 1945 BW 9min

OCCUPATION OF TOKYO, JAPAN - 1945

War damage and bomb ruins in Tokyo, Japan just after World War II when the Allies begin the Occupation of Japan.
Historical Films 1945 BW 4min (SILENT)

OKINAWA

Okinawa became the keystone of the Pacific against communist aggression in 1949-1950 as the world conditions changed and the United States need a military base in the Far East.
Historical Films 29 min BW

OUR JOB IN JAPAN

U.S. Government propaganda film to prepare U.S. soldiers for their tour of duty in the occupation of Japan after World War Two.
Historical Films 1943 18 min BW

P-38 FIGHTER: FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS

Normal and emergency operating charcteristics of the P-38 fighter with detailed look at controls with take offs, flying and landings.
Historical Films 36 min COL

PBY BLACK CATS OF WWII

The “Black Cat” PBY Catalina aircraft gained fame as a U.S. Navy patrol bomber stalking enemy ships at night in the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean in WWII.
Historical Films 1940s BW 20min

PACIFIC CARRIER OPERATIONS 1944

Aircraft carrier operations aboard the USS Essex with F6F Hellcat Fighters and TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers as well scenes of support ships and amphibious assault landing craft.
Historical Films 1944 COL 12min (SILENT)

PATROL BOMBER 1943 PBY CATALINA FLYING BOAT

The PBY Catalina Flying Boat; from spotter plane, convoy protection and other contributions in Pacific as well as Europe.
Historical Films 1943 17 min BW

PAULETTE GODDARD USO SHOW - KUNMING, CHINA

WWII USO Show featuring Paulette Goddard and actors Pat O'Brien and Keenan Wynn.
Historical Films 1944 BW 12 min (PARTIAL - SOUND)

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PAULETTE GODDARD USO SHOW - CHINA, BURMA, INDIA

WWII USO Show featuring Paulette Goddard and actors Pat O'Brien and Keenan Wynn.
Historical Films 1944 BW 9 min (SILENT)

PAYOFF IN THE PACIFIC

U.S. Government propaganda film that gives an overview of the Pacific Campaign from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Historical Films 1945 58 min BW

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK - AFTERMATH

Destruction and aftermath of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii including Battleship Row.
Historical Films 1945 1941 BW 8 min (SILENT)

PHILIPPINES, THIS IS THE

At the opening of the Western Hemisphere Summit Conference in Uruguay President Lyndon B. Johnson pledges increased support for the Latin-American common market.
Historical Films 1941 1945 BW 7min

PRELUDE TO WAR

A compact look at events from 1931 to 1939 leading up to World War II. The film was used as a U.S. Army training film before it's theatrical release and addresses the question of "Why we fight".
1942 53 min BW

REPORT FROM THE ALEUTIANS

Directed by: JOHN HUSTON
Grueling day-to-day activities and harsh weather conditions of protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands from Japanese attack.
Historical Films 1945 44 min COL

ROAD TO WORLD WAR II, THE

Events, political leaders and the 'smaller conflicts' that coalesced into a global conflagration that brought death and destruction of unprecedented proportions to every corner of the planet.
Historical Films 19 min BW

SEABEES IN ACTION

Seabee construction projects around the Pacific such as building or improving airfields and repairing combat-damaged support buildings.
Historical Films 1944-1945 COL 13min (SILENT)

SEABEES Of WWII

WWII historical film describes the formation and activities of the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions known as the Seabees. Rear Admiral Ben Moreel gives a brief prologue and epilogue.
Historical Films 1940s BW 44 min

SEABEES: WE BUILD, WE FIGHT

Narrated by Adm. Ben Moreell and founder of the famed U.S. Seabees a hybrid construction and combat force tasked with repairing captured airfields and defenses while under fire as well as building new military facilities around the World starting in WWII through the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Historical Films 1940's-1960's COL 21min

SHORES OF IWO JIMA, TO THE

The WWII invasion of Iwo Jima codenamed Operation Detachment shot by combat cameramen of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Historical Films 1945 COL 19min

STILWELL ROAD, THE

Working in impenetrable jungles, 63,000 men construct a 478 mile road in 26 months enabling supplies to flow into China.
Historical Films 1945 50 min BW

SUBMARINES - SILENT SERVICE

Scenes of a U.S. Navy WWII fleet-class submarine on the surface traveling a high speed, view of deck as it dives and shots of it surfacing.
Historical Films 1945 COL 9 min (SILENT)

TASK FORCE UNDER KAMIKAZE ATTACK

Unidentified WWII Navy Task Force under Japanese Kamikaze attack as Japan unleashes fanatical pilots on suicide missions against U.S. Navy warships with the American Aircraft Carrier as the primary target.
Historical Films 1945 COL 10min (SILENT)

USS ENTERPRISE DAMAGED BY KAMIKAZE ATTACK

Unedited footage of the damage to the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) from a Kamikaze attack Lt. JG Shunsuke Tomiyasu piloting a Japanese Zero fighter on May 14, 1945.
Historical Films 1945 COL 11min (SILENT)

USS ENTERPRISE - FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS

Flight deck operations of the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise during WWII with launch and landing of F4F Wildcat fighters, SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers, SOC Seagull Scout.
Historical Films 1942 COL 13min (SILENT)

VJ DAY- THE WORLD CELEBRATES

Celebrations and victory parades in U.S. cities mark the occasion that Japan has surrendered and World War II has finally ended.
Excellent footage, commentary oddly all in German language.
Historical Films 1945 5 min BW

WAR COMES TO AMERICA

A historical and sociological treatment of America's reaction to the terrifying events across the ocean and the effects on the American people as the nation makes a transition from isolationism to involvement in the fight against the Axis.
1945 66 min BW

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