United States B-25 bomber at an airbase in Attu, Aleutian Island, Alaska. A jeep carrying flight crew pulls up near the bomber and men get down. Crew boards the plane.
An American airman wears his shoes and another airman writes a letter at Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Photographs of his family and friends on the wall as he continues to write.
American airmen unload parachutes and other equipment from a military truck at Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska as a dog looks on excitedly. A sign posted on the storage shed reads 'Personal equipment, parachute department' Airmen continue to unload baggage as one confers with an officer.
American airmen unload baggage from a military truck at Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska. The men enter a shed with equipment. A dog is seen as well. Men gather around the entrance of the shed.
United States B-17 and B-24 bombers loaded with bombs to be dropped over Japanese position in Aleutian Island during World War II. Planes take off and drop bombs over Japanese position and return after the air strike.
Film opens showing animated map of Pacific and avenue of attack against Japan via the Aleutian Islands in World War 2. . Scene shifts to the Aleutian Islands, where American P-47 aircraft are seen parked on an open ramp in severe winter weather. Next, American Army truck convoys are seen traversing subarctic Canada on the Alcan highway, with supplies to sustain U.S. forces in the Aleutians. U.S. soldiers and airmen are seen obtaining various items and playing volleyball on a ramp at an airbase. Fog shrouds the Aleutians keeping aircraft grounded. Soldiers look at maps and plan targets. Aircrews are briefed about their mission and targets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over snow-covered peaks. View looking down on a B-24 headed toward Japan. Airmen in a headquarters plotting the disposition of aircraft reporting to them by radio. View above thick clouds with nothing in sight. (But exploding bombs are heard.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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