Footage shot after United States battleships conclude bombardment of Japanese-held Fort Drum in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Fortified Fort Drum is seen on El Fraile Island in Manila Bay, with large gun turrets clearly visible on its top. U.S. troops and engineers had gained access to air vents on the fort top deck, pumped in oil and gasoline, and set a timed fuse. Footage shows fused explosive detonating, followed by massive explosion and black smoke as the flammables ignite.
United States Coast Guards work inside Photographic Laboratory in the United States. U.S. Navy Douglas R5D Skymaster lands on the runway. United States Coast Guards, Photographic Laboratory' written at the entrance. Sailor enters the darkroom. Paper treated in chemical baths during film developing. Coast Guard hands over a package to another guard.
United States Marine Corps 3rd Infantry Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Stretcher bearers go towards front line over a rocky terrain. Artillery air spotters. Aircraft flies overhead. Marines on top of the hill. Marines fire at a Japanese target. Smoke rises from explosions at Japanese positions.
United States marines of the 3rd Marine Division on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Marines set up Ordnance small arms repair shop in tents. Sign board reads 'Small Arms, Ordnance Supply'. Marine looks at M-1 rifles inside a tent. Number of rifles stacked. Marine takes out damaged rifles and puts them with other destroyed rifles. Marine holds 30 caliber air cooled machine gun. Group of Marines inspect and repair rifles. They clean bore of M-1 rifle.
United States Marine Corps of 3rd Infantry Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Ordnance small arms repair set up atop a hill. Marine pushes small cart with M-1 rifles on it. He loads the rifles and test fires them on ground. Marines pull small carts loaded with ammunition. Tents in the background. Marine cleans bore of rifles. He dips rifle in cosmoline to avoid rusting.
German soldiers surrender arms to U.S. troops in Italy during World War II. German soldiers turning in arms to the United States Army. German nurse in uniform speaks with two soldiers. United States Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes and other officers stand in front of German ammunition dump. General Keyes inspects rifles and small German arms. Damaged buildings with heap of debris in the foreground.
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