The U.S. Army plans an attack at Munda Point on New Georgia group of Islands, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines and infantry massed up on Guadalcanal beach prepare for the invasion of Munda Point. Gasoline barrels rolled on the beach. Crated and canned foods in cargo nets hoisted aboard ships. Equipment is loaded onto ships. U.S. combat aircraft assemble for an aerial offensive. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets out of car and talks with another U.S. officer. General MacArthur, U.S. 13th Air Force Lieutenant General Hubert R. Harmon, U.S. Army Air Force General Nathan Twining and U.S. Fleet Admiral William Halsey coordinate the attack on Munda Point. U.S. Army Air Force P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft taxi and take off from an airfield. U.S. planes including P-40 Warhawk, P-39 Airacobra, U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat, TBF Avenger, B-25 Mitchell, and B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight head to destroy Japanese enemy positions on Munda. Japanese aircraft take off and in flight.
U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy positions on Ballale Island, Papua, New Guinea. U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop bombs over enemy positions on Ballale. Smoke billows up from the explosions.
U.S. Army personnel and equipment loaded aboard a ship in New Orleans, United States to carry out chemical warfare tests on San Jose Island, Panama during World War II. Test animals and equipment loaded aboard the ship. Men unload a barge loaded with equipment at San Jose Island beach. Trucks move inland. A camp area is leveled. Bulldozers operate at the camp area. A gas handling area is established. An aerial view of the camp.
Framework of six-hundred-foot-tower for supporting Golden Gate Bridge span, San Francisco. Workers and engineers on the framework of a six-hundred-foot-tower that is one of the supports for a new Golden Gate Bridge span.
Woodsey Castonguay sets motorbike speed record at the National Amateur National Motocross championships in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Riders ride motorbikes along dirt course. Spectators cheering. Woodsey Castonguay sets a new speed record.
Dramatizes the detection of counterfeit and stolen ration stamps by personnel trained in detection of illegal ration currency in the OPA (Office of Price Administration) detection center in the United States. A woman shows a bingo sheet with few stolen stamps detected by the serial numbers on them. The list shows time and place from where these stamps were stolen. Women detect more stamps from gum sheets. Shows the manner in which endorsement sign differs on each stamp. News in newspapers about the arrests of gas black marketers.
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