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German forces engage Americans in battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, in World War II, and take American prisoners.

Map of Italy showing major cities. During a battlefield lull,in World War 2, in Italy, a German soldier reads a newpaper called the "Southern Front." View of Monte Cassino,Italy, with German troops taking cover amongst war debris. Fencing and signs identify minefields. German soldiers with their weapons, hidden in foliage. German soldier looks through binoculars as American forces bombard the town of Monte Cassino. German soldier, seeking cover, jumps over a stone wall. Smoke rises from the U.S. bombardment. German officers consult in a dugout. German soldiers move stealthily across a stream and through battle scarred landscape. Some take up positions and fire machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades toward American lines. They advance from their trenches and come across fallen American soldiers on the field. They encounter one crawling, and several others from the U.S. 34th Division, whom they take prisoner. They remove their equipment and weapons, and smoke the American cigarettes. Behind the lines, a man in civilian clothes questions the captured American soldiers. A German soldier uses periscopic binoculars to spot targets for German artillerymen firing heavy weapons. Explosions seen in valley below as shells burst.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675027677
Japanese warplanes take off from an airfield in the Pacific. Pilots given big sendoff with waving flags.

Japanese Nakajima airplanes take off from an airfield on Japanese-held island in Pacific. Soldiers and people stand on the airfield. People watch the planes take off. Soldiers wave flags. Japanese officer waves hat on the platform. People in the background. Civilians wave at departing Japanese planes. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027683
Air operations on Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, during World War II.

View from deck of a Japanese battleship looking back at three Japanese aircraft carriers underway. during World War 2. Interior view of compartment in Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Ship's intercom loudspeaker calls pilots to a mission. Airplanes with engines running on the flight deck of the carrier. The planes ready for take off. Pilot prays at shinto shrine below decks, before mission briefing. Japanese flight commander briefs the pilots before take off. Pilots in cockpits. Nakajima B6n1 torpedo planes take off carrying torpedoes underneath (these B6N aircraft were called "Jill" by the Allies). Japanese Imperial Navy sailors watch the planes.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675027684
Japanese bombers take off on a bombing mission during World War II

Japanese group leader makes speech to pilots on an airfield. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers parked in the background. Airmen gather in the field. Bombers and hangars in the background. Religious flag flies on the field. Planes take off from airstrip. Ground crew waves towards the planes. Formation of 27 bombers in flights of 3 each. Pilot, copilot and third crew member in cockpit of a bomber. Radio operator comes forward, salutes the pilot, and gives him written orders which the pilot reads. He then folds his arms and expresses a look of resignation.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675027685
Japanese torpedo bombers in action against U.S. warships during World War II

View looking out from cockpit of a Japanese torpedo bomber flying just above thin cloud layer over water. Thin spit of land visible in distance. Several warships seen below. Closeup of the pilot, speaking into intercom. Formation of Nakajima Nakajima torpedo bombers in flight. Allied ships underway. The Japanese torpedo bombers attack, flying through a hail of intense antiaircraft fire from the U.S. warships. Around them other airplanes are engaged in dog fights. One pilot is seen as his airplane is struck by gunfire and begins to smoke. Another torpedo bomber continues and successfully releases his torpedo, which strikes a ship, which explodes. Clip is a mix of dramatized and actual footage.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675027686
Montage of naval battle scenes with Japanese warplanes attacking U.S. warships during World War II

Montage of scenes from naval battles involving Japanese aircraft attacking U.S. warships in the Pacific, during World War 2 . A Nakajima B6N torpedo bomber flying low over water through heavy antiaircraft fire from U.S. warships. It is struck and begins smoking. Pilot calls out as he dives the airplane into a U.S. aircraft carrier, which explodes. Another Japanese pilot crying out in cockpit of his airplane. Japanese warplanes swarming around U.S. warship. Bombs exploding around and on a U.S. warship. Scenes of intense combat between attacking Japanese airplanes and defending U.S. warships. Flak puffs fill the sky. Tracer bullets seen everywhere. Japanese warplanes zooming over smoking U.S. warship and over a U.S. aircraft carrier. Smoke trailing from Japanese warplane. Smoke pouring from bombed U.S. warship. (Closeups of pilots in cockpits during combat are obvious insertions and not related to the actual battles.)

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027687