Chinese soldiers fire artillery at enemy positions in Burma during World War II. Chinese soldiers load mortar with shells and fire the same.
Burmese nurses and medics attend patients in Burma during World War II. A field hospital in a jungle shows the medics and Burmese nurses treating the patients. Chinese stretcher bearers carry a wounded man and place him on a table. Burmese nurse Pearl Myatlo stands.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. BV-238 on portable dry dock near a body of water. One man stands on top of pilot's cabin and one man is at the large nose with refueling hose. Group of men on top of starboard wing work on open nacelle engines. Aircraft engine and large single tails. Hull of same BV-238 afloat in water. Mechanics on top of aircraft engines closing nacelle doors. Front and side view of same aircraft afloat in water. Small boat attaching heavy line to aircraft tail to be towed. BV-238 taxiing on water way. Three engines of aircraft with spinning propellers. Pilot aboard BV-238. BV-238 taxiing. BV-238 takes off. BV-238 in flight.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. Pilots at controls inside cabin of BV-238 in flight. BV-238 flies low over water. Same BV-238 taxis over water.
United States Marine Corps Sergeant John Basilone being interviewed in New York during World War II. The Mayor of New York Fiorello Henry La Guardia interviews him. The mayor in his office with the sergeant. La Guardia welcomes Basilone and they shake hands. Sergeant Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his work for the country. The mayor interviews him about the combat against the Japanese. The mayor makes a statement concerning war bonds.
;Allied Operation Husky in World War 2. British 8th Army advances forward in Sicily during World War II. British transports and warships along a coastline as bombs from enemy airplanes drop in water around them. British troops march along a road. A ship at an anchor in the background. White flags flutter from the balconies of Italian homes. British soldiers drink wine from a pitcher. A soldier hands a chocolate to a woman holding a small baby. U.S. troops ride into the town on donkey carts. Several men walk along with the carts. British armored units drive through the city. Captured enemy food is distributed among Sicilian peasants. British Army General Bernard Montgomery in an open motor car drives past British troops and through the town. A group of Italian soldiers wave white clothes to surrender to British soldiers. Axis prisoners march through the streets of Syracuse. Captured and wrecked enemy equipment. People cheer as British trucks loaded with soldiers drive into Francofonte, Italy. Axis prisoners lined up on a highway follow a British truck. German prisoners debark from a prison ship in England. The prisoners and insignias in view. (including insignia of the Hermann Göring Division)
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