United States Army 77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World War II. Soldiers walk through bushes and smoke rising from a burning hut in the background. Dead Japanese in a hut. The soldiers advance in formation with weapons in hand.
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.
D-Day on Iwo Jima, Japan. Beach of Iwo Jima. Amphibious jeep comes out of the water. Beach activities. Vehicles and personnel at beach. Mount Suribachi in the background. Wreckage strewn on beach. Parts of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Wreckage on beach. 155 Howitzer fired by Marines in gun emplacement. (World War II period).
A United States Naval training film about the Battle of Coral Sea. Moves of C task Force (TF)17 on the Japanese targets without support of C task Force 11. Support system of TF 44. Animation shows probable action of Task Forces. Location of TF 11 and TF 44. TF 17 at sea. The Japanese plan. Clouds show bad weather. Moves of TF 17 to Tulagi and Guadalcanal. Animation shows favorable and unfavorable weather conditions in attack of TF 17. Cruiser launches U.S. aircraft. Torpedo plane and 28 dive bombers. Six planes in flight. Aerial view of islands. Bombers take off and return after unsuccessful air operation. Diagram shows pilot's report after battle. Air group in flight. TF 11 approaches launch air searches within 200 miles. Moves of TF 11. Moves of Japanese commands. Reaction of Japanese Task Forces from small islands of Japan. Position of all forces depicted. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces film about B-29 aircraft construction. A completed B-29 bomber towed out of the construction factory during World War 2. Wheels of the bomber. Workers in plant weld, bolt and do other work to complete another B-29 plane. Women and men war production workers seen working in the plant look up and smile on hearing one of the new B-29 aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial views of B-29 in flight. Wing area and tactical gear of the plane. Close-up view of revolutionary flap design that constitutes one fifth of the wing area. Flaps shown moving on the aircraft. Close-up view of landing gear descending. B-29 aircraft lands. View of guns mounted on plane. Pilots shake hands with crew member. B-29 flight crew in briefing to receive information about bombing objective over Japan. Laborers assisting with loading and unloading the aircraft. B-29 taking off and again seen in flight.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States Hiroshi Saito officially declares that Japan would no longer abide by the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Hiroshi Saito steps from his car and enters the Old Executive Office building (Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C., United States) in Washington DC. Exterior view of Executive Office building. He descends the steps of the building and enters his car.