American bombers and Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. A Japanese tanker underway in the Pacific ocean. American bombers strafe the Japanese tanker. Explosions on the tanker. Strafing of Kamikaze airplanes on a field. American fighters return to a U.S. aircraft carrier. A U.S. airplane crashes onto the airplane carrier. The airplane bursts into flames. The pilot is rescued from the burning airplane.
The bombing of Palau in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair in flight over Palau. The airplane drops napalm incendiary bombs over the target area. The Napalm bomb hitting the hillside. Black smoke arising from explosion during fight against enemy Japan.
U.S. aircraft attack the Japanese base in Truk, Caroline Islands during World War II . Animation depicts the Japan occupied Marshall Island and the Japanese base in Truk. The U.S. aircraft stationed at the aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. View of firing in air. The Japanese aircraft being attacked. The U.S. aircraft takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. The Japanese ships circle in sea to escape. The Japanese vessel being bombed. The U.S. aircraft bomb the Japanese ground installations. Aerial view of the bombed installations. The U.S. aircraft in flight while returning back to the aircraft carrier. The aircraft lands on the deck. Another aircraft with on of the wheel collapsed lands. The injured pilot being carried on a stretcher.
A film titled 'The war' about military activities in the United States during World War II. A bomb explosion on the Christmas eve. A wounded child cries. A blind man walks past the bombed houses. Soldiers present arms. People cry and walk as they are rendered homeless. The German troops march. People cry near the dead bodies. An animation of a globe depicting German,Italy and Japan occupation through out the world. The Japanese troops cheer. The United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull tries to stop the conflict. Newspapers stacked in a printing machine. The Japanese Ambassador to the United States Kichisaburo Nomura disembark from aircraft in Washington DC. The officials enter a building. The officials come out of a building. A Japanese aircraft carrier at sea. The Japanese aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor. A damaged aircraft. The dead bodies of the U.S. Navy men.
USAF General Henry Arnold meets crew of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress at Bolling Field, Washington, DC during World War II. C-47s lined up on the flight line. General Arnold, Lieutenant General Barney Giles and Brigadier General Lauris Norstad walk on the field. Crew members lined up in front of B-29. General Arnold in the foreground. General Norstad introduces the Aircraft Commander, Lt. DO Horsfall of Kalamazoo, Michigan, who salutes and shake hands with General Arnold. Lt. Horsfall introduces members of his crew who step forward, salute and shake General Arnold's hand. General Arnold tells the crew that U.S. bombers from China bases had been unable to reach the Japanese heartland. But B-29s from the Marianas would now be able to strike places like Hokkaido and Kyushu. He dictates a message for Horsfall and crew to write on a bomb. Crew members gather around bombs as the pilot writes the message, reading: 'To the war lords of Japan we have not forgotten. The B-29s will remind you again, again and again!'
United States soldiers in Saipan during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean with China, Japan, Saipan. Island of Saipan. Living conditions of the soldiers. Pup tents, dugouts in the area. Runway with ocean in the background. Piles of equipment stacked up. Soldiers lift a crate on to a truck. Man pushes gas drum along rails. Jeep pulls two barrels in a trailer. Piled equipment and tents in the background. Soldiers ride a horse-drawn cart. Row of tents. Soldiers walk along the area. Tents in the foreground.