The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas Islands. U.S. mortar crew fires at the Japanese. Tanks and infantrymen advance ahead. American troops fire mortar guns, artillery guns and machine guns. Troops advance toward a Japanese airbase. The airbase is captured. Many of the Japanese planes are captured. U.S. forces advance north towards another Japanese airbase. Tanks and mortar guns are fired at enemy positions. View of destroyed Japanese tanks and dead Japanese soldiers. U.S. Naval fleet shelling Japanese installations on the island. A Japanese ammunition dump explodes. Massive cloud of the explosion rises in the air. (World War II period).
The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. American troops look through binoculars. U.S. troops use flamethrowers to burn out the Japanese hidden behind underbrush. The enemy is blown out of there pillboxes. (World War II period).
Interior of U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator bomber in Marianas Islands during World War Two. Pilot at controls in PB4Y-1. His hand on the throttles. Instrument panel visible. Navigator shooting sunlines with sextant in top canopy. Radio operator tuning radios. Copilot in his seat in cockpit. Navigator charting aircraft position and course using weems plotter. View of other PB4Y-1 in flight.
Loose formation of U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 aircraft on a mission in the Marianas Islands during World War II. Crewmen aboard a PB4Y-1 in flight. Aircraft in flight over clouds. Pilot in the cockpit. Crewman placing a label on a container with "APS-1" stenciled on its side. Waist gunner drinking coffee. A crew member resting. Gunners pose at positions (not firing guns). Gunner eating a sandwich. Aerial view of Japanese airfield on Guam. It appears that smoke is rising from exploding bomb on ground.
Activities of United States Marines during the invasion of Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Two marines walking around a supply dump. Supplies on the ground. The marines discuss amongst themselves. Three marines check a stack of supplies and talk amongst themselves.
Activities of United States Marines during the invasion of Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Loaves of bread in a large basket on the ground. Men lift the large basket full of bread. The basket being put onto a destroyer by a long rope. The destroyer along the side of a larger ship being refueled with oil. Men stand near oil lines on the ship.