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U.S. campaigns against Japanese in Marshal Islands, New Britain, and Rabaul, in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. offensives against Japan in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. A United States Carrier Task Force in the Pacific Ocean. Fighter planes and dive bombers on the deck of the Task Force. Sailors push trolleys containing bombs. A map shows Marshall Islands. Douglas Dauntless dive bombers take off to strike against the enemy. U.S. Navy fighter planes engage defending Japanese aircraft and down many of them, as seen in gun camera footage. The first wave of Douglas Dauntless dive bombers returns to its carrier for refueling, rearming, and debriefing. Sailors on the aircraft carrier man anti-aircraft guns to defend against attacking Japanese aircraft. Black flak fills the sky and a number of Japanese aircraft are destroyed by the anti-aircraft fire. A Japanese bomb explodes near the flight deck of a carrier. (Narrator notes that 85 Japanese aircraft were destroyed in this one operation.)An animated map shows New Britain Island. U.S. Major General William Henry Rupertus, Commander of U.S. Marines on a ship. He looks through a pair of binoculars as a U.S. planes (B-24 Liberators) drop bombs on Rabaul. U.S. warships launch an attack at the enemy positions. Fire and explosions. The Marines load into landing craft and move towards the shore. They land behind an intense naval bombardment. Marines head ashore from beached LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), number 343. M 16 tanks, equipment, and artillery roll ashore from Landing Ships Tank (LSTs). . The tanks lead the way through the jungle terrain and the marines advance behind them. Marines fire mortars as they advance. They flush out Japanese from trenches and bunkers. A damaged Japanese Mitsubishi fighter plane and wreckage of others. Some dead Japanese soldiers. The Marines wade through deep water as they push on to Rabaul. Others advance through deep mud. More views of them slogging through mud.
U.S. Task Force being resupplied, in Marshall Islands, during World War II.
Film taken from the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35 at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, during resupply operations in World War 2. .Time 04:00 to 00:15 the USS Indianapolis is tied up to the starboard side of a cargo ship which is supplying the battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, on the cargo ship's port side. Time 00:17 to 00:51 shows the crew of the USS Indianapolis having fun near the bow of the ship and making the ship ready for getting underway. A sailor and an officer jokingly pickup another sailor and pretend like they are going to throw him overboard. Time 0052 to 01:01 shows the ships open bridge with officers at their duties. Time 01:02 to 01:07 shows an anchor detail raising the ships anchor. Time 01:08 to 01:19 shows the ships bridge and signal flags being lowered. Time 01:20 to 01:35 shows the port side of the heavy cruiser USS Louisville, CA-28, in measure 32/6d camouflage and a Fletcher class destroyer, in measure 21 all blue camouflage, moving between the view. Time 01:36 shows a crew member taking depth soundings with a line and plummet. The rest of the film shows the shore of a small island. APs (transports), AKs (cargo ships), DEs (Destroyer Escorts), and LCs (Landing Craft) offshore. An LCT (Landing Craft Tank) underway.
Battle for Marshall Islands. Japanese aircraft are downed by U.S. aircraft carrier's guns in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle for the Marshall Islands in World War 2. A tractor towing a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft F6F Hellcat with wings folded, along carrier flight deck.. Two ordnance men pushing cart with a 500 pound bomb, along the deck. At dawn U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft take off in semidarkness. Fire from their engine exhausts visible. Clouds of smoke rising and a large explosion occurs as Japanese aircraft attack U.S. ships.. A gun crew at an anti aircraft gun on the deck. Japanese aircraft flying overhead, in flames. U.S. sailors firing at Japanese aircraft in flight. Another Japanese aircraft shot down by carrier's antiaircraft fire. It crashes into the sea. A large explosion occurs in the water. A Japanese aircraft in low flight drops a torpedoe. A Japanese aircraft is shot down. Another Japanese aircraft is shot down and crashes in carrier's wake. SBDs and F6F aircraft parked on the deck of the carrier.
Scenes from Operation Flintlock in the Marshall Islands campaign of World War II
Film begins showing a two star admiral and another ship's officer conversing as they look at maps of a mission. on a deck atop the ship an officer is briefing Marines as he stands over a large map of an atoll dominated by a Japanese airfield in the Marshall Islands. In a room below decks, a senior officer discusses mission plans with members of his staff. A Filipino steward brings him a cup of coffee. On deck a sailor operates a signal light. On an aircraft carrier, Douglas Dauntless aircraft are seen being brought to the flight deck by elevator and then taking off at dusk. Glimpse of several of them joining up in formation high above. Marines are seen on deck of the transport ship USS Harry Lee (APA-10). Next, Higgins boats from the ship are being lowered over her side. Another transport ship, the USS La Salle (AP-102) is seen with some of her Higgins boats in the water beside her. Closeup of Marines and a sailor descending rope ladders from another troop transport ship, seen to be the USS Bolivar (APA-34). A Marine Colonel in a steel helmet and another officer look through binoculars. Next, U.S. navy warships begin to bombard the targeted Japanese held island with heavy guns. Sailors firing smaller guns from a ship's deck. Smoke rising from a burning ship in the distance. Scene changes to gun camera footage from American planes strafing Japanese aircraft parked on an airfield and from an American plane shooting down a Japanese aircraft in flight. More views from aircraft strafing Japanese aircraft on an airfield and another of a Japanese airplane destroyed in flight.
Information about the composition of northern task force for operations on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands is given.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Northern task force is composed of several groups. These include the northern landing force which comprises of the 4th Marine Division. This in turn is made up of combat teams 23, 24 and 25. Each landing team is composed of three landing teams, one support group and attached units. The remaining group consists of Transport Divisions 24, 26 and 28. They also include a raider unit and a transport screen. The northern support group, the northern carrier group, the initial tractor group, the reserve tractor group and the mine sweeper and the salvage group are also included. Information about the shipping of the northern attack force is given. Aerial view of ships underway at sea. Interior of a ship. Joint operations room, combat information center room, intelligence office, communication room, photographic and reproductions rooms on the ship. Signal and communication equipment. The ship convoy underway, advancing towards the target area. Men aboard ships. An aircraft in flight overhead. An officer studies a map and instructs personnel.
U.S. troops capture Roi-Namur island in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands during the Battle of Kwajalein of World War II.
U.S. troops on Roi-Namur island of the Kwajalein Atoll during the Battle of Kwajalein in World War II. Marines at a 1.1"/75 caliber gun on the deck of a ship. A fleet of U.S. Navy transports and aircraft carriers underway at sea. The cargo deck of an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Explosions due to bombardment on Kwajalein Atoll. U.S. Marines in boats heading towards the shore. Smoke due to explosions on the beach. Troops going down the side of transport ship using a cargo net into the LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). Ships at sea and clouds of smoke rising in the background. Marines getting down from LCVPs on the shore. A Marine fires a 3"/50 caliber gun. An amphibious craft on the shore. A U.S. Navy dive bomber SBD Dauntless in flight overhead. Explosions on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) underway at sea. The Marines get off an LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and advance across the beach. Marines and a few amphibious vehicles on the beach. An LVT coming up on the beach. Two GIs firing rifles on the shore. An LST with troops on the beach. Marines load and fire 75 mm howitzers. A combat cameraman operates a camera mounted on a tripod. Marines on an airfield. An explosion occurs and dirt and rubble fly all around. Marines inside a bomb crater firing carbines. A Marine looking under a concrete slab aiming his carbine. A Marine engineer constructing a yard grenade with one end in a hole and other Marines standing around taping a fuse on it. Two Marines run away from the hole. Explosions occur. Dead Japanese soldiers lying behind a wooden screen. A partially constructed Japanese hangar with burnt canvas. A part of the tail of a Japanese bomber in view. Two soldiers beside a wrecked aircraft. One of them looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. View of the tail assembly of a wrecked Japanese bomber on an airfield. A damaged Japanese bunker. An LCVP beside a U.S. Navy ship. Wounded men being transferred from the LCVP to the ship. Church services held on a beach at Kwajalein.