Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).
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.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Super Fortress in flight during World War II. Map of Pacific Ocean showing Saipan, Philippines,China and Japan. B-29 circling overhead. A B-29 on final approach over water, with landing gear down. A B-29 flies over the field with gear up. Another B-29 in level flight at altitude, with landing gear down. A B-29 makes approach and lands on the new airfield, as interested military personnel watch from side of runway.
Map of Pacific Ocean showing Saipan and routes of B-29s to bomb Japan. Aerial view of B-29 in flight over water. Four fighter escort aircraft. B-29 comes in for landing. Numerous B-29s, carrying "Square" tail markings, land at the airfield. Map shows range of the B-29s extending to Japan and beyond, to edge of China.
A strafing attack on revetments, houses and villages on island in the Pacific Theater by U.S. aircraft. Rocket run on shore installations. A strafing attack on revetments. Bomb explosions on dirt and a grass runway. Strafing of a small village and large buildings. A plane in flight and a battle cruiser ship seen in the Pacific Ocean at the time of sunset. (World War II period).
Allied troops aboard a ship on their way to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea during World War II. U.S. soldiers on the deck of an LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway in the Pacific Ocean. A soldier with a pet cockatoo. View of helmsman at the wheel. View from porthole of troops on the deck of the LST . Closeup of two playing chess. Glimpse of ship's Coast Guard officers on the bridge. Sailor in the Crow's nest. Glimpse of other ships in the convoy. Sailors man antiaircraft guns on deck. View of interesting cloud formations over the water as seen from ship's deck. Soldiers, antiaircraft guns, and another ship, silhouetted against sky at dawn or sunset. More shipboard views and views of the convoy. Landing craft head toward the shore of Manus Island. Several subchasers pass at high speed. Smoke rising from Manus Island. A Hahan-Dunlap class destroyer, at anchor. View from camera LST as it and others approach the shore of Manus Island. Closeups of LSTs at the shore, with numerous palm trees on the beach. Beach covered with men and equipment. Truck drives off an LST and heads ashore where camp is already well established with tents.