U.S. Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) work on beachhead in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Seabees unload supplies from LST (Landing Ship Tank) at a beach head. Seabees on ramp of LST. They pull supplies for a constructing bridge. Fire burns fiercely on the deck of LST as it underway. Two LSTs underway.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Smoke rises from the coast of Iwo Jima due to artillery fire. Invasion fleet off the coast of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean. A lookout aboard the ship uses binoculars. A sailor aboard the ship with anti-flash paint on his face. The muzzles of a dual mount 5 inch guns. The 5 inch 38s turret guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight crashes to the water after being hit by U.S. ship anti-aircraft fire. Invasion fleet off the shore. A pile of expended casings. Close views of a Marine opening a pack of K rations and eating it.
U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean towards Iwo Jima. A Marine aboard a landing craft writes down on a paper. A naval gun aboard U.S. Navy battleship USS Nevada fires at the coast of Iwo Jima. The base of the turret as expended casings fall out on the deck. A lookout aboard the ship in a revolving frame as he uses binoculars. The invasion fleet underway at sea. Two LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry) and other landing crafts in the background. The muzzles of main battery rifles aboard USS Nevada as they fire. Smoke rings appear.
Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.
A group of United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber planes in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A pilot holding the yoke inside the bomber cockpit. Another crewman sits in the cockpit. The view inside the cockpit of a B-29 Superfortress during a flight. B-29 Superfortress bombers flying over the Pacific Ocean as seen from an aircraft above. Crewmen relaxing in flight. A crewman smoking a cigarette looking out through window of the bomber airplane. Navigator taking down notes. Crewmen at work. They check their equipment during the flight. Crewmen such as the bombardier, pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer assuming their positions. Right gunner touches some switches or buttons on the switchboard before turning to man the gun. B-29 upper gunner sits in raised position known as the “Barber chair” and viewing dome. Bomber formation head toward Japan. Gunner aims at Japanese fighters. Japanese fighters attacking formation of B-29 bombers. B-29 bomber machine gun turns and fires at Japanese fighter planes. A Japanese plane catches fire from machine gun strafing. A crewman uses binoculars in cockpit.
Survivor of U.S. Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) float in a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean, approaching rescue by the USS Register (APD-92). Landing craft vehicle, personnel (LCVP) comes alongside the man in raft. Survivor in LCVP with boat crew. PB-1 in flight. Group of three ship rafts floating in water. APD-92 at sea.