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Australian troops unload artillery from a C47 Skytrain aircraft in the South West Pacific theater during World War II.
United States 5th Air Force transport services in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. A mobile hoist loads a large aircraft engine in a United States Army Air Force CG-4A Haig glider named 'General George'. Australian troops unload field artillery and jeeps from a United States Army Air Force C47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The CG-4A Haig glider towed by the C47Skytrain aircraft.
U.S. Army soldiers refuel and load a large aircraft engine on a C47 Skytrain aircraft in South West Pacific theater during World War II.
United States 5th Air Force transport service in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. View of a camp area: Two long thatched roof buildings with a flag flying atop a tall pole. United States Army Air Force C47 Skytrain military transport aircraft parked on a field. A C47 Skytrain aircraft named 'Flamingo' taxis on the field. Mountains in the background. Two C47 Skytrain aircraft are refueled. GIs get ready to move out. They refuel a C47 Skytrain aircraft and load a large aircraft engine into the aircraft.
A man checks a shelter and records data at a weather station in the South West Pacific theater during World War II.
Activities at a weather station in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. A sign board on a tent reads "Colin Weather Station". Trees in the background. A man checks a shelter and records data. He climbs up a steel pole and checks an anemometer.
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
USS Wasp flight operations in Pacific Theater: landing of F4F's and SB2U's.
USS Wasp flight operations. F4F's and SB2U's aircrafts landing on the flight deck. Aircraft flying over the sea and landing on the flight deck. F4F landing aboard ship. Men standing on the flight deck. Other men standing with artillery on the flight deck and waving signal boards towards the planes. Aircraft lands. Superstructure in the background.
U.S. sailors gather for the funeral services near a tent area during battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
U.S. Navy personnel during the Battle of Midway of World War II. Army church service near war damaged tent area. Men gather in the area. War dead on stretchers during the burial services. Bugler blowing taps. Four men carrying a stretcher wrapped with flag. Stretchers holding war dead being carried aboard ship. Honor Guard firing rifles during the funeral services at sea. Japanese coffins being lowered over the side of patrol boat. PT boats underway. Coffin wrapped with flag in the foreground.