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Japanese planes attack B-29 base in Saipan, Pacific Theater.
Location of Saipan on an animated map. Japanese planes attack B-29 base in Saipan, Pacific Theater. Many United States B-29 bomber aircraft destroyed. Fire and heavy black smoke rises up. Troops try to extinguish fire by throwing water through buckets and hose. Japanese planes attack second time. Jeeps pass on the airfield. Wrecked and burnt planes on base. (World War II period).
A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains about taking footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater (WW2)
United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).
British air force and navy raid targets of Japanese in Pacific Theater and Germans on European Front, during World War II.
Allied air force and navy raid Japanese targets in the Pacific Theater and German positions on the European Front, during World War II. British aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean. Airmen and sailors aboard attach bombs and prepare planes for a raid on Japan. Planes take off from the strip of carrier one after the other. Navigator makes plans for returning the planes. The planes land on the strip after completing the mission. Large guns on the ships. British 8th Air Force raids Nazi supply lines on the European Front. Immense smoke rises by the bombs dropped on Nazi positions. A German fighter plane shot in air by Allied warplane.
United States Landing Ship Tanks at sea in the United States and Pacific Theater.
Landing Ship Tanks in the United States. A Landing Ship Tank moves at sea. The board outside District Coast Guard Officer's office reads 'Operations and Ship Movement section'. Officers discuss looking at a map on the table. Women marking on a large board on the wall. Coast Guards on the ship deck. United States Landing Ship Tanks arrive in the Pacific Theater.
General Henry H. Arnold talks about the role of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific theater (WW2)
General Henry H. Arnold (Hap Arnold) describes the role of the United States Army Air Force in the Pacific theater of World War II. Flags of the United States and the Army Air Force are seen behind General Arnold. General Arnold seated behind a desk with a nameplate bearing his name. A model aircraft is seen on General Arnold’s right side. “The Army Air Forces play an important part in winning the war. It is equally important to ensure our winning the peace and America remaining what it is today a leading the airpower in the world. You and every American play your part in maintaining the freedom and security which we have all fought by buying and holding bonds,” says General Arnold.
Crash of a SB2C airplane on USS Bunker Hill in Pacific Theater during Marianas campaign in World War II
Slow motion footage of SB2C airplane landing on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during Marianas campaign; Battle of Philippine Sea in World War 2. The carrier's island structure in view. The airplane hits restraint wires and noses over and flips, upside down, landing completely inverted on the deck. Other planes in the background. Men rush towards the crashed plane.