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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.
Brief glimpse of a U.S. marine and Landing Vehicles tracked (LVT) during amphibious assault against japanese in Pacific
Momentary glimpse of U.S. marine standing in front of two LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) as they make an amphibious assault against an island held by the Japanese, during World War two, in the Pacific theater of operations. The marine is shouting something at the combat photographer (unseen).
A Japanese Kamikaze plane crashes into United States aircraft carrier Essex during World War II
World War 2, the Pacific Theater. A Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane (Lieutenant Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3, Type 33,) seen diving and crashing amidships into the United States aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). It explodes with a huge fireball. The Essex quickly becomes engulfed in smoke.
Battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas of Pacific Ocean and rescue at sea, during World War II
World War2, the Pacific Theater. United States battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas. Heavy sea breaks over the bow of the ship. Ship submerges in sea up to the deck at bow. Seamen in a small boat Raft in rough seas as men rescued in whaleboat. Whaleboat picks up men in rough sea. Two rubber life rafts in water. Men rescued in life rafts. Whaleboat in rough seas. Six life rafts come alongside a ship. U.S. sailors and Marines being rescued. Navy TBM airborne in flight and drops smoke flare. Men in rubber life rafts. Three life rafts with men in them in open seas.
Allied amphibious assault against Japanese held Island in the Pacific, during World War II
Film opens with animated map of the Pacific theater of operations in World War 2. It illustrates Allied advances through network of islands supporting supply lines of Japan. View from an Allied ship in an invasion task force headed to a Japanese occupied island (probably in the Mariana Islands) during World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope net from their transport ship to board landing craft. Numerous landing craft making way in loose formation. Warships in the task force bombard the target island. Huge black explosion occurs. B-25 Mitchell bombers displaying "Z" on tails, are seen briefly in flight. Landing craft maneuvering and approaching the shore where numerous shells are bursting from the naval bombardment. Landing craft number 25, from the USS Bolivar (APA-34) is seen in the water. Troops rush across the sand after leaving their landing craft. Closeups of U.S. troops using small arms and flame throwers to drive Japanese defenders from their caves, blockhouses and other fortifications. Dead Japanese soldiers beside their defensive positions. At the beachhead, several large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 334, 330,335, and 336 are unloading troops into the surf. Closeup front view of troops wading ashore from LCI(L)335. Troops carrying boxes of supplies ashore. At the beachhead, troops are unloading a large truck, while in the background, a Landing Vehicle Tracked is driving away from Landing Ship Tank (LST-47). Her deck is crowded with troops. A tractor drives off a nearby landing craft. Wide view of beachhead jammed with troops and equipment.
U.S. Marine Corps film and photograph scenes in World War 2, and film making in USA during war.
Film 'Sunset in the Pacific' shows United States Marine Corps photographers taking pictures and filming motion pictures in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Night view of a huge explosion. Two photographers shoot still pictures from behind a rock. Marines advance on beachhead. Combat cameraman with a 35 mm movie camera crawls over ground and into a trench. Flood waters flow through a valley, smashing into homes and shacks. Photographers shoot stills with speed graphic. Movie studio camera operator using 35mm motion picture film camera on platform or boom to capture motion picture film images of a American Legion Parade in New York City. Legionaries march with the American flag in hand. Two camera operators film couples dancing in a ballroom, on what appears to be a Hollywood movie set. Band plays in the background. Sailor watches as chief photographer explains working of 35mm movie camera.