A Nazi German Kriegsmarine battleship attacks a British vessel in the South Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Kriegsmarine battleship fires artillery at British vessel in nighttime. The following morning, the British vessel is seen listing heavily. German commander climbs aboard the British vessel, which is carrying American trucks and war supplies to Asia. British officer is helped down ship's ladder. Damage inside the British vessel following German attack. Rows of American trucks shown onboard. Fire onboard the British vessel. British sailors evacuate. Explosion alongside the British vessel effectively breaks the ship into two. British vessel sinks as German soldiers watch from battleship. Nazi flag of the Kriegsmarine in battleship.
United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation from White House in Washington DC during World War 2. Sitting at his desk he points to a map of globe behind his desk. He demonstrates lines of travel of American ships. He points towards North Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. He shows various harbors and naval bases at waterfronts of the United States.
Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). Animated map of China. Japanese pilots being briefed at an airfield. Japanese planes take off and in flight. Japanese bombers bomb Luoyang and Xian. Smoke billows up from explosions.
Animated map shows Northern Pacific with line from Japan to the Aleutians and thence to the West coast of the United States. View zooms in on the Aleutian Islands. View, from Japanese transport ship, of several Japanese warships underway in Northern Pacific ocean during World War 2. Japanese Naval officer steering in the wheelhouse of the ship. A light cruiser and two more warships in a column. A company of Japanese marines receive instructions from an officer and board a landing craft.View of marines in landing craft, underway, with their rifles resting on the gunnels.
A film titled 'This is Guadalcanal' about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A map of Guadalcanal. An officer speaks about the role of U.S. Marines during the battle. He also speaks about the role of civilians that helped the Marines in winning the battle in Guadalcanal. The Marines embark onto a ship and it pulls away from a harbor in San Francisco. View of buildings of skyline of city of San Francisco as seen from moving ship. The Golden Gate Bridge in the background. A U.S. invasion fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. Officers confer aboard a ship. A signal man at a blinker light. He exchanges a signal with another ship. Naval guns bombard the coast of Guadalcanal and smoke rises from the coast. The Marines come down a landing net and board landing crafts. The landing crafts head towards a beach. Waves break at a shore. The Marines land at a beach. Faces of Marines as the disembark from landing craft. Supplies being unloaded from the landing crafts. Supply crates and gasoline barrels stacked up on the beach. Barbed wire fences on the beach. The Marine in gun emplacements and fox holes.
American Marines and the Japanese forces in Guadalcanal during World War 2. Animation depicts the Allied forces plan against the Japanese forces on islands in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of U.S. ships. The United States Marines land on Guadalcanal. Marines running out of landing craft while under fire. The Marines move inland. Combat scenes show soldier in prone position firing rifle. A U.S. Marine firing a machine gun at enemy Japanese in jungle area inland of beach during battle. Face of Marine in fox hole. (World War II period).