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.
Slow motion footage of an F4U Corsair airplane rounding out too high as it lands on the USS Bunker Hill during World War 2 Battle of Philippine Sea and Marianas Campaign. The F4U bounces over all visible restraining cables and continues to crash further along the flight deck. Final impact is obscured from view by deck crew personnel who step onto deck to respond to the crash.
American women at work in war production factories during World War II. A woman working on a lathe answer why she is contributing to the war effort. They produce various war materials. They are asked about their engagement in producing the war materials. They cite their reasons for producing these materials. “My husband is a prisoner of the Japs in the Philippines. If he’d have a few more of these shells out in the pan, maybe he’d still be fighting. Whenever I get a bit tired, I think of him on that death march.” a woman answers, clenching a handful of shells from a container. They produce equipment useful in war and other products. A woman working on the plexiglass nose turret of a bomber aircraft in an airplane manufacturing plant. They wear uniforms and work on machines to produce for the war effort.
Newsreel titled 'Roosevelt in Pacific Defense Area'. President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Military, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Hawaii in a ship. President sitting with General MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Leahy. The motorcade of the President. President saluted by marching troops and airplanes of the United States Military. President and Military officials during a meeting discuss strategies and read a map with special attention on Philippines and Tokyo. President sitting in a car reviews parading troops of the 7th Regiment. The triumphant soldiers of the Aleutian outpost and Kwajelein campaigns salute the President. (World War II period).
Four Japanese Ministry of the Navy admirals gather for address on radio, appealing to Japanese defense workers to increase their efforts, during World War 2. Map of the Philippines in Japanese. Japanese shipyard workers listening to the radio address. Many are dressed in kokumin-fuku worker uniforms. Young Japanese women, also war production workers, seen wearing white bands around their heads, listening to the radio address. Shipyard workers in moving cab of a crane, listening. Large formation of Japanese women wearing the white headbands, listening.
Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon passes away during his exile in the United States. A Filipino woman in mourning. President Quezon’s family, prominent United States and Filipino officials seated inside the cathedral. Funeral held at St. Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) in Washington, D.C. They pay tribute to the late President. Exterior of the cathedral. Casket containing the body of President Quezon is loaded into a hearse by pallbearers. Cars passing on the street. The casket is taken to Memorial Bridge. The casket is removed from the hearse and placed on a caisson. A band plays. Soldiers march holding rifles. The caisson moves across the Memorial Bridge into Arlington Cemetery. (World War II period).