A film titled 'Pacific Milk Run' . Formations of U.S. B-25 bombers, TBF torpedo bombers,and F4U Corsair fighters, in flight. U.S. Marines flying Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. A map shows the Japanese-held Gilbert, Marshall, Marianas, Caroline, and Solomon Islands in the Pacific. Marine Corps SBDs taking off and landing on a coral runway. Marine aircrews at breakfast mess. Intelligence officer confers with Marine Major General. Marine aircrews being briefed about a mission. Pilot and rear gunner board an SBD and take off on a mission with other SBDs as well as F4U Corsairs, and B-25 Mitchell bombers. SBDs peel off to attack Japanese targets. View from cockpit of a B-25 in formation with others. B-25s dropping bombs. Japanese aircraft rise to defend against the U.S. aircraft, including Zekes (Mitsubishi A6M Zeros); Nates (Nakajima Ki-27s) and Tonys ( Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft). U.S. Corsairs engage the Japanese aircraft in dogfights. Marine SBD bombs a Japanese transport ship. U.S. aircraft formations returning from mission. An SBD lands and parks. Crew chief is briefed by pilot and begins repairs of battle damage. Marine aircrews play baseball and later drink beer.
First lady of United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, visits U.S. Base Hospitals in South Pacific areas including Australia and New Zealand during World War 2. Base hospital's wards are seen including some in thatched huts. Mrs. Roosevelt wearing Red Cross uniform. A soldier seen in a wheel chair. Mrs. Roosevelt waves goodbye to United States soldiers.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. Aircraft of the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron lined up on a taxi way. An overcast sky with dark clouds. Flashes occur in the dark due to firing.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in south Pacific during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 aircraft lined up on a taxi way. Men under the nose of the aircraft. Aircraft lined up.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 Lightning aircraft lined up on a taxi way. Nose sections and fronts of the aircraft seen as camera rolls by several in a line. Aircraft lined up.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in the South Pacific during World War II. A personnel drives a jeep up to the operations hut. An A-2 intelligence officer seated at a desk as a messenger enters the 5th Bomber Command. He hands over the finished prints to the A-2 Intelligence officer at desk. The officer examines the Rabaul prints as he looks through a lens.