U.S. soldiers mill around the tent area in the Mariana Islands. The soldiers mill about between two rows of tents. (World War II period).
U.S. military operations in the Mariana Islands. A wrecked B-29. A gun emplacement on a small highland. A man near the gun. The man positions the barrel of the gun. Several people and some vehicles move in the distant background. A power shovel in operation. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers at a military camp in the Mariana Islands. Three men study a map placed on the hood of a jeep. Two soldiers stand in a tower. A dump truck passes from near the tower. A jeep and a Red Cross truck parked behind the tower. Another dump truck passes by. Tents in the background (World War II period).
View of flak filled sky with tracer shells during Kamikaze attacks on U.S. Navy warships in Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several kamikaze planes are hit and crash into sea. Scenes of U.S. Navy task force. Smoke columns rise.
This film contains numerous views of citizens in postwar Germany interposed with flashbacks of Nazi activities seen in Germany during the war. At start, film shows drawing of U.S. soldier superimposed on map of Germany. Armed U.S. troops, early in the occupation of Germany, proceed with caution along an alleyway, when an explosion occurs in a nearby building. German citizens going about their daily affairs in a village. Many patronize an outdoor market. Flashback to Germany during World War 2, with view from a high overlooking building, of troops marching along a street below. Closeup of German SS Guards marching in abbreviated goose step along a street. Glimpse of civilians in German city. German storm troopers marching at the Nazi Rally grounds in Nuremberg. More views of citizens on the streets of a city in postwar Germany. Glimpse of several German Nazi officials meeting together. A group of German civilian men relaxing in a courtyard. A town decorated with Nazi flags and banners. Views of ordinary Germans: a doctor, a technician, a clock maker, a postman, a farmer, a woman housekeeper, women toy makers, barbers, cooks, and dockworkers, all at work during the Nazi wartime era. A gathering of Hitler Youth at a rally. Closeups of young boys playing band instruments, then, marching through a gateway labeled: "Nordmarch Lager 1935," and parading through the streets of a town. A different group, dressed in black uniforms, and carrying backpacks, as they march in a town. Members of the Reich Labor Service marching with shovels on streets and during a rally at the Nazi grounds in Nuremberg. Several cartoon drawings accompany messages for U.S. troops on postwar occupation duty in Germany. They remind the soldiers that they are standing guard, but they must obey local laws, respect local customs and respect property rights. Also that they are not to ridicule or argue with local people. They are cautioned not to make friends with German citizens, but to be cautious and suspicious. Views of German people socializing, and gathering at outdoor markets. Views of German men, women and children in various activities, in their homes and outside. Narrator tells U.S. soldiers not to fraternize with the German people.
U.S. Army Air Force attacks enemy railroads and bridges in China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Bombs dropped by the -24 bombers of the U.S. Air Force leave a smoke trail behind. An array of straight smoke trails left by the dropping bombs.