Allied invasion convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Amphibious landing of Fifth United States Army at Salerno during Allied invasion of Italy. General Mark Clark and Vice Admiral Henry Hewitt seen talking at time of "Operation Avalanche." An animated map shows Sicily, Salerno and Naples. The soldiers memorize every mountain and valley. Ships and supplies pour in. Night time invasion underway as U.S. soldiers invade Italy under attack from German soldiers. Soldiers seen on tanks advancing. General Eisenhower and Admiral Cunningham seen in discussion on a ship as terms of surrender of Italy are carried out, and Italian ships head toward Allied ports.
American B-25 aicraft bomb Japanese positions in New Guinea in advance of operations by American and Australian troops. Explosions seen on ground as bombs impact targets. Low altitude aerial view of destroyed Japanese troop transport ships and cargo ships near the shores of New Guinea. Naval bombardment of Lae is seen from aboard Allied invading ships. Australian soldiers go ashore. General MacArthur confers Lieutenant General George Kenney and other officers. U.S. paratroopers on ground at an airfield prepare equipment and ready for jump into enemy territory. Scene with close up of General MacArthur smiling. Paratrooper C-47 aircraft lined in rows. U.S. Army paratroopers loading into aircraft and C-47s taking off. Aerial view from inside a C-47 as equipment and men jump toward target area of Lae. Hundreds of parachutes seen in sky. A serviceman holding a motion picture film camera films the view of parachutes through the open aircraft door. View on ground 5 days later as Australian Army troops join up with American forces on a captured Japanese airfield. Close up views of faces of Australian soldiers. The soldiers cut tall grass at landing fields to prepare for arriving DC-3 aircraft. DC-3 landing with supplies unloaded by Australian troops for use in the drive into Lae and Salamaua New Guinea.
World War II Allied convoy underway at sea. Allied forces amphibious landing at Salerno at night, in Italy. Darkness illuminated by flashes of gunfire. Navy guns blast enemy positions and German planes. German warplanes bombing and strafing Allied ships. Several Allied ships burning. Helmsman on Allied landing craft looks back at German plane falling into sea, when he takes cover away from the tiller. General Mark Clark rides to shore in a landing craft along with his troops. 5th Army troops dig in furiously on the beachhead and dive into their foxholes as they come under German firing. British General Harold Alexander, commander of Allied 15th Army Group confers with U.S. General Mark Clark. Nurses arrive by C-47 aircraft and treat wounded soldiers. Views of destroyed German armor and artillery including German Pz.IV tank from 16th Panzer Division. Nurses and medics load Allied wounded onto landing craft for evacuation. German prisoners of war walk under armed escort and dig graves to bury their dead. Allied forces move forward on battlefront. Several Allied C-47 transport planes are seen flying low over the area.
Natives learn to build airstrips in India for Allied Forces. Indians using primitive tools. Indian women are also seen working to build air field runways and landing strips. A U.S. Army B-25 bomber aircraft lands and taxis. General MacArthur, General Krueger and General Rupertus inspect newly won positions in New Guinea. In Burma British and Indian troops advance. Explosions seen as British Army forces fire mortars. (World War II period).
Australian girls from the Sydney Australia College of Physical Culture perform mass drills in Army Hospitals in Sydney Australia during World War 2. Crowd cheering. Patient on a wheel chair watches the mass drills. The girls perform gymnastics drills and calisthenic exercises with rhythm and precision as the crowd of injured Australian soldiers and sailors watches.
The Badgett quadruplets celebrate their 5th birthday. View of the Badgett family house in Galveston, Texas. The Badgett quadruplets prepare a birthday cake. Girls mixing cake batter. A girl places the bowl of batter in the oven. The Badgett quadruplets clean up the kitchen. Their mother takes out the cake from oven and candles are lit. The girls dress up for their birthday party. A girl combing in front of a mirror. One of the Badgett quadruplets apply powder on her sister. They cut the birthday cake in the party and receive birthday gifts. At a USO Army/Navy recreation center they meet and dance with enlisted men. Girls holding up war bonds. The girls are Joan (incorrectly called "Jean" by the narrator), Joyce, Jeanette, and Geraldine Badgett. Navy men and soldiers dance with the little quadruplets. The Badgett quadruplets receive World War II war bonds for their birthday.
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