Bombardment on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Tinian island under bombardment. A fleet fires at the island. Auxiliary ships and other ships at sea. Sailors load ammunition. Men carry powder guns.
A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Two U.S. soldiers drive in a jeep. Explosions and smoke in the background. Dead soldiers lying beneath a truck and along the side of wreckage. Explosions as soldiers drive in the jeep and a truck passes along a road. (World War II period).
A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Trucks and jeeps being driven along a road. Explosions occur at the side and in front of the moving vehicles. Smoke rises due to the explosions.
A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Trucks and jeeps being driven along a road. Soldiers in the trucks and the jeeps. Explosions occur and smoke rises as the vehicles drive past along the road. (World War II period).
A reenactment showing radio transmission security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. A German soldier listens to a radio and types a message. Two German officers look at a wall map. The officers go towards the soldier and take the message from him. They go back to the wall map and discuss over it. (World War II period).
A tribute to Andrew H. Higgins and his workers in developing and producing invasion boats in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Navy's need for landing crafts. Landing crafts at sea. Soldiers climb a cargo net. Landing crafts head towards a beach. Soldiers disembark from the landing crafts and move towards a sandy beach. Exterior of a building in New Orleans. Andrew Higgins works in his office. He talks over a phone. He makes a rough sketch of a sample boat. Andrew Higgins and his workers discuss and look at designs of an invasion boat. A Higgins tug boat at a canal. Higgins supervises construction of a boat. Ship builders work night and day. Navy officers get off from vehicles and meet Higgins. They inspect an LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel). An army tank being driven aboard the LCVP. Higgins and officers board the LCVP. The ramp of the LCVP is closed. It gets underway at sea. It stops at a shore. Higgins and the officers disembark from the LCVP. They climb up a flight of steps and talk. Higgins receives rush orders from the navy. Ship builders at work. Workers build a boat. They assemble the parts of the boat and paint it. LCVPs are transported. Exterior of a boat building plant. Constructed LCVPs and ships. (World War II period).
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