The USS Argonaut (SS-166) returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the famous Makin Raid in World War 2. Aboard are marines from the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). A military honor guard, on the pier, presents arms in salute. View of the Argonaut being pulled in by lines to the pier. Sailors and Marine Raiders stand on the deck. U.S. Navy ensign flies at the bow. Sailors watch from the deck of the USS Nautilus (SS-168) in the background. It has also just returned from the Makin Raid and is already tied up, on the opposite side of the dock. Sailors on the Argonaut, and on the pier, secure the lines and set up a gangway to the boat. A Naval officer comes aboard. Next, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and staff officers, are seen walking away from the Argonaut, after having formally greeted members of the crew and the Marine Raiders. Many sailors mingle on the pier. Marines of the 2nd Raider Battalion begin to walk away from the Argonaut, past the honor guard. View from a height, of honor guard in large formation, saluting. A truck drives onto the pier, as Pearl Harbor Navy personnel gather around the returning Marine Raiders as they leave the boat and pier.
A large military honor guard is drawn up in formation at the waterfront in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to greet the USS Nautilus (SS-168) returning with U.S.marines of the 2nd Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) following their Makin Raid in World War 2. Next, the Nautilus is seen approaching the wharf, with the Marine Raiders standing on the deck.The honor guard troops render a salute in unison, while sailors throw a line from the Nautilus. Scene shifts to behind the honor guard, as the Nautilus glides into position, with the Raiders on deck and its Naval ensign flying in the breeze. Panning view of Carlson's Raiders with their gear at their feet,on the deck. Closeups of some of the men, on the deck and as they walk off on a gangplank. Lieutenant Commander William H. Brockman, Jr., Commanding Officer of the Nautilus is seen in glimpses, on deck, behind the departing Raiders. Sailors carry a wounded Raider off the boat on a litter. Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson, USMC, Commander, Second Raider Battalion, converses with an officer wearing a pith helmet. Another wounded Raider is raised vertically through a hatch in the deck.
Return to the United States of Marines from 2nd Raider Battalion, known as "Carlson's Raiders" (led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson). They arrive at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the submarine, USS Argonaut (SS-166) after completing their famous Makin Island raid in August,1942, during World War 2. Inserted view of surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun. Distant smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship. Scene shifts back, to Hawaii, again, as the Argonaut arrives at a pier in Pearl Harbor. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the submarine and shakes hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, Commanding Officer of the Argonaut. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, Executive Officer, Second Raider Battalion (the President's son) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. View of stacked arms and equipment of the Marines on the boat's deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. The rest of the marines begin to step from the Argonaut, to the pier, and walk past a military honor guard with rifles, at parade rest.
African American Preacher speaking from church pulpit to his congregation about threats to Liberty, during World War 2. Closeups of parishioners listening intently. Suddenly, in contrast, the statue of a German Eagle atop a wreathed swastika is seen followed by views of Adolf Hitler looking over maps with his war planners. Next, a Japanese Rising Sun Naval Ensign flag is seen followed by views of Japanese Naval war planners aboard ship, and Japanese war planners at an Army headquarters. Glimpse of Hitler and staff amused by something at Christmas holidays. (A decorated Christmas tree stands in the background.) An entire huge apartment house collapses from German bombing in Europe. An aerial view from a bomber with smoke rising from bomb strikes below, displays labels reading: "Thirteen Countries Conquered," and "150,000,000 People Enslaved." A German officer stands beside a group of hanged persons at a public execution. Scene shifts completely to formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers (Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers) releasing bombs in flight. Bombs exploding at various sites on the ground. Chinese civilians fleeing from Japanese bombing during the 2nd Sino-Japanese war. Bombs bursting and destruction. Chinese rescuing wounded and collecting the dead. Japanese bombs striking U.S. battleships, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American sailors running to battle stations and firing antiaircraft guns from a ship. Formations of Japanese warplanes diving from overhead. Several U.S. Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers with cockpits open (possibly representing Japanese dive bombers in a movie ) drop bombs. Explosions and fires from bombing. American sailor furiously turns controls to raise elevation of antiaircraft gun. Japanese airplane streaming black smoke passes overhead. U.S. sailors scrambling to battle stations on a ship. Japanese fighter plane firing its machine guns on a strafing run passes over a ship. An African American sailor lying on a deck, fires a M1917 Browning machine gun and falls back. Another sailor takes his place.
Snow covers launch pad area at German rocket development center in Peenemunde Germany. Engineers, crew, and guards in long winter coats seen near A4 missile (v-2 rocket). A4 missile lift off emitting a fiery flare. A gauge shows a reading. The missile in flight as it emits fire. A 2nd launch is shown of a different rocket (shown already in mid ascent). Gauge in lower right of image measures rocket progress. (World War II period).
Allied gliders in flight in France during World War II 5 days after D-Day. Gliders land, and thereafter are concealed among trees. U.S. Army 9th Division soldiers march forward toward the battle front in France.
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