A documentary about the dangers posed by avalanches in the mountainous regions of the United States. A snow stake being used to measure th depth of snow. Reading shows 11 feet depth of snow. Heavy snow fall takes place. Snow stakes shows the reading of fresh snow fall as 2 feet. Wind force being measured with the help of anemometer. Strong wind blows during snow fall. A man on ski board as he climbs up a slope. Wind wane indicates the wind direction. Snow load along the slope. A vehicle covered with snow. An avalanche plunges down a mountain.
Railroads in the United States during World War 2. Freight cars pulled by EMD FT ABBA diesel electric engine on railroad tracks. A steam engine pulls freight train through the mountainous countryside. A river flows at the bottom of a valley. An engineer at the throttle.
Allied troops at the Kokoda front, New guinea during World War 2. Aerial views of the mountainous country side. U.S. Army air Forces C-53 aircraft in flight. Natives look skywards towards the plane in flight. Aircraft drop supplies as a parachute descends. Australian soldiers on a field.
Australian troops at the Kokoda front, New guinea during World War 2. Australian troops with rifles advance. Native men and women. Natives carry wounded soldiers on litters through mud and rain. Wounded being provided first aid. An injured soldiers smokes a cigarette. A soldier with a broken hand in a sling. A soldier shows his helmet. Soldiers run around in a village.
United States Marines during Allied operations in Guam, Mariana Islands, World War 2. Japanese aircraft in flight as they begin to dive. Palm trees on the island. Bomb damaged jungle area with uprooted trees on the ground. Smoke rises from the jungle. U.S. Marines advance as smoke rises in the background. Uprooted trees on ground. Vapor trails in the sky. U.S. Marines advance. Allied tanks advance across the jungle. Smoke rises as the jungle is on fire.
U.S. Navy warships under Japanese air attack in World War 2. A U.S. Aircraft carrier, that appears to be the USS Yorktown (CV-10). The Battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) with a U.S. Escort Carrier (CVE) behind in background. A Japanese warplane being fired at by antiaircraft guns. Tracer rounds are seen. Black smoke streaming close to the water from a U.S. ship. White smoke cloud from a bomb burst on a ship. A large Japanese warplane (possibly Mitsubishi G4M "Betty") flying low and fast past U.S. warships firing at it. It flies past a U.S. Fletcher-Class destroyer. Black Flak clouds are low in the air. The destroyer firing guns. Another Fletcher-Class destroyer moving rapidly in the water. Several U.S. warships in single line formation. Japanese aircraft attacking a ship on the horizon. Smoke rising from the ship. Closer view of huge black cloud of smoke rising from water surface and obscuring the burning ship.
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