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A instructor explains the use of Water cooled Machine Gun and men practice with various guns at Fort Shafter in Hawaii, United States
The U.S. Army Ranger combat training school at Fort Shafter in Hawaii, United States during World War 2. Men seated on ground. An instructor explains the use of Water cooled Machine Gun. Soldiers learn to fire various weapons. An instructor explains a gun. Men perform drills with various rifles and machine guns, including Thompson submachine guns. A man loads a gun. Men practice firing guns at target.
Indian Punjab soldiers freed from Japanese prison camp are interviewed by Australian soldiers in Senai, New Guinea, during World War II
Indian Punjabi soldiers freed from Japanese prison camp, are seated in shade under wing of a U.S. Army Air Corps L-4 Grasshopper airplane, at an air field in Senai, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. They are being interviewed by an Australian Sergeant and an officer. The Punjab former prisoners have been provided uniforms including ranger hats. (They have short hair and no beards, so they may include Sikhs, Dogras, Pathans, and Punjabi Muslims, but haven't yet obtained material for their traditional turbans.) The Sergeant makes notes and sketches on a pad as the escaped POWs provide information about their experiences and information of possible value regarding Japanese forces. Scene shifts to the Punjab soldiers sitting in a grass-roofed hut, with the native Chief of Senai. Several of them sit in in front of the hut, smoking long-stemmed native pipes. The Senai Chief poses with a Punjab Sergeant. Two Stinson L-5 airplanes take off from the Senai field. A group of liberated prisoners prepares and eats a meal.
Several dignitaries and officials are greeted upon their arrival on USS Ranger at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States.
CINCPAC ( Commander in Chief, Pacific Command ) change of command aboard USS Ranger at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. USS Ranger at a dock. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-34G helicopter takes off from the ship. The helicopter in flight overhead. Guests arrive at the side of USS Ranger. American actor Kirk Douglas is greeted as he arrives at the side of USS Ranger. Former Under-Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Burgess Fay, Jr arrives. United States Marine Corps General Wallace Martin Greene, Jr arrives. Governor of Hawaii John Anthony Burns also arrives. He walks towards the brow. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Admiral Harry D. Felt arrives. He steps out of a limousine with Mrs Felt. Admiral U.S.G. Sharp debark from the limousine after his arrival. Admiral Felt walks through the rank of sideboys with his flag under his arm. He goes up to the flight deck level in an elevator with his wife.
Planning and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France (WW2)
View of a port in England, filled with Allied ships and boats to carry war materiel for Allied forces preparing to invade Europe during World War II. A barrage balloon aloft overhead. Yards full of military rolling stock. Scene shifts to wide street view in London including Whitehall Government buildings around the Cenotaph War Memorial (Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET, United Kingdom) in London, England. Inside the British military headquarters the Allied High Command is gathered to plan the invasion of Europe. Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower is pointing at a wall map, as senior Allied commanders, including British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, look on. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft in D-Day paint stripes take off from an air base. Officers watch takeoffs from control tower porch. Views from Allied aircraft gun cameras show strafing from low altitudes destroying German ground targets, including railroads and airfields. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight overhead. Lines of communication such as road junctions being destroyed by bombing. Glimpse of copilot at controls in a bomber. Scene shifts to June 6, 1944 and the D-Day Allied invasion fleet underway across the English Channel. Allied warships bombarding the shores of Normandy, France. Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) firing salvos of rockets. Animated map shows the invasion forces striking the defenses of the German Atlantic Wall. View of British and American soldiers wading ashore from landing craft, and some falling to German gunfire at the shoreline beaches of Normandy. View of German defenders firing from inside a German fortifications. German soldiers firing machine guns from protected places overlooking the beaches of Normandy. Trapped American soldiers firing upwards toward the German positions in cliffs overlooking the beach. Later views of Allied troops in combat further inland. Animated map shows area of allied penetration after 19 days of bitter fighting. Allied Armor, trucks, and supplies moving inland from the beachhead. Barrage balloon above the improvised ports. Allied troops heading toward the port of Cherbourg and guns firing in that battle. American M8 Greyhound armored personnel carriers proceeding into the town of Cherbourg, Normandy, France. closeup of American soldiers firing small arms. Soldiers firing a howitzer point blank. The last of the German garrison troops surrender under a flag of truce, on June 27, 1944. Large group of German prisoners of war with hands clasped over their heads, being escorted under Allied guard from Cherbourg. Docks and facilities needing repair to make the port serviceable. U.S. Army engineers welding port facilities. Closeup of a locomotive operated by French railroad men, moving in the restored port.
A U.S. 8th Fighter Command plane piloted by Captain N.D. Munson strafes grounded German planes during World War II.
Ground targets are attacked by a U.S. aircraft on 8th April 1944 in the European Theater during World War II. A U.S. aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Captain N.D. Munson of 82nd Squadron. The aircraft strafes German Junkers Ju 52 and Messerschmitt Bf 109 planes. Strafing of parked aircraft along a wooded area. The aircraft on fire. Strafing of one of the aircraft protected by trees. A bomber aircraft explodes. The attacking aircraft flies through burning debris. Strafing of a Bucker Bu 181 trainer monoplane as it goes in for a landing.
Color scenes of WWII including Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and Pacific campaign.
Montage of scenes dealing with Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Bombs exploding and ships on fire; Japanese airplane diving from formation; a jeep driving past a burning airplane; hangars burning; Sailors firing anti-aircraft guns from an American ship; A New Orleans class American Cruiser firing her 8-inch guns; A South Dakota Class battleship firing her 16-inch guns; Group of American M3 Stuart light tanks in a field; U.S. Aviation Cadets marching between rows of Boeing Stearman Model 75 training biplanes; American soldiers marching in huge formations; Paratroopers in training jumps from towers; U.S. soldiers climbing down netting on side of troop transport ships to board small landing ships in the Pacific.; Marines in a landing craft carrying a large American flag; Landing craft in an amphious assault; Troops coming ashore from a Higgins boat, during training; An amphibious invasion task force at dusk; Troops wading ashore during the invasion of France in World War II, with barrage balloons aloft and support ships offshore. Staged scene of soldier on transport ship using flash light to read letter from home. Capital warships firing heavy guns and soldiers descending rope nets to enter landing craft. Soldiers landing on shore from Higgins Boats during training, and then on the shores of Normandy during the D-day invasion. American tank crew on an M26 Pershing tank. Major General George Patton with 1st Armored Division patch on his uniform sleeve. General George Marshall. General Dwight D. Eisenhower decorating an officer. Lieutenant General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Paratroopers jumping en masse from C-47 transport planes. German forces retreating in trucks along a road. Japanese General Yoshijirō Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signing Surrender document aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II, in the pacific. Glimpse of troop ship arriving in a U.S. harbor. View of U.S. military cemetery. Scene shifts to John Charles Daly, speaking in front of wall with names of Medal of Honor recipients, in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, in 1968.
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