Allied troops aboard USS Talamanca (AF-15) underway in the South Pacific during World War II. Waves hit against the side of a ship at sea. American and New Zealand soldiers on deck of Talmanca, play cards, read books and magazines, sleep, relax, walk and stand at rail. Soldiers crushes a cigarette butt. Soldiers in quarters below deck play portable phonograph, sleep, relax, rest and talk. Two Marines sit on their heels, polish equipment.
Allied troops in Auckland, New Zealand World War II. Pedestrians on a street. Trolleys move. Servicemen and women mingle in crowd. Exterior of a movie theater. Civilians and U.S. sailors get on as trolley comes and stops at corner.
Building of a washing machine in the South Pacific during World War II. A jeep motor and a gasoline drum being used for the washing machine. Men standing nearby. Men working on the machine. A portable hand pump turns and transfers water in gasoline drums. A man is bathing. A tent in the background.
Allied bombers attacked by German 'flak ships' in English channel during World War 2. German AA crew members look out for allied bombers in skies and open fires. Shows a heat seeking missile chasing its target. German Messerschmitt Fighter pilots in battle above the Atlantic. Inside the cockpit view of a German pilot in mid air. Luftwaffe Me-109 and Me-110 aircraft open fire on U.S. B-24 Liberators and U.S. B-17 Fortresses and some are seen in flames. U.S. pilots eject in mid air. Smoking wreckage of downed U.S. fighters. Captured U.S. Army Air Force pilot taken away by German captors as a prisoner.
Shows an American aircraft carrier amidst the waters of South Pacific, sent to search the missing aviatrix Amelia Earhart Putnam and navigator Fred Noonan. Several aircraft aboard the deck of the carrier.
During World War II, Major John W. Mitchell (339th Fighter Squadron) is seated in the cockpit, the cockpit canopy opened. Smiling briefly, Mitchell puts on and adjusts his helmet with goggles. Mitchell closes the cockpit canopy. Another United States Army Air Force pilot of the 339th Fighter Squadron is seated and gives a thumbs-up at the camera. The pilot smiles and adjusts his helmet before closing the cockpit canopy. Another pilot adjusts his helmet as he smiles to the camera and closes the cockpit canopy. Pilots smiling at the camera before adjusting their helmets and closing their cockpit canopies. These are the 339th Fighter Squadron Pilots who intercepted and shot down Imperial Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. View of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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