Comedian Bob Hope introduces Betty Hutton on a weekly radio program over a micro phone as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California. Betty sings a song for the soldiers as Bob Hope and Lana Turner joke. (World War II period).
Comedian Bob Hope introduces Judy Garland on the radio program 'Command Performance U.S.A as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California. Judy Garland sings 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow.'
comedian Bob Hope proposes a vote of thanks in a sing song manner on a weekly radio program as it is being recorded at a Hollywood studio in Los Angles, California.
Soldiers of 435th anti aircraft Battery attached to 2nd French Morocon division use a culvert under a road as a dugout in Italy. 40 mm anti aircraft gun and a culvert with two soldiers in the foreground. Inside the culvert a soldier reads a newspaper and another one smokes a cigar outside the culvert. French expeditionary forces receive PX ration to the west of Scapoli.
Burial of dead soldiers at French 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion as honor squad of 2nd French Moroccan division arrives at cemetery in Italy. Commanding General and soldiers attend the burial Soldiers carry caskets and place them before the Chaplain. He offers prayers and men sprinkle holy water over them. Caskets moved to burial sites. A French flag flies in background.
Opening scene shows Emperor Hirohito of Japan dressed in military uniform, astride a white horse, riding along a path, followed by military officers. (Narrator cites Japanese declaration of war against the U.S. and Britain on December 7, 1941.) Japanese soldiers in two groups engage in local war games against each other. Animated map shows Japan and the expansion of her influence and military presence throughout the Pacific. Aerial view through scattered clouds, of Japanese fleet of warships. Aerial view of American warplanes in formation through scattered clouds. Closeup from cockpit of a U.S. A-20 Havoc aircraft, showing its left engine and prop and a second A-20 flying to its left in close formation. Swerving wake of a Japanese warship engaged in evasive maneuvers on surface of the sea, below. Several scenes of U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warships. Aerial view from a U.S. B-25, flying above Japanese ships, of another B-25, with its bomb bay doors open as it launches a torpedo. Japanese ship is struck, explodes, and sinks stern first. Glimpse of more Japanese ships in a convoy.
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