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U.S. 1st Marine Division invades the Palau Islands during World War II.
Film opens with animated map showing places in the Pacific near the island of Palau. A formation of U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers is seen in flight. Glimpse from the air of the Palau archipelago. Aerial view from a B-24 of its bombs exploding on the center of a Japanese airfield below. Aerial view of a U.S. Independence-class Aircraft carrier of Task Force 58. Officers and sailors on carrier island watch as a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft takes off .from the aircraft displays geometric marking on its tail, known as a "G-symbol." In this case it is a large white diamond containing the airplane number inside another diamond. (The United States Navy Pacific Fleet, assigned G-Symbols to the CV and CVL class carriers of Task Force 58. These were assigned to each carrier and appeared on all aircraft operating from it. ) A formation of Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft flying above clouds. Closeup of one with diamond G-symbol and number on its tail. Broad view from the air of TBF Avenger aircraft in flight and Navy warships maneuvering in waters below. Sea level views of some warships in the Third Fleet. One is a Portland-class Cruiser. Wide aerial view of ships in the task force. Cruisers and battleships bombarding Palau and nearby targets. Closeup of heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28) firing her port side 5 inch 25 caliber guns and 40 mm A/A guns from the stern.. A TBF Avenger dive bombs a shore target. More views of warships with shells bursting in background. Shells bursting at the shoreline. Closeup glimpse of marines in landing craft U.S. Marine Corps LVT(A)4 Amphibious Tanks heading toward the beach on September 15, 1944. An LCI(L) Landing Craft Infantry (Large) firing close to shore. Shells striking shoreline installations. View from aircraft of landing craft speeding toward the beach and many more maneuvering offshore. Closeup of marines moving about on the shore of Palau with smoke rising and sounds of gunfire. A marine running through foliage at the shore. Marines manning a command post and communications center in the jungle. Marines firing rifles from a tree line. One firing a Browning M1919 machine gun and another throwing a hand grenade. Marines firing rifle grenades. Marines move forward and encounter a dead Japanese soldier lying next to his flame thrower. They reach the edge of the airfield, where two Japanese aircraft are just barely seen. They walk past dead Japanese at a machine gun emplacement. More views of Marines fighting at the edge of the airfield, and entering into the open area of the field, where fires are burning. .Wrecked Japanese aircraft are seen on the field. Marine infantry cross the field behind an M4 Sherman tank. Barges are seen carrying construction cranes and equipment to the island. A tracked crane drives onto the airfield. Bulldozers work on the edge of the airfield. A power shovel fills trucks with coral deposit material for resurfacing the airfield. Trucks dumping their contents at the field. Bulldozers and earth scrapers level the airfield surface. A TBF Avenger aircraft is the first to land on the unpaved airfield.
Bombs dropped over the Woleai Atoll and islands during World War 2
Bombing of the Woleai Atoll during World War 2 (Pacific Ocean theater). Animated map shows the location of Mariaon Island (presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia). A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in flight. Bombs dropping from the bomb bay of B-24. Bombing of islands in the Woleai Atoll. Aerial view of fire and explosions on the Woleai Atoll and islands.
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) receives radio commands at Camp Huckstep, United States bombers launch Balkans attack (WW2)
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents relaying reports via radio to high command in Egypt during World War II. Animated map shows radio waves from the Balkan region reaching Cairo. Radio towers at Huckstep station inside Camp Huckstep. Radio operators pick up radio signals in control room. A radio operator takes message to his colleague. High command officers deliberate plans in Europe before a large map. United States Army Air Force 15th Bombing Command bombardiers and pilots attend a briefing with officer pointing to maps. Ground control radio operator gives commands at air field. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and then taking off from airfield, including one dubbed, "Ready, Willing, and Able" and another named "Strawberry Bitch." Bombers in formation overhead. Close up of a hand of bombardier pushing bomb release button to drop bombs. Close up view of bombs dropping out of open bomb bay of B-24. View of bombs dropping over what narrator claims to be a Balkan city. Aerial view shows thick smoke covering the bomb sites.
U.S. forces prepare airfield for assault on Japanese positions in the Aleutian Islands, during World War 2
Bulldozer works to clear earth for the construction of an airfield in the Andreanofs, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. Wide panoramic views of the flat space to be used for aircraft, covered in shallow water. With map visuals, narrator describes that the U.S. Forces are in fighter range of the Japanese position at Kiska Island, and within bomber range of the Japanese position at Attu Island. A B-24 bomber aircraft moves across the makeshift airfield. U.S. soldiers standing on ladders work on aircraft engines. A bomb is loaded into an aircraft. Soldiers stand and talk, examine papers. U.S. Army Air Force troops walk toward a B-24 Liberator and spin the propellers by hand.
Airsho '76 in Harlingen Texas, includes a simulated Atomic Bomb drop by Tibbets and planes from the Confederate Air Force.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 bomber aircrafts take-off. TBM Avenger in flight. B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber takes off. It is piloted by famous B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets. Skydivers descending. B-17 bomber aircrafts, B-24 bomber planes, B-25 bomber plane in flight. B-29 Superfortress piloted by Paul Tibbets makes simulated drop of Atomic bomb (for which the U.S. Government later issued an apology to Japan, following complaints from the Mayor of Hiroshima and other Japanese representatives). Mushroom cloud seen. B-29 Superfortress in flight.
Allied bombing campaign against Germany and Luftwaffe defenses during World War II
German M-Class mine sweeper in waters off France in World War 2. It is armed with quad-mounted 2 cm Flak 38 AA guns (2 cm Flakvierling 38). German Navy sailors look up at contrails from high flying Allied aircraft. Officer sights aircraft overhead and hurries to report it. He records his observation in a log. German radio operator transmits information over wireless telephone by morse code telegraph key. A mass of contrails from Allied aircraft is seen in the sky. Scene shifts to a German airfield in France, where Focke-Wulf FW-190 fighters are lined up. Ground crewman shows motion picture gun camera for an airplane. Men push a Messerschmitt Bf 104 out of a hangar. Closeup of German pilots strapping into Me-104s and taxiing for takeoff. FW-190s and Me-109s taking off from airfield. German civilians entering a Flak tower for refuge as a bomb shelter. View from inside as doors close. Trams stopped on street. Hospital staff moving patients to bunkers (bomb shelters). Massive contrails from Allied bombers. View inside a German command post, where women workers and German officers with headphones plot positions of attacking planes on large maps. Flight of German Me-109 aircraft in formation. Gun camera showing A U.S. B-17 bomber being shot from rear with its wing on fire and explosion in its tail. Glimpse of head-on attack against B-17. Two Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft in flight. A lone U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber under attack. B-17 with piece of windshield missing and horizontal stabilizer shot away. B-17 bomber formation under attack from the rear. View of pilot and instruments inside German fighter plane. B-17 being shot to pieces in frontal attack. More attacks on formations of B-17s. German women in command post recording combat information on displays. Parachutes of American B-17 crew in sky. Captured U.S. fliers being escorted under guard, and one, with head bandaged, being questioned by German officers (English conversation is heard.) The flier says he is fine They ask another flier if he is wounded. He says only a twisted ankle. Temporary graves of dead American fliers, with wooden crosses and names on them, including one with name George J.Parker.
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