U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Grader and dump truck on runway of Henderson Field which is being graded. Dump truck dumps load while grader works back and forth. Work stops while U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber taxis on the runway. Crew members sit on piles of landing mat sections for new runway as C-47 Skytrain transport takes off. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxis on runway. Runway being constructed, men sit on piles of mats in the foreground. Sections of mats being fitted together. Men hammer mats with nails.
Japanese air raid on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Tracers, flares, and bomb bursts during Japanese night raid. Several attacking planes crash. Blazing hangars and demolished U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers and B-29 Superfortress bombers on the ground. Bulldozers remove the wrecked aircraft from an airstrip. Men try to put off fire. Smashed trucks, jeeps and aircraft being inspected by U.S. soldiers.
A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations 'Operation Titanic' over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. Personnel of the U.S. 8th Air Force in Great Britain. The U.S. 15th Air Force personnel in Italy. The are briefed about the first shuttle bombing run to new Russian airfields. United States Army Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining addresses the personnel and bids them farewell. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses led by General Ira Clarence Eaker take off. USAAF B-24 Liberators take off from Great Britain. P-51 Mustangs and P-38 Lightning fighter airplanes escort the bombers on their way. The bombing forces bomb the targets in Germany. They return after their mission. Crew and officers look at the aircraft as they fly overhead. The officers look through binoculars. The crew waves towards the aircraft.
Allied operations in Germany during World War II. A map of Germany. A headline in a newspaper reads 'Russians strike Berlin'. People stand on a bridge in Cologne. View of Cologne cathedral. Past events show Nazi troops during a parade in March, 1936, crossing the River Rhine during rearmament of Germany. U.S. soldiers in advance in Germany in 1945, in combat from house to house in a German town. The German soldiers being taken as prisoners of war. Scenes with Nazi German soldiers with their hands up in the air. A large group of German Prisoners of War being marched on a road under guard by American soldiers. Allied aircraft bombard German towns. P-38 aircraft taking off and gun camera footage while strafing a target. P-38 landing on a snow covered airfield. An American single-propeller fighter aircraft crash lands with difficulty and slides into another parked aircraft on the snow. Aerial views of B-24 and B-17 aircraft in formation flight. Bombs being dropped in night bombing raids and day bombing raids over Berlin, Germany. Smoke rises. Aircraft in flight as they leave behind vapor trails. United States soldiers on the ground in combat with enemy Germans in a German town. Infantrymen fire rifles and advance house to house. Wounded Americans being carried on litters for medical care. Germans fire at the wounded Americans.Sergeant Peter Di Guiseppi, from Pennsylvania, of 1st Armored Division, being interviewed. Private Pat Brady of Hollywood California narrates an incident where a gunner aboard a tank fired fiercely at the enemy. He talks about tanks getting caught in a fire and the following rescue efforts.
Allied bombers drop bombs over Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. A US Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder with D-Day invasion stripes in flight. Aerial view of Allied vessels sailing towards Normandy’s beachheads. A United States Army Air Forces fighter with D-Day invasion stripes flying over the English channels to watch over ships. POV allied fighters fire at German planes on the ground. German planes burst into flames. A German plane on the ground explodes violently. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber drops bombs over Normandy. Aerial view of bombs falling and exploding in train switch yard.
Japanese occupation of Burma during the Burma Campaign of World War II. The flag of Burma. A tall white tower. Monks in a Buddhist temple. A statue of Buddha. People outside the temple. Burmese stupas in the background. A pro-Japanese native makes a speech to a large crowd. People holding small Japanese flags listen to the speech. A dignitary. A group of dignitaries poses. A man gives a speech. Natives celebrate their restoration under Japanese occupation. They play various instruments. An old man dances with knives in his hands. People including children cheer. The flag of Burma. An animated map of Burma. A map of Southeast Asia. A column of soldiers marches.
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