White House in Washington DC, United States. A cat sits. Side view of White House. Guard walks along a road. Cars parked outside the White House.
White House of Washington D.C., United States. Press entrance of White House. White House Press Secretary Stephen Early talks to reporters. Diplomat's cars parked outside the White House.
'Japanese attack on a Dutch harbor '. Oil supplies burn after a Japanese attack on a Dutch harbor in Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Buildings at an air base burn as smoke rise from them. Destruction caused by bombings and fires. A bombed out ship in the harbor. (World War II period).
U.S.Paratroopers attack after a 1500 mile trip from the UK. The load aboard 44 C-47 troop transport aircraft in Algeria and take off. They are escorted by U.S. P-38 Lightning fighters. The C-47s swoop low over the target airfield and paratroopers jump. They secure the airport. The C-47s are seen parked back at their airfield in Algeria, having returned with no losses.
North African campaign in World War 2. Film begins with antiaircraft fire from an Allied ship, at dusk, directed at German bombers (unseen). Next, flames are seen and smoke rising from an Allied ship that has been struck by a bomb. A Destroyer Escort nearby and a small vessel in background, both send morse code messages by signal lamps. The camera boat moves around to port, astern,the striken ship, where the fire is concentrated, and moves closer as smoke obscures the stricken ship entirely. In next sequence, smoke is seen rising from two smaller ships that have also been hit.
Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.
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