U.S. Marines dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958. LVPT-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) moving in the surf toward the beach and onto it. Ramp dropped and marines disembark in full battle gear. Second LVPT-5 moves up to the beach. Marines disembark on the double. Interior of LVPT-5, ramp lowered and marines move inland and over a sand dune. Lone Marine moves up over a sand dune and he waves to his buddies. Group of marines with rifles over shoulders, moves over the dune.
View of the beach. Strafing of a Japanese freighter close to the beach during World War II. Large explosion seen as ship catches fire. Strafing of some grass huts and Japanese transport. U.S. gun camera footage.
Bombardment of Okinawa, Japan by the Allies during World War II. Shells burst on the coast and smoke columns rise. Allied naval artillery bombards the coast. Artillery fired and explosions occur at the beach. A LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) bombards the beach. LCI fires a rocket and smoke rises. A LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) underway as a cameraman takes motion picture.
Bombardment of Okinawa, Japan by the Allies during World War II. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) and LVT A (Landing Vehicle Tracked Armored) move towards the beach. A control boat in the background. LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) approaches the beach. Smoke rises from targets hit on the coast of Okinawa.
Allied invasion of Iheya Jima, Japan during World War II. Allied landing crafts and ships at the harbor. A destroyer fires at the beach. United States 2nd Marine Division troops loaded in LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway at sea. Landing craft move towards the beach. An Allied plane lays a smoke screen. Landing craft in the foreground.
Hitler Youth playing games after a day's work on annexed Polish farm land. They run towards water at a beach. World War 2 era Hitler Youth enjoy splashing water at each other. They play various games on beach including tossing one another along a line of interlinked arms, another game where a standing boy is spun around in a circle by seated boys, and a human wheelbarrow race across the sand toward three apples lying on the sand.
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