United States Army and Navy newsroom where combat films are processed. The combat films are made by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines. A man with a roll of negative. A cameraman of U.S. Marines explains how the footage of the Tarawa invasion in the Pacific Theater was taken. Marines aboard the ships. Chaplains carry out a religious ceremony on the ship. Marines read prayer books during the religious ceremony on deck. Some Marines are seen kneeling in prayer. Marines hold a cake with inscription “A Jungle Plus Coconut Tree Equals Jap So Keep Your Eyes Open”. The Marines and the cameraman instructed about the operation. Officer points to a map. Naval guns fired. Heavy smoke and explosions. Invasion barges beached. The troops land on the beach. Some Marines wade on water. Troops fire. The wounded are carried on stretcher and evacuated on Higgins boat. Dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. A bloated body of a Japanese soldier with arms and legs outstretched. Prisoners on beach. Soldiers clear airstrips. A kitten hides under a tank. Soldier feeds kitten. Naked soldiers washing themselves outside a village. Artillery on the beach. Troops go to see the raising of U.S. flag. (World War II period).
NATO Naval maneuvers involving forces from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Great Britain, and Canada, with U.S. Naval and air units, in the Mediterranean area. American Lieutenant General Paul Kendall, Commander of Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe, and Admiral William Fechteler, USN, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe, are seen with Turkish and Greek Commanders. They observe part of "Exercise Keystone," in which U.S. Marines make amphibious landings. U.S. marines (umpires, with white bands on their caps) hold up a large display showing disposition of naval forces engaged in the exercise. Brief view from hill, of landing craft heading toward the beach. Turkish and Greek planes fly low over the beachhead. U.S. Marines hit the beach in landing craft (Higgins Boats) from the U.S. Navy Attack Transports, USS Randall (APA-224) and USS Sarasota (APA-204). Some marines must wade ashore. U.S. Navy Landing Ship Utility LSU-971, is seen close to the beach. A dozer tank equipped with flotation gear is discharged from a landing craft onto the beach. Closeup of tank tracks in motion. Marine manning weapon in turret of the tank.The U.S. Marines fortify their positions before advancing inland. Closeup of tank plowing through sand. Observers watching in background. A DUKW amphibious landing craft drives ashore. Marines move inland and begin establishing defenses. Turkish infantry are seen charging across the area (possibly playing role of "enemy."
United States soldiers advance during Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. A soldier sitting at a camp watches with binoculars. A U.S. Army Landing Ship Tank (LST) stationed near a beach. Soldiers in amphibious vehicles. The men wade towards the beach in shoulder high water. The LST approaches a beach. Other navy boats and ship follow behind. Military vehicles and equipment offloaded from amphibious boats into trucks by enlisted native men. U.S. soldiers with their rifles watch the loading. Amphibious vehicles are driven on the sandy beaches.
American entertainers from the USO in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Singer Frances Langford and dancer Patty Thomas sign autographs for U.S. soldiers. Comedians Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano on a beach. They smoke cigars. Hope, Colonna, Romano and Dean seated on the beach. Langford and Thomas wave. Hope, Colonna and Romano seated on the beach. Male entertainers walk on the beach.
A film titled 'What price Iwo' about Allied invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Naval guns aboard Allied ships fire at the coast of Iwo Jima. Explosions occur near the coast. U.S. Marines loaded on landing crafts heading towards a beach. Marines make an amphibious landing at the beach. Wounded soldiers are given first aid. Marines loaded onto landing crafts as they head towards the beach. Supply crates being unloaded at the beach.
Allied fleet underway in the Atlantic Ocean towards Normandy, France during World War II. A Free French man stands alongside a wrecked LCM on a beach in Normandy. A U.S. Army Sergeant walks guard on the beach. Debris in the background. A wrecked landing craft. A man examines a German 37 mm gun inside a bunker. A Task Force at the beach. A beach master looks through binoculars. A small slit trench with barbed wires around it. An underground bunker with barbed wires in front of it. Normandy beachhead. A U.S. Coast Guard and an army man walk along a road. The Task Force in the background. Two German prisoners inside a barbed wire enclosure. Two men look towards the Task Force. Sunken ships being used as a breakwater.
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