Bombardment of Iwo Jima (Japan) shoreline as seen from the deck of an American destroyer underway off the Iwo Jima Coast. Aircraft is spotted in the skies. Destroyer AA guns scan the skies. Smoke columns and landing craft on beach. Night firing scenes against Mount Suribachi. Tracer bullets fired from the destroyer. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. U.S. Marines land on beachhead in North Africa. Marines take cover in fox holes and behind rocks. Marines fire their rifles. Tank with soldier atop it moves on beach. Soldiers take cover behind a sand bag emplacement and fires at the enemy. Smoke rises on distant hills from shell hits. Marines drink and rest. (World War II period).
On the North African Invasion by the Allied forces. U.S. Marines aboard Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) in North Africa. Smoke rises from shell hits at the beach. Several other amphibious crafts and ships underway in the water. Assault boats head toward beachhead. Marines aboard the LCVP head toward the beachhead. (World War II period).
German newsreel in World War 2 shows Spanish sailors in boats possibly in North Africa. A sailor talks over telephone. Sailors fire from gun mounted on the boat. Long muzzle of a gun seen. Spanish Soldiers jump from the boats and pull the boat to the beach. Soldiers march on rocky hills. Marching troop of soldiers led by the Spanish officer. Spanish officer salutes the troops.
World War II. Hitler Youth pull speed boats to the sea and jump in them. Propeller on long extender in the water. A youth operating the motor stands in the boat whereas others sit. German 'swastika' insignia on the arms of the youth. Boat reaches the beach. Youth jump out.
Narrated feature on the Korean War and the arrival and initial reactions of 24th Division Army troops during the first 50 days of war. Soldiers boarding landing craft and landing on beaches. Tending wounded soldiers. Advancing on foot. U.S. Air Force supply land landing and soldiers unloading boxes from it. Troops assembling with gear. Soldier holding box containing food rations. U.S. Soldiers in line crossing bridges and into towns as Korean citizens look on. South Korean soldiers marching through villages, looking weary from war. Villagers carrying belongings and leaving a town. U.S. soldiers march through an empty town with all shops and homes closed. U.S. soldiers digging gun placements for artillery and machine guns. Soldiers cooking. One stirs pot with knife. Battle scenes with U.S. soldiers firing artillery, rifles, machine guns. Wounded on stretchers.
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