Germany Air Force preparing for the invasion of Poland. German soldiers load bombs on a Stuka Ju-87 dive bomber and camouflage it. Number of German Dornier Do 217 bomber aircraft parked on field. Soldiers inspect bombs lined up on the ground. They prepare machine gun ammunition for aircraft. Bombs loaded under aircraft wing. Aircraft are refueled. Troops rest with the camouflaged German aircraft parked in the background.
Wounded soldiers of the United States 5th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. Wounded Marines being evacuated to a beach hospital for treatment. Wounded Marine with bandaged arm being assisted onto an army jeep by other Marines. Wounded on a stretcher being placed onto a jeep. The jeep drives away on a dirt road. U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang aircraft parked in the background. Jeep arrives on beachhead with ships at sea in the background.
United States Marines Corps of the 3rd Marine Division invade Iwo Jima island, Japan during World War II. Wounded Marines being evacuated from the island. U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang aircraft lands on a dirt runway. Other aircraft land and take off. One of the P-51 Mustangs crashes during landing. Number of P-51's parked on an airfield.
(Opening slate identifies D+4, and then a corrected slate says D+5.) U.S. marines amphibious landing activities on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Marines silhouetted against bright sky, while standing inside a Landing Ship Tank (LST) as the front ramp is lowered. An M4A3 Sherman medium tank, equipped with raised exhaust and air intakes (a wading tank), is exiting the ship. Scene shifts to views from onshore, of Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) 477 and 808, beached, on the sand. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT-1243) is on the deck of LST 808. Several M4A3 wading tanks of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion are seen leaving LST 477. Exhaust fumes are visible from their raised ducts. Third Marine Division infantry, on the deck of LST 477, watch the tanks offloading. (Note, regarding the date. Accordng to the Navy Department Library, the 3rd Marine Division joined the Iwo Jima fighting on the fifth day of the battle. So the unloading operations, from LSTs, 477 and 808, seen in this film, could be taking place on D+5.)
U.S. 4th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War 2. Views from Landing craft arriving at Yellow 1 Beach during U.S. amphibious assault on Iwo Jima. A sherman tank at the water's edge. The next day, two marines tend to a wounded out of sight below a bluff. One is seen holding a container of blood plasma above his head as they administer emergency treatment. A sherman flailing (crab) mine-clearing tank equipped for deep wading moves across the beach. Closeups of marines hunkered down on the beach, taking cover near armor, as they attempt to move inland. Marines and equipment covering the beachhead. Close offshore, an explosion sends water into the air. LSM-216 is seen maneuvering close to shore, attempting to bring ashore "C" Company tanks to Yellow Beach II. Marines setting a smoke screen of dense white smoke.
Operation Cue conducted at Yucca Flat region in Nevada in the United States. The test conducted to examine the effects of atomic bomb explosion on buildings, and the cars parked in front of the buildings. View of houses and dummy cars parked at the site. Following nuclear bomb explosion, a house explodes, fragments fly in the air. Huge smoke rings rise from the nuclear test explosion.
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