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Amphibious forces carried by U.S. Coast Guard, at Guadalcanal and in North Africa during World War II
United States Coast Guard operations in World War 2. Underwater views of ship's anchors being weighed, Convoy of U.S. ships in Pacific Theater, in July, 1942. The Attack Transport, USS Hunter Liggett underway, with crews doing amphibious training. Members of the 1st Marine Division aboard USS Hunter Liggett with Coast Guardsmen. Officers confer aboard vessel. Marines read books on ship. August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines begin amphibious assault against Japanese on Guadalcanal. Naval guns bombard Guadalcanal Island. Marines descend from the USS Hunter Liggett, on nets and enter LCVPs (Higgins boats) operated by Coast Guardsmen, to assault the island. Marines hit the beach from the boats. Marines firing small howitzers and advancing on the island. November 7, 1942, convoy of eight hundred ships en route to North Africa. Warships bombard the shore. An officer observes through binoculars. British and American troops descend on nets into LCVPs from Attack transports: USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13);USS Leonard Wood (APA-12); and USS Samuel Chase (APA-26). Troops hit the beaches of North Africa, under fire.
The Quebec and Tehran Conferences in World War II. German defenses in the Western Wall. The air war in Europe.
Allied strategic Conferences in World War 2. Opening scene shows Château Frontenac. Then President Franklin Roosevelt seated with Canada Prime Minister, McKensie King, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Scene shifts to their respective military staffs conferring at a table. Next scene shows the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, with the Big Three (Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) seated on the portico, and their top ranking military officers standing behind them. Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov stands behind Stalin. American officers are seen in next scene, including General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King (lighting a cigarette) and General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, W. Averell Harriman, stands behind King and Arnold. Closeup of Churchill. Shift to an animated map of Europe. It illustrates the massive fortifications put in place by the Nazis along the coast of occupied Europe. Camera pans across heavy German coastal guns, Pill Boxes, and shore obstacles in place on the beaches. Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel leads a group of German officers on an inspection tour of the "Atlantic Wall" defenses. Closeup of Rommel. British Bristol Blenheim bombers en route to attack targets in the German occupied areas. Views of Allied airmen inside cockpit of their bomber aircraft. A flight of five German fighters (appear to be Bf-109s) peeling off to attack an Allied bomber. View inside bomber of American gunner in bomber firing machine gun at attacking German fighter. Head on view of German Focke Wulf FW-190 fighter heading straight toward the camera, and point of view from gun camera as German aircraft zooms up over it. Gunner in bomber firing. An aircraft exploding inflight. View inside Allied bomber, through cracked windshield, of aircraft in a formation of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder bombers. Next shot is rearward from bomb bay showing bombs away view as bombs are released from a B-26. Scene shifts to aerial view from rear of a U.S. B-17 bomber dropping bombs. View of the bombs striking a railroad marshaling yard. Another view of a B-26 bomber in flight.
VE-7 and JN-4 biplane aircraft land on flight deck of USS Langley during operations with the U.S. Pacific Fleet
Officers aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1). View of the Langley passing through the Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal, her deck filled with airplanes, en route to join the Pacific Fleet. Activities aboard the Langley as U.S. Navy works to refine carrier operations. Numerous views of Landing mishaps, including landing hook problems, nose-overs, wings striking deck, power-on stalls, and even a VE-7 ditching in water between the Langley and a U.S. Destroyer.
United States Air Force personnel drive in a jeep to the Monkey Mountain radar site in Vietnam.
United States Air Force radar site at Monkey Mountain in Vietnam. United States Air force personnel drive a jeep to the site. Jeep en route to the mountain. Jeep enters the radar site compound. A radar antenna on top of a building as jeep pulls near it. Antenna rotates. (Vietnam War period).
Research Bell towed out to M-2 Buoy Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay, Newport.
Underwater Research bell at Newport shipyard in Newport. Workers on deck handle hoses and lines. Two personnel converse with each other standing in front of Research Bell. The bell lifted by sling. Research bell lowered two blocks from where it was hoisted. Men work around the bell. Raymond Edwards opens the hatch door and enters inside. He does final check up of all equipment. Small tug toes bell on a barge en route to M-2 Buoy off Jamestown Island in Narragansett Bay. Barge with Research Bell aboard towed out to M-2 Buoy.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt is honored at a Shellback during Initiation Ceremony aboard USS Indianapolis (CA-35).
Shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is en route to South America carrying President Roosevelt on "Good Neighbor" state visits. Ambient sound and music is heard periodically during the clip. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Sailors in uniform salute an officer. Actors perform on a stage. A pirate flag on the mast of the ship. King Neptune speaks to the captain (Captain Henry Kent Hewitt). A group of sailors play a band. Spectators watch the act. In second half of clip President Franklin Roosevelt is seen watching the ceremonies and at the end King Neptune decrees that President Roosevelt, the Commander In Chief of the U.S. Navy is now a Shellback himself (having crossed the equator for the first time with the sailors of the USS Indianapolis.
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