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Dutch submarine is shelled and torpedoed by USS Cod in actions to scuttle her, after rescuing her crew during World War II
Smoke rises from the Dutch submarine, O-19, as she is struck by gunfire from deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224), during actions to scuttle her following rescue of her crew from Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, where she ran aground during final days of World War 2. A huge explosion occurs as a torpedo from the USS Cod strikes the reef and the O-19. Smoke rising from the O-19.
USS Cod (SS-224) fires at the Dutch submarine, O-19, during action to scuttle her, after rescuing her crew during World War II
View from the USS Cod, of the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Smoke rises as shells from the deck gun of the USS Cod (SS-224) explode in actions to scuttle the O-19, after her crew was rescued, in final days of World War 2. White smoke drifts across the camera, each time the deck gun fires.
Madame Chiang Kai Shek addresses the House of Representatives in Washington DC, United States.
China's Eternal First Lady Madame Chiang Kai Shek arrives in Washington DC, United States. She is greeted by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt. She sits in a car. Exterior of the U.S. Capitol. Madame Chiang Kai Shek meets officials. She addresses the House of Representatives. The members of the House of Representatives applaud.
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
President Chiang Kai Shek poses with American officers at Nike-Hercules site in Taipei, Taiwan.
United States Army Nike-Hercules missile site in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up. President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai Shek poses with an American military officer at the Nike-Hercules missile site. Nike-Hercules missile in the background. Chiang Kai Shek walks towards a car and gets into the car.
Chinese soldiers check Nike missile in Taipei, Taiwan during operation Hurry Up.
Republic of China (ROC) soldier in Taipei, Taiwan during Operation Hurry Up in the Cold War. Chinese soldiers come running down a ramp. They run towards Nike missiles and make checks before firing it. Soldiers check different parts of the missile. Various gauges show readings.