Allied campaigns against Imperial Japan during World War II. Animated map depicts Allied victories in various Pacific islands like Guadalcanal, Palau, and the Mariana Islands. A map of the Philippines. United States troops invade the Philippines. Naval guns fire at a shore and flak bursts are seen. Dramatic shot of a Japanese Zero aircraft approaching United States Navy ships that are firing guns. The Japanese aircraft is hit at close range to the ship, a wing ruptures, it is consumed in fire and crashes with explosion in the sea beside the ship. Many landing craft with U.S. Army forces landing at beach on Leyte. Soldiers land and advance inland. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña of the Philippines wade ashore. Filipino women and children on the island are assisted by U.S. forces and provided with food and protection. Following are meetings of wartime Allied leaders, shown briefly in the ending of the film: Prime Minister Winston Churchill meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the battleship, USS Augusta, at Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Roosevelt stands at the railing, assisted by his son, Army Captain Elliot Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, at the Cairo conference, in 1943. Joseph Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill pose outside the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) during the Yalta conference in 1945. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, American Ambassador Harriman, British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, and Churchill's daughter, Sarah, in uniform, are among those standing behind the seated Big Three. Delegates from 51 Nations gathered for the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, in Westminster Central Hall, London, England, in 1946.
A U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft, of the Air Transport Command, lands at Luqa airport in Malta. It taxis to the Allied Air Terminal and U.S. Rear Admiral, Lynde D. McCormick, chairman of the Joint Logistics Committee of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, deplanes. He is greeted by other officers involved in arrangements for the Malta Conference, code named: Argonaut, Phase I Cricket). they chat briefly on the windy ramp and then enter a staff car and depart.
Allied leaders at the Malta Conference (Code name: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket) during World War II. A ship at a harbor in Yalta, Crimea. Smoke rises from stacks in the background. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the bridge of the British Royal Navy Cruiser, HMS Orion, salutes as the U.S. Cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) assisted by a tugboat, passes, carrying U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Valletta Harbor, Malta. Crew members aboard the cruiser salute British Prime Minister Churchill.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students get off a truck and place their rifles on the ground. A rifle lying on the ground. U.S. Army CH-54 Tarhe and CH-47 Chinook helicopters in flight overhead. An instructor looks through binoculars. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in flight.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students lined up at a range and fire rifles. A soldier in an emplacement. A soldier seated in a jeep as he speaks over a field phone. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in flight. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a CH-54 Tarhe helicopter with a sling load in flight.
The wife of Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, arrives in Washington DC, United States. Madame Chiang steps from railroad train and is greeted by U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. They walk out of the station. Madame Chiang gets into a car and talks to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt and Madame Chiang arrive at the White House. Madame Chiang shakes hands with senators. She addresses the U.S. House of Representatives. She speaks about China's willingness to cooperate to create a progressive world.
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