Scenes following the D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Demolished gliders, paratroopers in a protective hole dug by them. Drop zone areas with wrecked gliders. Pathfinder's failure to light proper drop areas resulted in damaged gliders. C-47 aircraft in flight. Paratroopers in a parade as General Eisenhower and other officers review the parade. They salute as colors and troops move past them.
World War 2, the Pacific Theater. A Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane (Lieutenant Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3, Type 33,) seen diving and crashing amidships into the United States aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). It explodes with a huge fireball. The Essex quickly becomes engulfed in smoke.
World War2, the Pacific Theater. United States battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in rough seas. Heavy sea breaks over the bow of the ship. Ship submerges in sea up to the deck at bow. Seamen in a small boat Raft in rough seas as men rescued in whaleboat. Whaleboat picks up men in rough sea. Two rubber life rafts in water. Men rescued in life rafts. Whaleboat in rough seas. Six life rafts come alongside a ship. U.S. sailors and Marines being rescued. Navy TBM airborne in flight and drops smoke flare. Men in rubber life rafts. Three life rafts with men in them in open seas.
Various scenes of U.S. Aircraft Carrier action in the Pacific during World War 2. Heavy flak from defending U.S. Navy ships. Explosions occur in the ocean. Two ships underway at sea as explosions occur. A U.S. escort carrier underway at sea. F6F makes a crash landing aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Flight deck personnel lie prone as explosions occur near the ship. A Japanese torpedo plane is shot down with tail ablaze, near the side of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) . Another aircraft lands on the flight deck.
Glimpses of ship's island, deck crews, antiaircraft guns and F6F aircraft parked with wings folded on the USS Yorktown (CV-10), in the Pacific, during World War 2. A U.S. escort carrier and a destroyer nearby. Flak low on horizon as U.S. ships fire at a attacking Japanese airplane flying only a few feet above the water. Crew of the USS Yorktown stands watching as the attacking airplane turns and crashes at the stern of the Yorktown. Another Japanese attacker flies just over the stern and is hit by Yorktown's gunners, bursting into flames and crashing into the sea, with a huge explosion. An F6F recovers on the flight deck.The United States class light cruiser Cleveland.
Bomb damage in Bucharest, Romania due to Allied bombings during World War II. View of the equestrian statue of King Carol I, with the Royal Palace (Calea Victoriei 49-53, București 010063, Romania) wrecked by Allied bombings, in the background. People move past damaged foundation of King Carol statue and Royal Palace. The Romanian Athaeneum (1, Strada Benjamin Franklin 1-3, București 030167, Romania). The Royal Palace. A costumed guard outside the Palace. Damage caused to the Throne Room. King's throne. Painting of King Carol II. Rubble littered on the road. Destroyed and burnt buildings. Policemen outside a wrecked building. Men and women remove rubble from the streets. Women carrying fresh cement. Men clean the floor inside a building. Wrecked offices of 'Soc. Romano-Americana de Petrol', the Romanian American Oil Company.
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