Reconstruction about deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on islands of Pacific and methods of communication used by them at night in jungle warfare during World War II. A group of Marines stand in bushes. One of them takes a compass reading to keep the direction. One Marine walks ahead. Group follows him. Japanese technique of attack depicts a Japanese soldier camouflaged with foliage and observes foxhole positions of U.S. Marines during daytime. Marines dig up fake foxholes and set up machine guns. Japanese soldier crawls at night towards a Marine foxhole and being attacked by a Marine. Explosions occur in jungle. Marines watch from a foxhole.
Deployment of U.S. Marine Corps on island of Pacific during World War II. Marines advance towards Japanese positions on an island. Japanese buildings near an airfield explode. Marines kill Japanese soldiers on their way and advance ahead. Marines in foxholes. Counter attack by Japanese troops as a shell explodes. Marines fire rifles in prone positions. Marines in foxhole with machine guns and rifles at night. Japanese troops advance from same direction as earlier and attack Marines. Marines return fire. Explosions in the jungle. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers lying. Dead Japanese soldier on a tree. Marines advance through jungle fighting against the Japanese troops. Long line of Marines advance on an open field. Marines fire guns towards enemy on island.
Methods used by Axis Powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. German navy officers and sailors gathered in a discussion, with the sailors wearing life vests. German Neger torpedo-carrying miniature submarine, also known as a "human torpedo" is seen hoisted. Camouflaged Neger being transported by a truck trailer along road. An operator getting into Neger. Shows beached Neger. Men around Neger. Neger being released on water. Operator in dome of the Neger. Another German human torpedo goes underwater. Human torpedo performs radical maneuver. Allied ship as seen from human torpedo.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. German midget submarine Molch being hoisted and transported on a truck trailer. Molch submerged in water. Molch moves underwater. Another German midget submarine called the Biber is hoisted. Gas engine and batteries of Biber. German sailors work around Biber miniature submarine.
Dramatizes the methods used by Axis powers in maritime sabotage operations against Allied Forces during World War II. German Seahund midget submarine on a carrier and hoisted on dockside. Seahund underway at sea. Seahund underwater. Interiors of Seahund with an operator at control and firing of torpedo under sea. Periscope view from Seahund. Seahund surfaces and crewmen on seahund.
A film titled 'Happy Warriors' on procedures for rotating U.S. Army Air Force airmen from England to the United States for rest and relaxation during World War II. Several views of U.S. B-17s, B-24s and other bombers in flight through flak over enemy areas in Europe. Tail codes on B-17s identify them as belonging to the 95th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 8th Air Force. Various crew members seen at their respective crew stations aboard the bombers. Falling bombs explode on ground targets.View of a failed engine in flight and the propeller being feathered. General Eisenhower shaking hands with crew of a B-26 Marauder named "Son of Satan," with about 50 bombs painted on its fuselage for missions flown. A military bus arrives at the 127th Replacement Battalion's Washington Hall. USAAF fliers step from the bus and make their way to the receiving office. A sign reads: "New Arrivals Report to Rear Door." Among the group of aviators walking to the reception area is one carrying a small puppy dog. Colonel William A. Gayle, Battalion Commander, of Montgomery, Alabama (and later Mayor of Montgomery), poses with his headquarters staff. "Puddles" the mascot dog of the Post joins in for the picture. Posing and smiling is Sergeant Major Holloway, who has been Colonel Gayle's "right hand man" since the unit was organized in 1942. The fliers stand informally as a Sergeant calls the roll. The fliers undergo screening of their individual possessions for security purposes. A navigator has his maps taken away, to be returned when he returns from leave. Captain Baldridge, in charge of the mess,tastes and personally approves dishes from the kitchen before they are served to the Army aviators.
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