A film about role of U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft during Allied air attacks on Italy in World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft in flight over an open sea. A castle on a cliff near a shore. Aerial view of the aircraft in a formation flight. A bomb under the wing of an aircraft. Aerial view of a bridge. The aircraft fly in a loose string formation. The aircraft peel off while in flight. An aircraft drops and a bomb being released. The aircraft pulls up. Another bomb drops and columns of smoke rise up.
Allied troops practice amphibious landing at Blackpool Sands, a beach near Dartmouth, Devon, England during World War II. Smoke on the beach. Landing Craft Vehicles (LCVs) beached at the coast. British and American soldiers on the beach. Allied officers watch amphibious landing practice. A radio operator with equipment. A loud speaker system is dug in on the beach as the operator observes the advancing troops. American soldiers with helmets and packs pour out of LCV boats and advance across the beach. Some soldiers hit the ground as shells explode near the beach. The soldiers advance on the beach. They crawl.
Allied troops practice amphibious landings at Blackpool Sands beach, close to Slapton Sands, near Dartmouth, England, during World War 2. Landing craft underway at sea head beachwards. The craft arrive at the beach and American soldiers debark. Another group of landing craft arrive at the beach. U.S. troops near the landing craft. Ships underway at sea.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines demonstrate Japanese weapons. A Marine fires a Japanese flame thrower. A Japanese artillery piece. The Marines fire machine guns and artillery.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines march ahead on the island. Henderson Field after being captured by the Marines. The American flag being raised at the field. The Marines salute. Shell crates on the field. A gun emplacement on the field. Rollers and other mechanized equipment are used to level surface and make a runway at the airfield. An aircraft taxis at the field. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at the field.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Colonel Thomas of the United States Marine Corps briefs U.S. Marines about an operational plan. The Marines loaded in jeeps and command cars advance inland. They move across a jungle and then onto a hilltop ridge that later was named "Blood Ridge" due to fierce fighting there. A man looks through a sighting instrument at an observation post. Gun emplacements and foxholes are established. A Marine looks at a picture of an American girl that he has at his campsite. U.S. Marines fire a 105 mm gun. An aircraft spotter looks through a sighting instrument and spots Japanese aircraft in flight. Japanese bombers in flight. Antiaircraft guns are fired by American forces. Japanese airplane is hit. The airplane plunges toward the ground with smoke streaming behind it and the airplane crashes. Machine guns being fired at the Japanese aircraft. Another Japanese aircraft is hit and the aircraft crashes into water. Men at Henderson Field. Wrecked American aircraft. Aerial view of Henderson Field.
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