Opening slate reads, “Sensational War Films YAMAMOTO SHOT DOWN! South Pacific”. Image of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, in full navy regalia. Another image of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, in black navy uniform. United States soldiers riding a military jeep wave at the camera as their jeep drives in Guadalcanal Island during World War II. United States Army Air Force airmen are posing in front of a fighter for a camera. Airmen shake hands with each other. Airmen are talking to each other, with a fighter behind them. Three airmen laugh facing the camera. The camera pans to identify the airmen Lieutenant Besby Holmes, Captain Tom Lanphier and Lieutenant Rex T. Barber. A radio operator tapping out morse code on radio equipment. Japanese airmen receiving orders. A Japanese bomber with engines running. United States airmen run to their fighters. Airmen working on an engine and fueling aircraft to prepare for a mission. Airmen sitting on a bench listening to an officer pointing to a board. The officer, in sunglasses, points to a map titled “Target for Today”. Closeup of map, “Target for Today.” United States soldier smokes a cigarette.
Shore of Guadalcanal Island in Pacific Theater during Battle of Munda.. Small rafts seen. Plane in flight. Men aboard on Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) ships. Ramps lowered and troops debark the LCI -323. Shallow surf in background. Troops debark LCI -328 and wade in water. File of men carry equipment down the LCI ramp. Jeep is pulled out from the mud. (World War II period).
Supplies and equipment on a beach in Aleutian Island, United States. Two American Navy men use field phone in a dugout emplacement on the beach. Navy men and soldiers roast hot dogs over fire on the beach. Soldiers unload supplies from Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel onto tractor trailer and it moves inland. Navy men and soldiers unload supplies and pile them up. (World War II period).
United States Navy transport off coast in Aleutian Island. American soldiers move supplies and equipment from beached landing barges to the shore (World War II period).
Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) and LCMs loaded with helmeted American soldiers shove off to invade Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska Ships cut through choppy sea and fog en route the sea. A transport ship as beam of light from its searchlight shines through the fog. Landing barges move through choppy waters for invasion point. (World War II period).
United States Navy warship fires salvos from its big guns and explosion occurs during the World War II invasion of Attu in Aleutian Island, Alaska.
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