Life in Hiroshima, Japan after the explosion of the atomic bomb during World War II. Miyajima, a shrine island. The famous Itsukushima Shrine (1-1 Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0588, Japan) in waters off Miyajima. Another Torii in waters. Shrine on island of Miyajima. A deer grazes on the island. Japanese people walk past the sacred shrine. Bronze and stone statues near the shrine. A ferryboat takes sightseers from the mainland to the island of Miyajima. A spire of five storied pagoda.
United States amphibious invasion of small islands in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men load supplies for Marines. Equipment and trucks loaded. 7th Infantry Division troops on landing crafts. Troops land on island. Landing craft beached. Combat between Japanese troops and U.S. Marines. Wounded soldiers given aid. Several Japanese soldiers surrender. A man holds the forms 'Prisoner of War'. Japanese prisoners on island. Destroyed aircraft, equipment and buildings in view. Wounded soldiers carried on stretchers in landing craft. The wounded lifted in ships. Dead bodies on the island. The U.S. flag.
Film opens with animated map of the Pacific theater of operations in World War 2. It illustrates Allied advances through network of islands supporting supply lines of Japan. View from an Allied ship in an invasion task force headed to a Japanese occupied island (probably in the Mariana Islands) during World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope net from their transport ship to board landing craft. Numerous landing craft making way in loose formation. Warships in the task force bombard the target island. Huge black explosion occurs. B-25 Mitchell bombers displaying "Z" on tails, are seen briefly in flight. Landing craft maneuvering and approaching the shore where numerous shells are bursting from the naval bombardment. Landing craft number 25, from the USS Bolivar (APA-34) is seen in the water. Troops rush across the sand after leaving their landing craft. Closeups of U.S. troops using small arms and flame throwers to drive Japanese defenders from their caves, blockhouses and other fortifications. Dead Japanese soldiers beside their defensive positions. At the beachhead, several large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 334, 330,335, and 336 are unloading troops into the surf. Closeup front view of troops wading ashore from LCI(L)335. Troops carrying boxes of supplies ashore. At the beachhead, troops are unloading a large truck, while in the background, a Landing Vehicle Tracked is driving away from Landing Ship Tank (LST-47). Her deck is crowded with troops. A tractor drives off a nearby landing craft. Wide view of beachhead jammed with troops and equipment.
U.S. troops and ships in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Island shoreline as seen from a cruiser. Mountain on the island. U.S. army and navy planes parked on an airfield at the island. U.S. troops loaded in jeeps and trucks advance towards front lines through deep mud. U.S. soldiers rest under tents. Man on watch. U.S. ships scattered. U.S. patrol plane in the sky. Pilot of the plane talks on headset. U.S. task force heads for an enemy island.
Japanese victory at the Battle of Corregidor during Japanese occupation of Philippines in World War II. Japanese troops land on Corregidor Island (also known as Fort Mills during the American Colonial Period). Japanese troops disembark from boats during their landing at the island of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers climb their way up the island. Soldiers advance on Corregidor Island. Japanese troops march past destroyed buildings. Captured American and Filipino prisoners of war are taken away. Japanese soldiers stand near gun batteries and give victory banzai. View of the Mile Long Barracks of Corregidor. The soldiers advance and walk past a destroyed building. The Japanese flag is raised. Japanese soldiers take down the United States flag in Corregidor.
A truck drives up in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-6A biplane bomber at a hangar on Langley Field. The U.S. airmen move supplies from truck to plane. Aerial view of Tangier Island through wing of B-6A plane. The island is surrounded by ice. The bundles of food being dropped through bomb bay of B-6A onto Tangier Island. Distant views of planes over snow covered Tangier Island.
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