Marines of U.S. 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, advance toward Talasea, New Britain in World War 2. Marines load and fire 75mm Howitzer. A tank stuck on a dirt road. The Marines dig around the tank's tread. The Marines give first aid to a wounded man. Two Marines seated with bandaged faces and legs. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. A shrine in the jungle.
View of The German Roman Catholic church at the Bitokara Mission compound in the Talasea District of New Britain during World War 2. U.S. Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division are seen strolling near a large building with wraparound porch, and relaxing near rough buildings that appear to be serving as their temporary quarters. Several marines walk in the interior of the mission church building. Altar and rows of bench seats are seen. Another view of the mission compound. A column of armed marines walks into the compound.
U.S. Marines of 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, invade Talasea, New Britain. A U.S. armored vehicle being pulled uphill by a winch. The vehicle tows a trailer. The Marine driving the vehicle looks on the sides.
Scenes from aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during the Battle of the Philippine Sea of World War 2. The Task Force advances towards the Mariana Islands. Commander Dixie Kiefer and another officer watch through binoculars from the conning tower of 'The Fighting Lady'. Japanese bombers and fighters approach and attack the carrier. Anti aircraft guns fired. Japanese panes are hit and downed. Explosions in the water near the ships. Sailors fire deck guns. A Japanese torpedo bomber approach the carrier through the flak. Gunners fire at her. The plane is hit and downed. Animated map depicts advance of U.S. and Japanese Naval Task forces between the Philippines and the Caroline Islands. U.S. pilots board their planes. Radio Plotting Room in charge Smokey talks over the radio. Flight deck crew prepare the planes for take off. U.S. fighter planes run into Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros. Japanese and U.S. planes are shot down during the aerial combat. Planes hit and on fire. The U.S. Air Combat Group approaches the Japanese Imperial Navy formation of battleships. Destroyers and carriers conduct escape maneuvers.
Gun camera footage of U.S. Army Air Force 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group Aircraft commanded by a Captain Vogt, strafing target buildings and ships in area of harbor at Tarumizu in Kyushu Japan. Fire and explosions on bay area of the Island. Heavy smoke rises. Aircraft strafes over open field areas and factories, and then strikes ships in harbor. 34th Fighter Squadron Aircraft drop bombs over harbor in Kyushu, Japan. Fire and explosions on bay area of the Island. Heavy smoke rises. Aircraft strafes over open field areas, houses on ground. Tracers fired on Japanese ships on water surface. Fire and explosion from the ship. (World War II period).
Vierstabers rocket standing on its four legs on Lindwerder Island in Lake Tegel, Berlin. Men gathered around as the rocket is being fueled. Fumes from condensation seen. The rocket is fired and rises a considerable distance in the air before falling into the lake. Sketches of the rocket. Heavy steam fumes rising where the rocket has fallen into the water, because the motor appears to be still burning. Two more sequences of rockets launching from the island and falling into the lake. Men in a motorboat retrieving a rocket from the water. Another test launch of a Vierstabers rocket from a boat in the Schwielowsee (lake) in Germany. A motor launch traveling out on the lake, with a Vierstaber rocket on its deck and flying the German national flag. The launch next to a larger boat in the lake. The rocket launches high in the sky and falls into the lake.
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