Operations of the U.S. troops at the Shuri Line in Ryukyu Islands, Japan during the Battle of Okinawa. Soldiers of the U.S. 307th Regiment, 77th Division move across the field. They pass a knocked-out U.S. tank.
A USAAF B-17 bomber taxis in after landing at Vivigani Airfield on Goodenough Island in New Guinea. General MacArthur steps from the aircraft and is greeted by the American Air Base Commander. Closeup of General MacArthur. Next, a jeep carrying him and several others is seen from the rear as it drives over roads literally hacked from the jungles. Views of friendly native tribesmen, engaged by the Allies, carrying supplies toward the front. as Australian troops march along side them. View of rough water tumbling in a river and native bearers crossing it on a suspension bridge. View from above of long line of New Guinea native bearers moving along a path. Back at Vivigani Airfield , MacArthur greets some of the American fliers who have been attacking Japanese shipping from there. His B-17E, tail number 41-12633, ("Sally") is parked in the background. General MacArthur salutes and heads to his B-17 (that will take him to 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby). View of a USAAF B24 Liberator bomber taxiing on the airfield. Another B-24 (named "Connebb's Speciab" is being loaded with bombs. Crew of a B-24 getting briefed as they stand under the wing of their aircraft. A pilot sticking his head out of the cockpit window. A B-24 airborne after takeoff. View from B-24 of a Japanese ship in sea below. Gunners inside the B-24 strafing the ship as the B-24 flies low over it. Bombs dropping during the Aircraft' second pass over the Japanese ship. View of the bombs exploding at port and starboard of the ship. View of clouds and then interior of the B-24 as crew members converse on their way back to their base.
Japanese women around shacks and shanties in Tokyo, Japan. Monuments at a cemetery in Tokyo. Tin shack constructed from scrap wood and tin in the background. Japanese girls stand in front of the entrance of a tin shack. A newly constructed shack amidst the ruins of bombed out area. The bombed out area shows typical temporary homes. Women in the foreground wash vegetables. Entrance to a shack shows a woman brewing tea over a charcoal stove. An outdoor treasure vault now used as home. A woman walks from the door of a partly underground shanty to an outdoor faucet.
Japanese school children walking in a group. A steam ship with Clipper bow and extensive rigging, underway. Ensign on stern shows emblem with a cross in canton. Japanese warship, displaying the Sunburst ensign, underway followed by several small boats. A three-masted sailing vessel, in distance, with no sails showing. Japanese houses along a canal.
Captured German troops being sorted by U.S. soldiers. European refugees standing on rubble. A civilian man with a bandage around his head walks along a lineup of German prisoners examining each one, before pointing at the last one in line, implicating him.
An interview with the pilot of a Heinkel He-111, the primary Luftwaffe medium bomber. The pilot standing in front of a military jeep parked outside a building.
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