Navy enlisted aircrew in their bunks aboard a ship. One reads a newspaper. Another reads a magazine and looks at a picture of a model and discusses it with other man. An emergency arises. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger planes are ready on the flight deck. The U.S. Navy pilots scramble and rush towards the planes. A flight of five aircraft takeoff and fly in formation towards the target. Reenactment of battles on ground between U.S. and Japanese forces. Navy aircraft bomb the Japanese forces. Japanese fire antiaircraft guns. Navy aircraft gunners fire at Japanese. The Aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Grant Evans, played by Hollywood Actor Robert Stack, is damaged by Japanese gunfire. As the aircraft and crew limp home, they are attacked by a Japanese fighter, but shoot it down and successfully return to land on their aircraft carrier. After recovering from his wounds, Lieutenant Grant Evans (Robert Stack) is interviewed in a building. Large numbers of Navy aircraft flying in formations.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt with Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill at the Sphinx in Egypt, and later, at a meeting with Turkey's President Mustafa Ismet Inonu. Later President Roosevelt reviews 7th Army in Sicily, from a jeep. He is accompanied by General Eisenhower, who sits in back of jeep next to Presidential Assistant, Harry Hopkins. President Roosevelt decorates General Mark Clark and five of his officers. General Clark receives the Distinguished Service Cross A man takes photographs. Seventh Army Troops march past. President Roosevelt and General Eisenhower eat a picnic lunch in a staff car with the doors open. President Roosevelt seated with his sons, Elliot and Franklin, Jr.
Momentary glimpse of French Regimental flag held by French collaborator militia German officers and civilians at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris, France. German officers examine damaged areas of the city. Closeup of a heavy concrete structure with writing on it reading: "St. Pierre des Corps" and "Entree de La Gare" (This is the severely damaged entrance to a central train station of the city.) Heavy smoke seen rising from a fire in the background. Somewhat blurred views from a vehicle driving through portions of Paris. One apartment building displays a sign reading "Soldatenheim" (Soldiers' Home). Major buildings displaying Nazi Swastika flags. View from overhead of German army truck, covered in foliage camouflage, driving along a boulevard. Posters on a wall lamenting France's suffering. Parisians going about their ordinary activities, walking in a town traffic circle. View from close overhead of another German army truck covered in foliage camouflage with soldiers riding on its rear. Another view of the posters on the wall.
Allied forces advance through mud and snow in Italy. Mountains in the background. Jeeps, trucks and infantry enter Ravenna in Italy. Allied troops in automobiles. Troops on streets. Buildings in the background. Flags on a building. A sign reads 'Tirana'. Several people on streets. Partisan troops enter and liberate Tirana in Albania. A wrecked building in view. Albanian people carry banners and flags and march on streets celebrating. Albanian partisan solders and soldiers of the National Liberation Army march and participate in the parade. Albanian soldiers and politicians watch from a grandstand, including communist leader Enver Hoxha who is briefly seen addressing the crowd. A low-flying aircraft in flight above the liberation celebration.
Damage caused due to Allied aerial bombings in Nagasaki, Japan. Collapsed metal stack of a series of three heating ovens. Metal stack with displaced ladder. An uprooted concrete column. Structural failure of a light steel frame building. Cylindrical metal tank unaffected by the blast in the background.
Damage caused due to Allied aerial bombings in Nagasaki, Japan. A generator in a pump room which has been displaced. A bank of horizontal milling machines, a portion of the roof bracings, a pile of crumpled corrugated metal. Several torpedo components in the foreground. Three milling machines. Three Japanese women laborers remove the debris. A line of steel columns which have been displaced due to the blast. Uprooted steel columns of the small arms plant as a result of the blast. An uprooted concrete footing. Steel frame of a building as it leans and completely stripped corrugates sheet of iron from a wall.
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