Camera pans past body of fallen Japanese soldier to U.S. Marines spread out along a shoreline as landing craft maneuver nearby and an American aircraft flies low overhead. Japanese prisoners along with women and children walk in a line. Glimpse of body of a dead Japanese soldier. Another group of Japanese prisoners and civilians. Several stand near American soldiers looking out at the small craft maneuvering offshore. A man (interpreter) speaks into a microphone, giving instructions to the Japanese persons on the shore. Body of dead Japanese woman. Bodies of numerous dead Japanese soldiers along the shore. Japanese prisoners with shovels begin recovering the bodies, placing them on makeshift litters and carrying them away.
Views of the stage platform for dignitaries, decorated with patriotic bunting, at Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. Dignitaries including Mrs. Augusta K. Bloch, wife of Admiral Claude C. Bloch, being photographed and filmed. United States Navy submarine USS Sealion (SS-195) on skids just before launching. Flag on bow fluttering in wind. The submarine sliding down the ways into water.
Four Howitzers camouflaged by netting, part of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment, are fired near the edge of a forest.
United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment in St. Lo, France. Howitzers of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment being fired. Heavy explosives being directed towards enemy resistance. Smoke rises as Howitzers are fired. Crew of Battery B load shells in the Howitzers and fire at enemy position.
United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment in St. Lo, France. From underneath camouflage netting, a crew of Battery B load shells in Howitzers and fire at enemy position. Howitzers of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment being fired. Heavy explosives being directed towards enemy resistance. Smoke rises as Howitzers are fired.
On November 25, 1944, a fast flying Japanese aircraft is spotted in the sky. Next, from a considerable distance, an explosion and smoke rising is seen on the American aircraft carrier, USS Hancock (CV-19). In the next scene, an unidentified U.S. warship is seen underway as black flak clouds dot sky above. Then the light aircraft carrier, USS Cabot is seen with black flak bursts overhead. A huge explosion raises a towering smoke cloud from her. She maneuvers, changing the angle at which she is seen. The smoke dissipates.
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