Meeting between Portuguese Mission to the U.S. and U.S. Minister to Portugal in Lisbon. Exteriors of American Embassy in Lisbon. Interiors of American Consulate shows American consul at desk talk to his secretary. Immigrants present documents at desk. Meeting between U.S. Minister to Portugal Bert Fish and the Portuguese Mission to the U.S. Mr. Bert Fish stands between U.S. Military attache and Commander Colonel Robert Solberg and U.S. Naval attache Kenneth Demarest. The Portuguese Military Mission includes Lieutenant Colonel Joviano Lopes, Captain Jose Belesa Ferraz, and Captain Luiz da Camara Pinn. Naval Mission includes Commander Libera de Camara, Captain Oliveria Pinto and 1st Lieutenant Henrique Jorges. Portuguese Air Mission includes Colonel Craveiro Lopes, Major Costa Macedo, and Lieutenant Oliveira Seixas. Colonel Solberg speaks to Portuguese colleagues. Mr. Birt Fish speaks to other members of the Mission.
Opening scene shows Imperial Japanese infantry with rifles and T-100 sub machine gun in a Daihatsu Landing Craft, off the Philippines, during Japanese attack and invasion of the Philippines. Remainder of the brief film shows Philippine President Manuel Quezon standing outside a building, appearing ready to commence a public broadcast. Microphones are set up nearby. ( Clip is silent except for some faint music in background at the beginning.)
USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers descends to land. The USAAF B-29 lands on an airstrip and taxis. The crewmen deplane and poses in front of the B-29.
The American Aircraft Carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8), slowly departs from a dock. Closeup of the ship from the dock. The Hornet underway at sea in her shakedown cruise. F4F Wildcat aircraft of Navy Squadron VF-8, taxiing on her flight deck. Douglas Dauntless aircraft of Squadrons V8-8 and VS-8 on deck. Sailors moving a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber across the deck. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off. Closeup of one in flight with canopy open and very closeup view of pilot in open cockpit. A Landing Signal Officer (LSO), holding two paddles, guides an F4F aircraft during a carrier landing. View of a Douglas TBD-1 Devastator aircraft from Squadron VT-8, landing and sliding off the flight deck, where it hangs upside down on lower part of the ship. Sailors gather around the stricken airplane. The pilot seen standing on the flight deck unhurt. An F4F landing on the flight deck. An LSO guiding a Douglas Dauntless plane as it lands.
Japanese troops land on Guangdong Province, China. Japanese fleet off the coast of Daya Bay (Bias Bay), southeast of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Japanese troops disembark from amphibious boats at beach and advance inland. Japanese bombers overhead.
U.S. marines departing Guadalcanal as they are relieved by U.S. Army troops of the 23rd Infantry Division. They board landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP), aka Higgins boats, of the USS Neville (AP-16). Two of the marines scrambles aboard one of the boats as its ramp is almost closed. View of marines packed aboard the LCVP as it gets underway. Two transport ships are anchored in the background. The most distant one is the USS Neville (AP-16). Scene shifts to beach crowded with departing marines and Higgins boats. Closeup of a marine holding a cigarette while eating a sandwich, and another with a bandage on his forehead. Numerous views of the beach crowded with marine; palm trees overhead; higgins boats departing to the USS Neville, and two transport ships anchored in the background. Closeups of marines on shore waiting for more Higgins boats to transport them. Scene changes to U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General William Rupertus, Assistant Commander, 1st Marine Division; U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, Commander, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal Division) and U.S. Army Brigadier General Edmund Sebree, his Assistant Commander, posing for the camera as they ostensibly discuss a map. They shake hands with each other. General Sebree exchanges salutes with General Rupertus, and they all walk away. Next, the three generals pose for closeups. Film ends showing columns of marines moving along the sides of a road cut through a forest of palm trees.
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