War damage in Sicily, Italy after bombings done by USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) 86th Fighter Bomber Group airplanes during World War II.. Debris at a railroad station. A sign reads 'Taormina Giardini'. A U.S. soldier inspects bullet holes on a locomotive. Wrecked locomotives and debris.
A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma and its capture during World War II. Burmese nurses treat wounded members of Merrill's Marauders. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Gordon Seagrave operates on a patient at a field hospital. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are being questioned by U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel who are Japanese-Americans. Japanese prisoners eat.
Opening scene shows a sign identifying the 38th Parallel separating North from South Korea. Refugees with their few belongings walk from North Korea to South Korea. A U.S. Patton tank is seen next, followed by another. Closeup of treads on a Patton tank, raising dust as it passes. Another Patton heading toward the camera, with a crewman waving. A Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, aircraft, marked with three stars, arrives, carrying the new Commander of the Eight Army, Lieutenant General James Van Fleet. He climbs out of the airplane and shakes hands with a Brigadier General. Standing behind him is Air Force Lieutenant General Earle E. Partridge, commander of the 5th Air Force. A jeep carrying General Van Fleet turns in from a dirt road. A sign reads "56th Regiment, Message Center." Lieutenant General Van Fleet, climbs out of the front right seat of the jeep. He is wearing a pair of pearl handled side arms. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Partridge is seated in the back seat of the jeep and jumps out behind Van Fleet. View of explosion in distant hills, part of the initial barrage in advance of the next United Nations offensive. Sounds of aircraft and artillery are heard. American infantry are seen moving forward. Narrator notes that numerous Chinese troops were in the hills around the Chosin reservoir and they were committed in vast numbers against the UN forces. UN infantry in Korean War moving through forests and mist. Large numbers of Chinese prisoners of war are seen walking along a dirt road.
Japanese attack on Singapore during World War II. British civilians gather at a harbor. British soldiers and sailors stand near a ship and help the people, mostly British women and children, arriving at the harbor. Evacuating the war zone, civilians board the ship and wave toward shore as ship departs.
Japanese artillery fired in the Malay jungle, Kuantan during World War II. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers load and fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. A map of Singapore showing British positions. The map zooms into Pulau Ubin island. A soldier watches enemy action through binoculars. Japanese troops cross the Straits of Johor from Malay to Singapore in small boats and wade ashore with equipment. Shirtless Japanese gun crewmen load shells into artillery. A Japanese soldier puts a blade on his bayonet. The artillery fired and airplanes drop bombs as screaming Japanese infantry advance along a muddy road. British and Allied prisoners of war (POWs) are being searched and led away by Japanese guards.
The Battle of Singapore during World War II. Japanese soldiers march holding flags. Buildings along the sides of a street. Ford Motor Company Factory Singapore (351 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, Singapore 588192) is seen. A British delegation comes out of a building carrying a white flag of surrender. British General Arthur Ernest Percival and Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita sign surrender terms for Singapore. Wrecked vehicles and equipment in the war damaged place. Smoke rises from burning houses and buildings. Japanese troops yell banzai cheer.
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