U.S. Navy bombing campaign against Japanese-held Gilbert and Marshall Islands during World War II. This film taken aboard the heavy crusier, USS Northampton, CA-26. Captain William Dwight Chandler, Jr. (1890-1977) looks out at the sea with binoculars. Officer, helmsman and another sailor on bridge of the ship (interior). Officer, wearing older-style steel helmet, looks out to sea with binoculars. Gunnery officer wearing headphones. A Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplane is seen on catapult, behind him. Carrier at some distance, as seen through railings.
Captured Japanese aviators by U.S. Marines in Guadalcanal, Solomon islands during World War II. Japanese aviators captured, in PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats enroute to Guadalcanal. Stern of PT boats with wake and guards. Japanese prisoners on PT boats. Japanese prisoners disembark from Higgins boat. Japanese prisoners stand about. American give Japanese prisoners cigarette and a light. Japanese prisoners march to stockade. Japanese prisoners wait for a boat. Prisoners being marched to boat. Guards with tommy guns as they watch prisoners on boats. Prisoners sit idly. Prisoners seated on stern of a PT boat. Prisoners march on road. Prisoners stand idle. Prisoners stand in a group as Marines guard them. Prisoners stand in a double line as Marines guard them.
Major General Vandegrift, Commander of the First Marine Division, praises members of all services, including civilians, for their contributions to victory during the battle of Guadalcanal. He remarks that American civilian workers, Army, Marines and Navy exhibited loyalty and sacrifice for their country and the victory was a result of team work. (World War II period).
Freed Jews in Germany. Freed Jews seated on ground. Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks. Views of men, women and children in various stages of emaciation. They express a clue to the suffering they endured. (World War II period).
Freed Jews in Germany. United States soldiers distribute food at railroad tracks. The group surrounding the soldiers push forward to receive meager bits of food. Jewish prisoner along railroad tracks. They stretch out their hands for food. Men, women and children in various stages of emaciation. They express a clue to the suffering they endured. Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks. (World War II period).
Russians and Americans meet in Germany during World War II. U.S. combat cameraman compares his motion picture camera with that of a Soviet cameraman. U.S. and Russian soldiers look at a castle through binoculars. Russian officer and soldiers converse. A U.S. soldier sketches a drawing of Russian and U.S. soldiers seated in front of him. Russian and U.S. soldiers lying on ground. They converse in sign language and fraternize. U.S. and Russian soldiers seated on ground. Castle in the background.
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