Allied troops practice amphibious landing at Blackpool Sands, a beach near Dartmouth, Devon, England during World War II. Smoke on the beach. Landing Craft Vehicles (LCVs) beached at the coast. British and American soldiers on the beach. Allied officers watch amphibious landing practice. A radio operator with equipment. A loud speaker system is dug in on the beach as the operator observes the advancing troops. American soldiers with helmets and packs pour out of LCV boats and advance across the beach. Some soldiers hit the ground as shells explode near the beach. The soldiers advance on the beach. They crawl.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gela, Sicily. Smoke rises from the coast due to bombardment. Flakes burst in the sky. Ships underway at sea. Smoke rises from a ship after being hit by an enemy aircraft.
A gymnastic exhibition in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A large number of people gathered in a stadium. Men perform a drill with logs of wood. A Nazi officer watches the drill. German soldiers applaud. Athletes race down a track during a field and track event. Spectators cheer the participants. Men perform gymnastics on the field. (World War II period).
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines demonstrate Japanese weapons. A Marine fires a Japanese flame thrower. A Japanese artillery piece. The Marines fire machine guns and artillery.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Marines march ahead on the island. Henderson Field after being captured by the Marines. The American flag being raised at the field. The Marines salute. Shell crates on the field. A gun emplacement on the field. Rollers and other mechanized equipment are used to level surface and make a runway at the airfield. An aircraft taxis at the field. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at the field.
Allied campaign against Quadalcanal and Solomon Islands during World War II. Captured Japanese Labor Battalion prisoners (called Termites by the Marines) and some Imperial Marines march and are lined up. Japanese prisoners seated behind a barbed wire fence. A Japanese soldier being given first aid. treatment by an American medic. Dead Japanese soldiers from a Regiment commanded by Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki, are seen on the beach at, 'Alligator Creek.' (They fell during a nighttime attack against entrenched U.S. Marines, on 21 August 1942. The ICHIKI Regiment lost 777 killed during their attack. Only six members of the regiment escaped.) Corporal Barney Ross (former U.S. boxing champion) receives a Japanese flag as a souvenir. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz decorates Marine Colonel 'Red' Mike Edson, Commander of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and U.S. Marine pilots: Major Smith, Captain Carl and Major Gaylor during the ceremonies. Brief glimpse of Marine Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift with Admiral Nimitz
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