A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.
U.S. troops board transports bound for Africa during World War II . U.S. troops carrying their necessary supplies walk on a dock. The troops embark a transport ship. Trucks, weapons and supplies are loaded on the transport ship. Ships underway at sea. A soldier looks through binoculars. American and British convoys rendezvous near Gibraltar. U.S. troops on a deck cheer. A convoy of ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. Soldiers perform a drill on a deck. A gunner aboard a ship keeps a watch on the sea and the sky. A gun mounted on the deck. A destroyer underway alongside the transport ship to give orders. Officers look into the orders. Coast of Oran in the background. The troops in a barge which is lowered. They unload the barge at a harbor. Barges approach the harbor. U.S. trucks and tanks are unloaded at the harbor. A lieutenant speaks to natives. The natives help in unloading the supplies. Equipment is massed on beaches
A new route links the United States and Alaska during World War II. Trucks parked on a highway. Men stand holding the U.S. flags. Canadian Mounted Police men stand in formation. The U.S. flag is raised up. The soldiers stand wearing woolen hats and coats. Officials cut a ribbon and pay tribute to the U.S. Army. The soldiers applaud. The Alaskan Highway Alaska is officially opened. A truck convoy rolls northward.
Carrier-based airplanes fight Japanese airplanes off New Guinea, Australia during World War II . A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean prepares for attack. Aircraft parked on the deck. An aircraft takes off. Gunners ready the guns mounted on the deck. A Japanese aircraft in flight. Flaks burst in the sky. The gunners fire the guns. An explosion on the outer deck. The carrier crew runs on the deck and fires. A Japanese bomber aircraft drops bombs. A bomb hole on the deck. The gunners still fire. Crew members pull a hose and spray water on the bombed area. The carrier is set afire but remains afloat.
Launch of two aircraft carriers and a battleship in the United States during World War II. People gathered at shipyards of New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the launch of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb seen with U.S. Marine Corps General Thomas Holcomb. Mrs. Holcomb christens the ship as it launches. Scene shifts to Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts and launching of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). The aircraft carrier slides down skids into the water. Scene shifts to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the same day, December 7, 1942, as the launching ceremony for the Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62). Carolyn Edison, wife of New Jersey Governor Charles Edison is seen christening the ship and it then slides into the water. Two boats underway in the background assist with positioning the Battleship.
A ticker tape parade in Sydney, Australia during World War II . People crowd on either side of streets. Australian soldiers parade on a street. Civilians cheer. Buildings on either side of the street. The troops carry guns and parade. Governor General of Australia Lord Gowrie salutes and reviews the parade. A crowd marches with the troops. The troops march and the crowd cheers.
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