Reinforcements and supplies arriving on Guadalcanal during World War 2. Various views of Soldiers and supplies arriving from transport ships. These operations are occuring in 1943, after Guadalcanal has been secured and now being prepared as a base for further allied advances against Japanese-held islands on the road to Japan itself. In one scene Soldiers are seen arrivng on a Higgins Boat from the transport ship, USS George Clymer (APA-27). Most of the film shows supplies being amassed on the beachhead. Local natives are employed helping unload and store the large quantities of supplies.
U.S. Navy Task Force 8, on Mission Number VI, the first U.S. offensive naval action of World War 2, against Japanese forces in the Pacific, conducted during January and February, 1942. This film was taken from the heavy cruiser ship, USS Northhampton, CA-26, of the Task Force en route to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands of Wotje, Taroa and Maloelap. It begins with close-in portside view of the aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, Admiral Halsey's Flagship, underway, followed by a distant starboard view of the Enterprise. The USS Enterprise, CV-6, is seen preparing to launch air strikes. From time 00:27 to 00:43 the Enterprise's starboard side is shown with the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, in the background. Aircraft are launched and SBD Dauntless dive-bombers are forming up over the fleet in several flights of three aircraft.each. The port side of heavy destroyer USS Balch, DD-363, is shown. The starboard side of destroyer USS Dunlap, DD-384, is shown in heavy sea wave swells. Bomber formations fly overhead and a flight of three F4F Wildcat fighters joins in. A TBD Devastator torpedo bomber flies over a Craven Class destroyer as more aircraft form up overhead.
Japanese money captured by U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Marine officers check cases of Japanese money. Officers take out money from cases and hand it to checking officer. Money being counted. Marines officers count coins. Money in a case.
Allied officers greet the Sultan of Morocco, Mohammad V, as he arrives to visit allied warships at port in Casablanca, during World War Two. The Sultan is accompanied by his son. They board a motor launch which proceeds to carry them toward a warship.
Freed Jews in Germany during World War II. Village being shelled by German artillery from across the Elbe River. Smoke rises at distance. Jewish prisoner seated on ground near railroad tracks. Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks.
Russians and Americans meet in Germany during World War II. American Major-General Emil F. Reinhardt, Commanding General of the 69th Division shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Major-General Vladimir V. Rusakov Commanding Officer of the 58th Guards Division at a meeting of American and Russian troops near the Elbe River and the town of Torgau, Germany in late April, 1945. American and Russian troops stand in formation. US, Russian, and British flags on display.
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