United States Army77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World war II. Soldiers aboard an army jeep passes over a dirt road in a forest area. A jeep convoy loaded with supplies. The soldiers seated along the road. A dead Japanese man in a small hut. A burning United States M-4 Sherman tank. Soldiers examine two burning Japanese tanks.
Views from a U.S. warship shelling shoreline, near Agana, Guam, in preparation for amphibious assault, during World War 2. Smoke rising from shoreline as shells strike. Tracers visible from the camera ship and smoke rising from her guns as she fires. The USS Minneapolis (CA-36) seen close to shore. Smoke rising from naval gunfire, as shells burst at shoreline. A U.S. airplane flies low over shoreline, laying a smoke screen. Heavy barrages from U.S. warships raise heavy smoke as shells strike. Scene shifts to aboard the USS Minneapolis, where her forward triple turrets are seen pointed to starboard towards Guam, as she fires her 8"/55 caliber guns. Sky is filled with heavy black smoke rising from a point on shoreline.
Beach scene at Tumon Bay, Guam in 1945, at end of World War 2 . Bathers and some small boats in water of a bay. Sand beach covered with palm trees and other semitropical flora. People seated on the sands. Water of the bay and promenatory of land in background. Different sequence, showing three U.S. Landing Craft Support, Large, LCS (L) clustered together at anchor in a bay, with buildings on shore in background. The mast of a U.S.warship. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber in flight overhead. It displays tail code of solid black square with "M" inside, identifying it as belonging to the 20th Air Force, 314th Bomb Wing, 19th Bomb Group, based at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. Camera focuses on the bomber as it passes overhead. Sailors speed into the bay, aboard a motor boat. The B-29 circles directly overhead, passing the American flag displayed on the main mast of a warship. The B-29 appears to be descending to land at the airbase.
Invasion of Guam in Pacific Theater during World War II. United States naval vessels underway at sea. Coast of Guam in the background. 5 inch shells explode on the coast and smoke rises.
Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).
Sawada Store Sign in Guam. Exteriors of Emporium Dry goods Store. Sign 'Emporium' Exterior of commissary. Ships Store Ashore. A car stops by the store. Naval officer exits the car. Sign, "Ships Store Ashore". Interior of Guam Emporium. Women employees at work. Dry Goods Store. Interior of the commissary. Chamorro woman buy canned food. Clerk checks order. Regular business across counter. Naval cadets buy groceries. Supplies checked and arranged inside a warehouse. Woman takes notes.