Water breaks on rocks at shore in Devil's Island, French Guiana. A guard moves in yard of the Devil's Island prison. A prisoner draws water from well. A gravestone in a cemetery. Telegraph shack and transmitter, to which power is supplied by the prisoners turning hand cranks. Men send signal using reflectors. A man climbs ladder carrying something in his hands. A rope-way runs between two islands.
Depth charge explosion at sea during invasion of Saipan by U.S. forces in Mariana Islands. Shoreline of island. A ship burns at sea. Smoke columns rise. Tracers strafe island. 20 and 40 mm guns on U.S. Navy Destroyer are fired. (World War II period).
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers flying for a mission on Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Pilot and crew members inside a B-29 cockpit. Clouds and sky as seen from inside the cockpit. Crew member looks for enemy airplanes from the top canopy. Bombers flying over sea. The land strip of island between the sea waters.
73rd bombardment wing of the 20th Air Force of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field Base in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bombers take off for a mission to Truk, Caroline Islands under Japanese rule. Crew member inside a B-29 cockpit shoots other bombers flying above clouds, with film camera. A Japanese island as seen from the plane. Formation of B-29 bombers high in the sky.
Horse carriages at Mackinac Island, Michigan. Men board a carriage and move away. No Auto edict prohibits driving of autos in the Island. A spinning optical film effect shows heavy traffic on streets of a city. Shot of a policeman holding up his hand in traffic as the camera zooms in. A horse carriage moves past a number of carriages lined up on the street on Mackinac Island.
The capture of Garapan on Saipan in the Marianas Islands, by the Americans. American Naval and artillery bombardments destroy the last Japanese strongholds in cliffs north of Garapan city in the Mariana Islands. Infantrymen and tanks advance. An enemy sniper is burnt out. A Japanese bunker is destroyed. Machine gun crew fires and throws grenades at the enemies. Enemies on a cliff shot down. Some of the Japanese troops (and island civilians fearful of American forces) jump off cliffs to commit suicide. Troops line up the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Japanese troops surrender. A U.S. 2nd Marine Division cemetery. View of the names of the marines on the gravestones. (World War II period).
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