Aerial view showing clouds and explosion from U.S. Army Air Force bombing mission over Palau during World War II. Strings of clouds are seen rising over various islands. Islands are partially covered by clouds.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands on 26th of October, 1942 during World War II. U.S. aircraft take off from U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) carrier at dawn. Members of crew on U.S. carrier look through binoculars. Japanese bombers formation overhead. Gun crews of USS Hornet (CV-8) attack the Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft in flames crash. Flak bursts in sky. USS Hornet gets torpedoed and bombed heavily. USS Hornet burns. The crew abandons the USS Hornet. Members of the crew board rescue boats. USS Hornet being sunk by torpedo attacks at night. Wounded men transferred to other U.S. ships and taken ashore. New ships being launched from shipyards in United States.
Flight deck officers giving launch signals. Launch of aircraft on deck of carrier ship. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Torpedo bombers TBM Avenger makes a deck launch. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in a diving run. SBDs in formation. Enemy buildings and dock area being strafed. Coastal area of island seen. Wooden area being strafed. Blasted hangars on enemy held island. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in New Guinea Island during World War 2. Animated map highlights New Guinea and shows limit of Japanese defenses. U.S. troops board U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Formation of C-47s in sky. C-47 lands. Troops getting off the C-47 and running for cover. Australian troops getting equipment moving armament. Wounded soldier being placed aboard C-47. U.S. Army Air Forces C-56 Loadstar buzzing airfield. American troops making a runway. U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 Lightening fighter aircraft takes off. Shutter of a B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft. Bombs exploding on Japanese targets. B-25s bomb Japanese ships. B-25s strafing Japanese planes on ground. Parafrog bombs being dropped by B-25s. Shells exploding. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers in flight. View at Wewak Island. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and P-38s in flight.
A film reviewing the conditions at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii prior to Japanese attack during World War II. The island of Oahu. An actor portraying Uncle Sam sleeps in a chair. Aerial view of Oahu island. U.S. soldiers on guard walking a military base perimeter with high fencing behind them. Another soldier walking on guard along a beach. U.S. Army soldiers standing atop a moving cargo railroad train to guard its contents during transport. View of Hickam Field entrance gate on Oahu, Hawaii, with a guard checking entry. Two airmen walking toward parked aircraft. Military aircraft lined up outside a hangar at Hickam Field. Pearl Harbor which lies near Hickam Field. Wide, elevated view of many large U.S. Navy ships at anchor in Pearl Harbor. U.S. minesweepers, light cruisers, destroyers and other ships in Pearl Harbor. Bus on a quiet street in early morning. A man tending a small boat at dock. Ground crews at work in the hangar of Hickam Field, performing maintenance on a bomber aircraft. U.S. Navy sailors throw a baseball back and forth on a dock in Pearl Harbor. Large group of Navy sailors attend church services. A chaplain speaks to the sailors and other military officers during the religious service.
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