United States Marines Corps of the 3rd Marine Division invade Iwo Jima island, Japan during World War II. Wounded Marines being evacuated from the island. U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang aircraft lands on a dirt runway. Other aircraft land and take off. One of the P-51 Mustangs crashes during landing. Number of P-51's parked on an airfield.
United States Marine Corps of the 3rd Marine Division invade the Iwo Jima Island during the Iwo Jima operation of World War II. The wounded Marines being evacuated from the island. United States Navy aircraft landing on and taking off from the runway. A number of P-51 Mustangs parked along the runway.
Shells from U.S. Naval guns strike Fort Drum (also known as El Fraile Island) in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Explosion and smoke on the battleship-shaped island. United States casualties being transferred to a large Navy ship from small boats.
U.S. Army 1380th Engineers lay a pipe line at Manila Harbor in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War II. The engineers lay the pipes together. The engineers at work in Manila Bay. Fuel tanks and other equipment on the land. The engineers and soldiers walk down the land as the pipe lines are laid together. The engineers pump diesel oil and gasoline mixture into the pipeline. They ignite the mixture using a motor. Fumes rise up as the mixture ignites. A Japanese soldier comes out of a pit. A patrol team catches him. The team questions him. Military ships carry infantry and engineers at Fort Drum, El Fraile Island in Manila Bay. Troops walk down a ramp at Fort Drum. A pipe line hose is set into a vent. A mixture of oil and explosives is pumped into this pipeline. Slow burning fuel, grenades and other explosives lowers into the vent by the engineers. The troops guard the engineers at work. The engineers set up a timer and the troops leave the land. Explosions take place. Smoke rise up from the island.
Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.
A poster on a wall, in Berlin Germany, announces Mobilization. German soldiers in uniforms,including Pickelhaube (spiked helmets), assemble in a courtyard. Others are assembled in a city square. where they examine and sight their rifles, while being watched by several officers, dressed in long coats and caps. Members of an Army band walk rapidly past the camera, carrying their drums and other instruments, but not playing them. Soldiers assembled in a small square, with their arms stacked. A German army officer walks rapidly past civilian recruits gathered in a large square to join the army. Soldiers stand at large tables where the recruits sign up. Berlin citizens crowd a square as war is declared in 1914. Views from a vehicle driving past a crowd gathered in front of the Berliner Dom, on Museum Island in the Mitte borough. German soldiers are keeping civilians away from a large rectangular space set aside in front of the Berliner Dom. Crowd gathered in front of the Imperial Palace on the Museum Island at Schlossplatz. Glimpse of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial. Glimpse of troops parading in formation. Glimpse of a bemedaled German Hussar officer with unidentified domed building in background. Kaiser Wilhelm II , speaks from a porch on the Imperial Palace, announces the declaration of World War 1, to an assembled crowd of citizens. Monument of Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, with the Reichstag building in the background. Troops parading through crowds of spectators in front of the Reichstag.
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