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Operation Crossroads. Activities on ramp after return of B-29 "Dave's Dream" from Test Able atomic bomb drop at Bikini Atoll
Military personnel swarm about on the ramp of airfield in Marshall Islands, where B-29, "Dave's Dream," is parked after returning from the Able Test drop of atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, as part of Operation Crossroads atomic testing. Seen is Major General Curtis Lemay, Commander of the 20th Air Force, to which the 509th Bombardment Group its atomic bombers (B-29s) were assigned. He is being interviewed in front of another B-29 atomic bomber, with symbol of atomic explosion on its nose area and the name "Atomizer" written on it.
Allied aircraft lay mines in Pacific Theater during World War II.
'Aerial mine laying blockades Japanese shipping' depicts Allied preparations and Operations of the 21st Bomber Command, for aerial dropping of mines in the Pacific ocean to thwart Japanese shipping in World War 2. . Rows of stacked bombs are shown in a munitions dump at Tinian Air Base in the Mariana Islands. Camera focuses on a 2000 pound MK25 mine. Men demonstrate hydrostatic safety devices on the mine, including an extender that holds the detonator away from the booster charge until sufficiently immersed, and a clock delay mechanism. MK 25 transported to B-29 aircraft named Flak Alley Sally. (This is B-29 Number 42-24878 of the 40th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group, 313th Bomb Wing.) Airmen attach a parachute to the end of the mine. Another inserts the detonator and its extender plus the timer device into the side of the mine. Soluble washers are then placed in arming device ports. Scene shifts to Army and Navy planners working with maps, dividers, and a Weems plotter to mark the target location and mine laying pattern. 313th Bombardment Wing Group Commanders are seen being briefed in a war room. Next, engines are seen starting on a B-29, that then takes off and is seen in flight.(Narrator notes that missions are flown at night, but this one is photographed in the day to show how it is done. View of B-29 cruising above clouds. View from inside the aircraft, of bomb bay slowly opening. View of the target area below. The parachute of a mine opens by a static line as it falls from the bomb bay. Scene shifts to water level closeup of a mine striking the water. ('Presumably a demonstration inserted here.) Final scene shows a Navy Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber dropping a parachute equipped mine. in the same location.
Training and life of a Japanese soldier. Boyhood indoctrination; fighting in Nanking, China. American casualties in Marianas
Life and indoctrination of Japanese troops during World War II. Newspaper headline reads 'Germany Collapses'. People celebrate and have drinks at bar. Table with few glasses and a liquor bottle. A Japanese soldier lay dead. Japanese flag and Koinobori carp windsock on pole. Japanese boys being indoctrinated to militarism, marching, drilling, in organized play, with model artillery pieces. Young Japanese soldiers in regiment commencing Japanese assault on Nanking, China. Scenes of Chinese civilians suffering at hands of Japanese soldiers. Views of Japanese atrocities perpetrated in Nanking. Japanese ships underway to Mariana Islands. Dead Japanese soldier. American troops attacking Japanese soldiers holed up in jungles. Staged enactment of last surviving Japanese soldier in a cave, who, instead of surrendering, seizes pistol of his slain officer and attacks Americans with it. Actual scenes of American wounded soldiers being carried out of jungle on stretchers following a battle with Japanese forces. Vast numbers of Japanese soldiers parading. American military dead being buried at sea, with a scene of many caskets draped in American flags poised for release into the ocean during the ceremony. Clip closes with Anti-Japanese propaganda message on screen "Get the Jap -- And Get it Over" directed at U.S. soldiers viewing the film.
Views of U.S. Forces in the Pacific and European theaters of operation during World War II
U.S. Troops in the Solomon Islands during World War II, load munitions and supplies aboard landing craft to be carried to the troopship, USS Frederick Funston (APA-89), sitting offshore. The equipment and troops are bound for Bougainville, New Guinea, to reinforce marines there. Next, the troops themselves, in full battle gear, enter Higgins boats, to be ferried to the troopship. Closeup of troops boarding one of the landing craft. View from a landing craft heading to the Frederick Funston, seen ahead. View from the Higgins boat approaching the troopship, and then of troops climbing aboard via a rope net. Closeup of soldiers climbing the net. Change of scene shows U.S. Field Artillery unit changing position on New Georgia. They employ caterpillar tractors to move the guns. One is seen bogging down in the soft earth, so another tractor assists by pushing on the gun (possibly damaging its barrel). After arriving at the new position, they are ordered to move again, because of movements of the Japanese forces. This time, the troops pitch in and use sheer manpower to move a howitzer. Scene shifts again, to Italy, where U.S. troops attempt to ford a river on the road from, Benevento, to Caserta, after German forces destroyed all bridges along it. A truck is seen successfully crossing after combat engineers created a path for it. Trucks and jeeps move through muddy paths. The last image shows a jeep equipped with a tall bumper-mounted wire cutter.
Allied troops land on a beach and administer first aid to wounded in Palau during World War II.
Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. A coast under bombardment as smoke rises. Shells splash among landing crafts near a beach. Allied troops aboard a Landing Craft Vehicle wait for a signal. Medics administer blood plasma to a wounded on the beach. Wounded soldiers being carried on litters. A corpsman administers first aid and records information.
U.S. Marines rest on a beach in Palau during World War II.
Allied invasion of Palau Islands during World War II. Marines on a beach. A Marine strings a wire in the foreground at the beach. The Marines march towards the front. They rest on a beach. A 40 mm anti aircraft gun placed behind a sandbag mound. A Landing Vehicle Tracked in shallow waters after being knocked out in Japanese firing.
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