A USAAF B-17 bomber taxis in after landing at Vivigani Airfield on Goodenough Island in New Guinea. General MacArthur steps from the aircraft and is greeted by the American Air Base Commander. Closeup of General MacArthur. Next, a jeep carrying him and several others is seen from the rear as it drives over roads literally hacked from the jungles. Views of friendly native tribesmen, engaged by the Allies, carrying supplies toward the front. as Australian troops march along side them. View of rough water tumbling in a river and native bearers crossing it on a suspension bridge. View from above of long line of New Guinea native bearers moving along a path. Back at Vivigani Airfield , MacArthur greets some of the American fliers who have been attacking Japanese shipping from there. His B-17E, tail number 41-12633, ("Sally") is parked in the background. General MacArthur salutes and heads to his B-17 (that will take him to 7-Mile Drome near Port Moresby). View of a USAAF B24 Liberator bomber taxiing on the airfield. Another B-24 (named "Connebb's Speciab" is being loaded with bombs. Crew of a B-24 getting briefed as they stand under the wing of their aircraft. A pilot sticking his head out of the cockpit window. A B-24 airborne after takeoff. View from B-24 of a Japanese ship in sea below. Gunners inside the B-24 strafing the ship as the B-24 flies low over it. Bombs dropping during the Aircraft' second pass over the Japanese ship. View of the bombs exploding at port and starboard of the ship. View of clouds and then interior of the B-24 as crew members converse on their way back to their base.
United States Coast Guardsmen patrol coasts in the United States. Coast Guardsmen mounted on horseback as they patrol coastlines throughout the United States. Narrator states they are guarding the coast from landings of enemy saboteurs who would arrive by submarine (reference to the Coast Guard discovery of Operation Pastorius Nazi German would-be saboteurs caught on Long Island, New York.) Coast Guardsmen ride horses on a beach. Trained dogs and radio sets also assist them in patrolling the shoreline.
USS Yorktown (CV-10), also called the "Fighting Lady," underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark conferring with Commander James H. Flatley, Jr. aboard the Yorktown. The officers examine and discuss the map of an airfield on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific. Rear Admiral (2-star) Charles A. Pownall, seated, examine the map and aerial photographs. Close-up view of Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall.
Animated description of the U.S. Air Transport Command (ATC) network of routes covering 110 thousand miles connecting U.S. Air Forces bases across the globe in World War 2. Formation of C-47 transport planes flying overhead. Air Force dispatcher annotating blackboard with flight schedules. A C-47 taking off. A crew arrives in a jeep and goes to their C-87, 4-engine transport plane, parked outside the operations building of the Aloha Transport Command, Honolulu, Hawaii. C-47s in flight. A C-45 landing at a remote Pacific island. Cargo, including a jeep and a live pack animal.being loaded into a C-46 Commando airplane. C-47s delivering an operating field hospital to Alaska and delivering shipments of grenades to troops on Guadalcanal, who are seen using them in combat. A Consolidated C-87 cargo aircraft in flight.(its landing gear not fully retracted).
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in Germany during World War 2. Animation of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific and location of U.S. 11th Air Force. Location of U.S. 6th Air Force. Location of U.S. 8th Air Force in England. Interiors of German armament and munitions factories shows armament works, steel works, and German war production workers. German factories making bomb shells, crankshafts, and other war materiel. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. B-17 drops bombs over German targets. German anti-aircraft gunners. Interior of the plane shows British air crews. Bombs being dropped. Mock ups of bombs exploding on German target. Fire in a German city. German search light crew at work. Bombs exploding in German cities. Rubble on street in German town.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. soldiers watch a training film in a film projection room. U.S. gun crew fire heavy artillery gun after being trained. Shows how German army made use of military training film to carry out successful invasion during World War II. German officer and troops plan an invasion and review a model of landscape. German paratroopers are seen leaping from German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, dropped by Nazi planes over Greek island of Crete during World War II. Includes scenes from inside aircraft of German paratrooper soldiers jumping out aircraft door, and scenes of paratroopers in the sky descending. U.S. soldiers watch an army training film. A U.S. soldier teaches his buddy how to put on a gas mask and application of knowledge gained by training film. U.S. troops aboard landing craft heading for beach. U.S. soldier ducks in a foxhole while enemy tanks advance. U.S. troops undergo training in rifle fire and hand to hand combat on a training field.
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