A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The sky is clear. An officer stands on the deck of a vessel. Several Coast guardsmen stand by a large deck gun. One man wears earphones and holds microphone. An officer, wearing a sidearm, stands on the deck. An officer watches. A guncrewman picks up a shell for the gun. A rectangular cloth target is spread out on the deck of the cutter and officers pace over it and record the location of hits made by gun crews. They repeat the process with another target. Other coast guard men watch. Places where rounds penetrated the target are shown in the cloth. A rectangular white area in the center of the cloth.
'Aerial bombing of obsolete battleship'. Bombing of an old United States Navy battleship USS Alabama (BB-8) in the Chesapeake Bay of the Atlantic Ocean in 1921. General William L Mitchell on the bridge of United States Mine Planter Schofield. Secretary of Navy Denby's yacht underway at sea. Planes maneuver off to Tangier Island, Virginia. A plane drops a chemical bomb, it strikes the forward deck and explosion occurs. An aircraft drops smoke bombs in water and smoke rises. White phosphorus bombs dropped and a massive explosion occurs.
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.
Japanese planes attack United States fleet off Okinawa Island, Japan. A barrage of United States Navy fire shoots down the Kamikaze planes. Views of fire and smoke-filled sea and air. Curtain of anti-aircraft flak fired at Japanese aircraft. Many attacking aircraft seen streaking across the sky and some falling into the ocean after being hit by fire form U.S. Navy ships. (World War II period).
America's Cup sailboat race of 1964 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Sail boat 'Constellation' defeats British 'Sovereign' sailing vessel in four straight races. The sail boats underway in the ocean. Other boats monitor the race. 'Constellation' way ahead of 'Sovereign'.
Admiral Halsey seated at desk in a conference in South Pacific port. Staff is seated in room. Admiral Halsey at desk looking at papers. Staff is at far end of the room. Staff officers with Admiral Halsey seated in middle pose for a photograph.
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