Vietnamese band plays outside Beach Comber club in Vung Tau in Vietnam. War weary soldiers of United States Army sit and enjoy the music being played. Vietnamese girl dancers perform to entertain the soldiers as one of the dancers from the audience walks up to the stage and join the dancers.
"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island during World War 2. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 aircraft shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.
Chief of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Hermann Goering, extols the capabilities and contributions of the Luftwaffe to German conquests, mentioning Poland, and France. As he speaks, a German Henschel Hs 126 observation plane is shown, followed by shots of a Messerschmitt Me-109 and formations of them flying amongst clouds, A German antiaircraft emplacement on a parapet high above a river. A lone German sentry patroling a beach and a flight of Me-109s flying low over his head. View from nose of a German bomber flying low over water. German Dornier Do-17 bombers penetrating a coastline. Pilots and gunner in bombers. Formation of Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. Animation shows British mainland from perspective of a dive bomber heading toward the ground. Sequence finishes with explosion. Throughout the last half of the clip, a male chorus is heard singing the Luftwaffe's unofficial anthem, "Bomben auf Engelland," (Bombs on England) by Norbert Schultze (Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze).
Girls in swim wear lined up by the pool side as they participate in a beauty pageant at the opening of Casino Deportive, a private beach in Havana in Cuba. Three girls win the pageant.
A World War II film titled 'Capture of Ramree.' Aboard ship, the Commander, 51st Punjab Regiment, 71st Brigade, briefs his officers about the mission using a map and pointer. U.S Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop fragmentation bombs over the island causing thick smoke to rise up. Royal Navy ships bombard the island. British assault troops go ashore from landing craft. Vehicles and artillery pieces are unloaded onto the beach. Out in the water, a British assault craft strikes a mine and blows up. British infantry move through mine clear areas marked with rope lines. They advance towards the war damaged interiors of Kyakpyu town. A wounded Indian soldier is given medical aid. Soldiers occupy the town. A U.S. C-47 aircraft lands bringing U.S. Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler, Deputy Supreme Commander, Southeast Asia, who is met by British Major General Cyril E.N. Lomax, Commander of the 26th Indian Division. The Generals consult together.
Barrage balloon on top of landing ship. Normandy, France. Cargo being unloaded from a ship. Military ambulance and truck being unloaded from a ship. Landing Ship and a Tank arrives at the beach.
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