Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 58 with battleships and destroyers. Animation shows bombardment by Group 1 and Group 2 on the island. Fire Support Units fire at the Japanese. The gun boat support group advances towards the beach.
Animated map shows U.S. forces acquiring Saipan, Mariana Islands from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of U.S. fleet underway. Aircraft drop bombs on target areas. Fire and explosions on a beachhead. Pictures of boats being lowered for soldiers to advance on the beachhead. Animation shows forces arriving at Tanapag Harbor. U.S. troops in landing crafts. Activity at a line of departure. Fire and explosions on a beach as aircraft drop bombs.
U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II.. Animated map shows United States troops arriving on Green Beach. The troops fire at Japanese cave entrances. They advance with tanks. A captured Japanese anti aircraft gun. Soldiers open crates of captured mortar ammunition. Fire and explosions. The soldiers load and fire artillery.
U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows territories occupied by U.S. forces. The map shows the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions along with the 27th Infantry Division heading towards Tanapag Harbor. United States tanks fire at Japanese positions resulting in fire and explosions. 27th Infantry Division troops reach a beach and fire rifles. American aircraft air raid Saipan. A map shows air strikes on northern Saipan and Tinian Island. Marines advance uphill.
USS Liberty (AGTR-5) at a dry dock in Malta. A diver in a wet suit in water inspects torpedo damage to the hull of USS Liberty. The diver, Daniel McDuffie from Virginia Beach, inspects the damage to the hull. A gaping hole caused by an Israeli torpedo in the hull. The diver comes up to the stern of a small boat and climbs aboard. Extensive damage on the bridge of the ship. Two men walk over the deck. Extensive damage to the starboard side of the ship's bridge. Several holes in the side of the bridge. Two officers in khakis inspect the torpedo damage. Enlisted personnel carry coffins aboard the ship. The ship is tied up in the dock as the men move over the bow.
Film opens with map showing lower France and Mediterranean areas. However, it shows images covering primarily the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) under German occupation during World War II, in 1943 or 1944. German infantry march along a road. A flight of German FW-190 Fighter airplanes flies inland from the Mediterranean Sea and crosses low above a harbor. Change of scene shows a single fighter plane buzzing the Marseille Port. (It looks like a P-47 with invasion stripes. But It does not draw any anti-aircraft fire.) Camera tracks it from vantage point at the Marseille Basilica, high above the harbor. Brief view of the Basilica as the aircraft passes. A glimpse of the Marseille Port below from the Basilica. View of the Marseille Transporter Bridge designed by Ferdinand Arnodin and built in 1905. (It was destroyed after these films were made, in 1944.) A German soldier peering through binoculars in front of a 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling, quad anti-aircraft gun position. Another one is seen in the background. Several more views of German anti-aircraft and other gun emplacements protecting the Marseille Port, including 88mm guns, heavy machine guns, and Atlantic Wall coastal defense guns. Scene shifts to German soldiers marching near the French Riviera beach and palm trees. Italian cavalry are seen riding in formation, ostensibly from Nice. Italian soldiers in trucks are being transported along the Riviera waterfront. A road sign points toward Toulon at 6.3 kilometers away. (So this location is probably near Sanary-sur-Mer.) View of the Toulon harbor, where the French battleship Provence, scuttled in 1942, is seen settled low in the water at a pier.
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