Activities of United States Marine Corps in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Rocket launchers on trucks are moved into position. Evacuation of the wounded on litters. The wounded are drinking water. Firing of 4.5 inches rockets from a rocket battery. An airplane in flight over a target area. A marine reads a letter. Other marines seated on the ground. Two marines carry a wounded with them.
View of Diamond Head, framed by palm trees on Waikaki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Street scene with building. Inside, a sign reading: "Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet." In his office, Admiral Chester Nimitz is seen holding a staff meeting. He and one of his staff look over charts with magnifying glasses. Animated map shows prospective supply lines overwater to Australia from Pearl Harbor and Panama. View of U.S. supply ships in a convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers in life vests looking over the railing of a troop ship. Animated map shows threats from Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands in World War 2. Task Force 8, assembled around the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV-6) prepares to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands. The Cruiser, USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) in calm waters. Deck of the Aircraft carrier Enterprise, filled with F4F aircraft with engines running. A Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft takes off from the Enterprise. View from the carrier as the Cruiser Salt Lake City passes to starboard. U.S. Cruisers begin naval bombardment. Smoke rising from burning shore installation. Formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft overhead. Port in Australia, with ships docked and a sentry patrolling. Soldiers waving from a troop ship arriving. Troops disembarking. Body of a P-38 aircraft being offloaded. A Cruiser docked at end of wharf.
Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Film opens showing a formation of Japanese Nakajima Ki-67 (Army Type 4 Heavy Bombers, named "Peggy", by Allies) in flight. Japanese infantry soldiers are seen next, marching into the Philippines. Views of barbed wire fences and of stacks of artillery shells. View from rear of a column of infantry marching beside a road. Glimpse of abandoned sand-bagged defensive positions. A Japanese camp in the open with field artillery set up. Brief view of a Japanese Nakajima Ki-27 Type 97 Fighter (called "Nate" by Allies). Japanese infantry struggling through jungles. Brief view of a Japanese Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bomber (Allied reporting name "Val") in flight. Scene shifts to Japanese infantry continuing past palm trees. A Japanese tank running over a slender tree. A Japanese open personnel carrier. Infantry carrying loads suspended from poles. Another view of a Nakajima Ki-67 heavy bomber in flight. A camouflaged Japanese type 97 tank moving forward. Japanese infantry moving single file across a bridge. Two Japanese soldiers riding atop a type 97 tank heading across the bridge heading toward the camera. Map showing the mountains of Bataan peninsula in Japanese. More views of infantry marching along the road. Horses are employed to move artillery pieces. More Nakajima Ki-67 bombers in flight. Japanese artillery firing. Japanese troops gathered and shouting "Banzai" on top of Mount Orion, Bataan.
Unbeaten Auburn football team is held to a tie in contest with South Carolina at Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, on December 3, 1932. Auburn with overll record of 9 wins and no losses faces South Carolina with overall record of 5 wins, 4 losses, and one tie. The stands at Legion Field are full of spectators. Highlights are shown as the game see-saws back and forth across the gridiron. Scoreboard is not shown. But the game ends in a 20-20 tie. (Note; South Carolina actually beat Auburn 16-14 in 1933.)
Simulation of handling for the launch of an A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. The missile is towed around the huge test stand No 5. Bicycles outside a building. Trees in the area. The missile is carried near a beach in front of test stand 5. It is raised for simulated test firing. Men look at the missile.
Preparations for the launch of an A-4 missile in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The missile on a launching pad. Trees in the background. Men work on the missile. Other men gather near the missile.
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