Animated map shows New Guinea and Papau. Areas occupied by American and Australian Forces , seeking to dislodge Japanese Forces, at Buna and Gona, are shown. General Douglas MacArthur, arrives at Papua. He strolls through an American/Australian milltary camp in the jungle. He is dressed in a perfectly pressed uniform, smoking a cigar. (Narrator states he arrived to take personal charge of the offensive.) Closeup of MacArthur. American troops flown in from Australia, advance toward the Japanese positions at Buna. Another scene shows Australian troops making their way through jungles as they advance over the Owen-Stanley mountain range toward Gona. Australian troops fire mortars and one seen firing a Bren light machine gun. An American soldier firing an M1919 Browning machine gun. More views of Allied soldiers firing rifles and machine guns, including a water-cooled Browning M1917 gun. A bomb or shell explodes at a Japanese position. Scene shifts to Allied Military Headquarters in New Guinea, where staff plot information on large status maps about Japanese reinforcements arriving in the Bismark Sea, to bolster the enemy’s defenses. An Australian pilot runs to his Spitfire airplane, and American pilots rush to their B-25 Mitchell bomber, named “Dirty Dora.” An Australian Douglas A-26 invader airplane taking off. The B-25, Mitchell bomber (Dirty Dora) taking off. A USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taking off. More Allied aircraft taking off and in flight, including a formation of Australian A-26 invader airplanes. An Australian Airspeed Oxford training aircraft is seen diving . View from cockpit of an A-26 Invader airplane firing machine guns at Japanese ship. View of Allied warplane dropping bombto skip a Japanese ship. Bombs explode. Aircraft strafing Japanese ship. Various views of smoke rising from struck many Japanese ships. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Training maneuvers during Operation Alligator Hide at the White Beach Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, United States. Simulation: Several Marines walking over a dirt road beside a barbed wire fence. The Marines move through an open wooden gate in the wire fence. A small explosion occurs next to the fence simulating a booby trap. A U.S. Navy Corpsman kneels on the ground examining a medical tag on the jacket of a wounded Marine lying on the ground. Other Marines in the background. The corpsman unravels a tape as he prepares to place a bandage while sitting beside the wounded Marine. The Marines in the grassy area beside the wounded Marine. Other Marines stand atop a small hill. A Marine kneeling on the ground pushing dirt away from the booby trap. The wounded Marine with the face bandaged lying on the ground. A Marine standing aiming a pistol. A Marine kneeling on the ground probing in the dirt area with a bayonet. Another Marine holding an M-14 rifle looks on. The Marines carry the wounded Marine up a small hill. Mountains in the far background. The Marines lift the wounded Marine on a stretcher and move through a barbed wire gate. A Marine lying on the ground and with a wooden replica of rifle looking down into a cave in ground. The Marine looking down into the cave entrance. The Marines with M-14 rifles carrying the wounded Marine over a small hill. They place the Marine on the ground. The Marines lifting the wounded Marine and moving down the small hill followed by the other Marines.
A training film shows half-tracks traveling on roads and over rough terrain. It also shows the assignment that half-tracks can perform well, such as guarding bivouac areas and bridges in the United States during World War II. The U.S. soldiers run and get into the half-track stationary on the field. A convoy of half-track rolls down on a dirt road. The convoy moves on a high way. The troops aboard the half truck rolls down the rough terrain. Insignia of the U.S. on the half-tracks. The half-tracks advance on the rough terrain. They move through mud and slush. The half-tracks drive on a road. They cross a bridge. A half-track stops. The troops look at the sky. Other moving in the background. The half-tracks advance. Another half-track stops and soldier fires anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track in air. The half-track advance. The half-tracks lined up and troops firing AA guns in the sky. The troops fire the guns. Several views explosions on the ground due to firing. An aircraft in flight. A gunners aims at the target. White circle shows the target. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M15 and M16 half-tracks. A view of the soldiers firing gun in the sky.
U.S. First Army troops advance in Cologne, Germany during World War II. View of Cologne Cathedral still standing. Sherman tanks tow away street cars used to block roads. M-26 Pershing tanks roll through streets of Cologne. City almost destroyed by bombing. U.S. Soldiers walk through streets and fire machine guns from behind piles of rubble. Heaps of debris on streets. A German car is struck by a collapsing building. U.S. troops shoot at German soldier walking across street. Sherman tank firing from a park square. Close range view of a German Panzer tank, filmed by combat cameraman Jim Bates, as it is is hit by fire from an US Army M-26 Pershing tank (gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer) and the German crew jumps out. The tank goes up in flames. Wounded German soldier lying on ground. Two American officers shake hands, standing on an abandoned German Panther (Panzer) tank, in front of the Great Dome Cathedral, which was deliberately spared by U.S. bombers. Many German prisoners of war. Hohenzollern Bridge, destroyed by retreating German forces. A road sign reads: "Welcome to Koln, courtesy of the Spearhead Division." German residents stream back into the wrecked city. An older German civilian man sits on his luggage next to a damaged train track. Damaged street car on rubble-filled street. Views of the Cologne Cathedral, standing in the midst of destroyed city.
A training film titled 'Tank Driving' depicts functions of U.S. Army tanks (M3 Stuart light tanks and M3 Lee Medium tanks). A tank moving on a field in the United States. The information and knowledge required by a military tank driver include features, functions and defects of a tank. A light and a medium tank parked on the field. The tank crew stands at attention. Guns mounted on the light and the medium tank. The weight of the light tank is about 14 tons and that of the medium tank is 28 tons. The tank moving on a road. The tank crew aboard. The capacity of the tanks to climb slopes and other obstacles. The workings of the engines of the light and the medium tanks is discussed. The medium tank motor.
A training film depicts functions of U.S. Army tanks in the United States. (M3 Stuart light tanks and M3 Lee Medium tanks). The engine of a tank. A man standing nearby. The clutch paddle of the engine. The clutch is connected to a drive shaft. The gears give five speeds in forward and one in reverse. Animated diagram shows the positions of the gear. Hands pressing a button of a gear shift lever. For normal starting and driving gear two, three, four and five are used. The workings of the brakes of the engine.
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