Pre-invasion practice by United States troops on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands for invasion of Philippines in World War II. U.S. soldiers unload LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Tracked) at Teters, Guadalcanal. 155mm shells are carried forward and stock-piled on beach. Soldiers form in line and unload rations.
Chief Juda of Marshall Islands is seen accompanied by another Marshellese (possibly interpreter), standing in front of a sign which reads 'Absolutely No Swimming in Dock Area, by Order of SOPA' (Senior Officer Present Afloat). (Chief Juda, or King Juda, as called by the American forces, was the chief of the residents of the Bikini Island , who numbered 160 native people from 11 families.) They walk toward a beach and talk to each other. Something attracts their attention and both men point offshore. Views of United States ships anchored off coast in readiness for Operation Crossroads Atomic test.
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France by Allied forces during World War II. Formation of Allied plane overhead. Convoy at sea with barrage balloons above. Invasion fleet off shore. Allied naval vessels bombard Normandy coast. Ships at sea fire. Two guns fire from deck of ship. Ships flying barrage balloons. Normandy beach in the background. Small craft heading for shore. Troops loaded in landing craft offshore.
U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.
J Film begins showing the Japanese ocean liner Tatsuta Maru underway at sea. A slate and photo are shown dedicating the film to Stephen Ordway. a boy of the youngest generation. Interior of a building shows the Japanese Chairman of the Society for International Cultural Relations (Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai) speaking. Two Japanese women in boat. Fisherman throws net. Many Japanese boatmen pulling on long hawsers to bring boats toward the beach. Mountains surrounding houses in a village. A Japanese woman sits in a traditional veranda-like engawa, in which she arranges flowers (ikebana). She stands and adjusts her traditional kimona garment, helped by a younger woman. Several Geisha girls are seen in various activities and walking alond a sidewalk. One performs a traditional slow dance before the camera.
PBY Catalina aircraft seen inflight above an Allied convoy of ships at sea. Closeup of British flag displayed at stern of one ship. A destroyer escort in the convoy. U.S. Army engineers creating a road in an area of wilderness. A steam shovel empties its bucket into a truck. A surveyor taking readings with a transit. Two graders moving side-by side as they level a new road A tractor pulling a drum compactor. A vehicle drives on a mountainside road built by Army engineers. Snow covered mountains seen in background. Animated map showing far flung places where military supplies had to be delivered during World War 2. An open Army truck carrying American troops on Guadalcanal in the Pacific. U.S. soldiers walking on a pier at Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. American soldiers arriving at a pier in Accra, Gold Coast. Soldiers hold the American flag on a hilltop in Casablanca, French Morocco. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, in Chungking. American troops in foul weather gear neat tents in Kiska, the Aleutians. Troops offloading from a troop transport ship in Cairo, Egypt. Troops in Algiers, and in Sicily. Troops hitting the beach in an amphibious assault.
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