Three crew members stand on deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier, anchored off Ulithi Atoll during World War 2. One holds an anemometer, with its buckets spinning. A TBF avenger aircraft on deck ready to be catapulted. It launches and is seen flying away above a variety of naval vessels at anchor. View from an aircraft flying fast and low, past Ulithi Atoll. A TBF avenger landing on the Ulithi airstrip. (Note: At TC 00:28 through 00:36, the Destroyer Tender, USS Prairie AD15, is seen with several destroyers tied to it. She rescued survivors from the sinking of the Oiler, USS Mississinewa, AO-59, by a Japanese Kaiten suicide submarine, on November 20, 1944.)
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. 351st Bomb Group at RAF Station Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England during World War II. A display board of the U.S. 351st Bomb Group, at RAF Station Polebrook, England, shows 15 principal targets and the number of times they've been struck by B-17s of the Group. The most missions were flown against Schweinfurt, Germany (25 times) and second most, against Hanover, Germany (17 times). Another recent status board records missions against Amiens and Evreux,and Romilly, France; Stuttgart, Germany; and Brussels,Belgium.Swastikas indicate German aircraft shot down during these raids. A C-45 aircraft lands and parks at the field. Major General Ira C. Eaker,Commander 8th Air Force, steps from the plane for a visit with the 351st Bomb Group. He proceeds to the briefing room, in a Quonset hut. Four Officers of the Group pose. View of heavy bombs in the bomb dump. Views of bombs hung wing racks of a B-17 to increase its bomb load. Bombs being transported on motorized dollies. Airmen writing in chalk on a bomb. It reads: "From the boys K of C #92 Jim, MH." Fliers at nighttime in their Quonset hut quarters. One writes a letter. Others trying to sleep, as sounds of aircraft engines are heard. Officer opens door of quarters and wakes crew members, telling them breakfast is at 3AM and briefing at 4AM. Briefing officer asks fliers to guess what the target of the day will be. Several make suggestions. The briefing officer removes a cover from the mission map, revealing target deep in Germany. The fliers respond with good-natured boos. Commander gives final instructions.,
United States Army Quartermaster Corps supply program in the United States. Soldiers holding guns march in formation. The soldiers on a vessel. Tanks firing during World War II. The soldiers using supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps. Supplies in a room. Houses on a hillside. A man and a boy moving with a cattle herd on a road. Damaged buildings in a liberated area. Aerial view of debris and damaged buildings and people in the area, where left over supplies procured by the Quartermaster Corps could come into use for rehabilitation of people. The Quartermaster Corps store the procured supplies in boxes. The corps carry the boxes of supplies for distribution to soldiers. Quartermaster depots located in easily accessible areas near railways and highways. The supplies being wheeled in carts at a depot. Trucks with supplies moving on a road. Aerial view of a depot located in the commercial center of distribution. Workers inside a Quartermaster depot which is classified according to the functions they perform including distribution, reserve and manufacture. A map of the United States shows 15 distribution areas, with a depot each, which have the same boundaries as the procurement districts and which supply ports, camps or stations in that particular area.
Repair of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in Washington DC, United States. Aerial view of the Washington Monument. A scaffolding around the monument during the repair work. Several views of the scaffolding. A man at work seated beside the scaffolding on the monument. Aerial view of the construction material near the monument. View of buildings through the scaffolding of the monument. Men at work on the scaffolding. The U.S. flag on the top of the scaffolding. The Washington Monument after completion of the work.
A naval-air battle in the Strait of Italy during World War II. A formation of Italian and German bombers over the Strait of Italy. Ships of a British convoy underway. British ships fire antiaircraft guns at Italian aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Italian bombers bomb the ships. Explosions near and on the ships. British ships are heavily bombed by a large number of Italian bombers. Many ships sink after exploding. Smoke billows up from the ships afire. Italian MASs (torpedo armed motorboats) head for a British convoy. British ships are torpedoed. Smoke rises after explosions on the ships. The bombing of the convoy continues at night. Interiors of an Italian submarine shows its crew members at work. A list of claimed British losses includes HMS Furious (47), HMS Eagle, HMS Manchester (C15), HMS Cairo (D87) and HMS Foresight (H68). Victorious Italian MASs underway and Italian aircraft in flight overhead. View of letter from Mussolini congratulating the Axis forces, read by narrator. View of Italian attack boats moving at high speed in ocean.