United States Marines of the 1st Marine Division in battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa, Japan during World War 2. Tanks move up Sugar Loaf Hill. United States Marines advance on Sugar Loaf Hill. A United States Marine throws a grenade. Grenade explodes at a distance after being thrown by Marine. A line of Marines advances on Sugar Loaf Hill. View of Sugar Loaf Hill and smoke during battle.
United States Marines fire at Japanese using a Browning M1917 machine gun during battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa in World War 2. Another Marine holds the ammunition belt for the Marine firing with machine gun. United States Marines fire with machine gun at hilltop.
United States Marines evacuate casualties during Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. United States Marines fire at Japanese soldiers while wounded are evacuated. United States Marines carry wounded in a stretcher. Two United States Marines fire with machine gun. Belt of ammunition moving into machine gun. United States Marine fires with rifle. United States Marines evacuate casualty.
Tank on hilltop during Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A United States Marine in turret of tank fires mounted machine gun.
Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).
Aerial views of British Royal Air Force Lancaster bomber aircraft heading toward Dresden. View of the Lancaster bombers as they drop bombs over German targets in Dresden during night of February 13-14, 1945, during World War 2. Bombs impact and view of explosions and smoke. Two views of German scarecrow bombs exploding, designed to look like the explosion of an Allied bomber aircraft in order to intimidate the enemy. Next scene is two days later, with aerial views of United States Army Air Force B-17 bombers in flight toward Dresden. They attack the city again on February 15-16, 1945, focusing on railroad marshaling yards. Narrator notes that the population of Dresden before the war was 625,000 people, and that the combined bombing by the American and British forces is estimated to have destroyed virtually the entire city.
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