Shells from U.S. Naval guns strike Fort Drum (also known as El Fraile Island) in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Explosion and smoke on the battleship-shaped island. United States casualties being transferred to a large Navy ship from small boats.
U.S. Army 1380th Engineers lay a pipe line at Manila Harbor in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War II. The engineers lay the pipes together. The engineers at work in Manila Bay. Fuel tanks and other equipment on the land. The engineers and soldiers walk down the land as the pipe lines are laid together. The engineers pump diesel oil and gasoline mixture into the pipeline. They ignite the mixture using a motor. Fumes rise up as the mixture ignites. A Japanese soldier comes out of a pit. A patrol team catches him. The team questions him. Military ships carry infantry and engineers at Fort Drum, El Fraile Island in Manila Bay. Troops walk down a ramp at Fort Drum. A pipe line hose is set into a vent. A mixture of oil and explosives is pumped into this pipeline. Slow burning fuel, grenades and other explosives lowers into the vent by the engineers. The troops guard the engineers at work. The engineers set up a timer and the troops leave the land. Explosions take place. Smoke rise up from the island.
Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.
A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. Troops fight on Luzon Island and in Manila. The U.S. troops on tanks and on a dirt road on Luzon Island. The troops advance towards Manila. The troops on a tank. Guns fired. The troops near an artillery fire. A tank rolls on a mud road. The troops in the city. A damaged brick wall. Troops enter through a hole in the wall. The tanks fired in a field. Troops carry an injured soldier. A picture of the Commander of 1st Cavalry Division in 1939.
Allied troops invade Balikpapan, Borneo during World War II. Ships underway off the coast of Borneo. Allied troops fire heavy gun bombardment at the oil installation on island. Large smoke column rises. General of the United States Army Douglas MacArthur supervises the operation. Troops fire rockets. United States Navy attack. Australian 7th Division Military Forces and tanks advance on island. Flame throwers used to cause damage. A Japanese soldier in flames trips on branch and staggers along. Dead Japanese soldiers on ground. An emaciated Indonesian man breathing heavily while lying on a woven mat. Pandansari oil refinery in Balikpapan after bombardment and Allied takeover. General MacArthur walks along with troops.
Montage of combat all over the world, during World War 2. Amphibious assaults, American soldiers advance and fire artillery on the battlefield. Soldiers fire rifles near gun emplacements on a Japanese island. U.S. medics or corpsmen give medical aid to a wounded soldier. German soldiers holding up white handkerchief and surrendering in a town in Europe as American soldiers receive the German prisoners of war. American soldiers leading an unclothed Japanese prisoner of war at gunpoint on a Pacific Island. A newspaper headline reads ' Japan surrenders'. Numerous jubilant Victory over Japan or VJ Day celebrations in the United States. Crowds gathered in celebration, sailor and soldier in uniform celebrating with civilians. Ticker tape rains down from buildings in New York City and other cities. A large crowd of civilians gathered on the streets to celebrate the end of World War 2.
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