U.S. Navy officers and sailors aboard a landing craft still at port in England, pose with chart of their destination in Normandy, France, during World War 2. They all raise their caps for the cameraman. U.S. troops fill deck of a large landing craft infantry (film reversed). Views of other landing craft underway. U.S. troops standing aft on a ship. View of a destroyer escort ship. Landing craft underway in moonlight. Barrage balloon visible overhead. A camouflaged Benham class destroyer passing abeam the camera ship. More views of landing craft and barrage balloons. Officer aboard ship using a telescope. A Destroyer escort and another view of the Benham class destroyer. (These color sequences are reversed) Black and White sequence 02:36 to 03:39 shows members of the Canadian North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment approaching and landing on D-day, at La Rive Plage,Bernieres-sur-Mer, France. Scenes are interposed with some of U.S. troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach. At time code 03:40, Troops of the U.S. Army First Division, the "Big Red One," are seen wading ashore on Omaha beach, from Higgins boats of the transport ship, USS Samuel Chase. (APA-26). U.S. soldiers reaching the beach from the surf, as two fall to German gunfire.
An old man sits at a doorstep. Drunks and maybe homeless people on streets. Another old man sleeps outside the Farm Labor Information office. Men outside the office. People walk by. A man sits outside a door smoking. Empty bottles near him. He puts his head down in his lap. People walk by. African American men stand near parked cars on a street. Men and women drink and smoke. Men stand and talk on a pavement. An old man at a news stand with magazines on display
Children of foreign diplomats from Foreign Embassies take part in a special Christmas broadcast, Washington DC. Children from different countries stand on stage. Flags of various nations on the stage. Children dressed in their traditional costumes. Children from the Embassies of China, Ecuador, Liberia and Ireland greet the viewers. All the children on stage wish America a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas.
Italy during World War II. Italian soldiers and civilians on trucks with flags. Italian army, soldiers in jeep. King Victor Emmanuel III with other Italian officers. People crowd outside a building. General Pietro Badoglio poses in a balcony. Civilians on road. Soldiers clean up ground for new buildings. Construction of tunnel, bridge and buildings. Young children run towards water. Construction of a road. A ship with Italian soldiers and officers. People crowd on port. Progress of the Italian Air Force and Navy under Mussolini. An Italian navy fleet underway. Guns on the naval ship deck. Naval warfare, bombardment and explosions in the water. Italian pilots stand before trimotor bomber aircraft. Aircraft in flight. Italian soldiers stand beside artillery. Soldiers march with rifles. Soldiers in tanks during the parade. A soldier salutes.
War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan, for Japanese defendants after World War 2. Other officials and judges in the courtroom. Mrs. Yasuko Konoye, a new witness is sworn in. British prosecutor Comyns Carr asks Mrs. Konoye to identify herself and reads her statement. As Mr. Carr stops reading his statement, Mr. Brooks and Mr. Logan make objections to the document being presented. General Telford Taylor reads his summation.
USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early 1944: Animated map shows the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Gilbert Islands and the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The U.S. Naval fleet advances from Truk Islands towards an advanced naval base in the Marshall Islands, taken from the Japanese. U.S. ships underway around the fleet anchorage. U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers, battleships, cruisers, fleet auxiliaries and support ships. Crew and aircraft on the flight deck of the 'Fighting Lady' CV-10. The crew members relax and enjoy themselves in the water. They dive and jump off a makeshift platforms and diving boards into the ocean, and then swim and play around large floating rafts. Sailors sort letters in the ship's post office. Some write letters back home. The crew assembled on the ship deck. Commander of the ship Rear Admiral Joseph James 'Jacko' Clark briefs the crew about their mission, designation to Task Force 58, and advance towards Tokyo. The USS Yorktown and other carriers of the Task Force underway. Sign boards for various Ready Rooms on the ship. Air Group Commanders and pilots ready on call. Rear seat gunners and radio men on call in another Ready Room nearby. They talk, relax, drink Coca-Cola and have ice cream. Flags on board. Commander of the TF 58 Admiral Marc Andrew 'Pete' Mitscher and Skipper Clark on the flight deck. A poster for the ship board movie 'Home in Indiana'. Sailors watch the movie. Planes in flight through clouds, the Task Force underway seeking the Imperial Japanese Naval fleet. New cruisers, Coast Guard cutters and Navy Transports in the Task Force. The patrol spots a Imperial Japanese Navy search plane, a Kawanishi H8K flying boat called 'Emily' by the Allies. The plane fires at the Task Force ships before being hit and sinking in the water. U.S. officers and sailors in a discussion. An animated map depicts the objective to move towards and free the Mariana Islands.
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