Animated map shows Saipan, Marian Islands. Animation shows U.S. forces acquiring the island from the Japanese during World War II. Advancement of Task Force 58 with battleships and destroyers. Animation shows bombardment by Group 1 and Group 2 on the island. Fire Support Units fire at the Japanese. The gun boat support group advances towards the beach.
U.S. forces battle against the enemy on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The 4th Marine Division advances on the eastern side of Saipan. Marines fire rifles. The 2nd Marine Division fires at enemy snipers. The 8th Marine Regiment advances amidst heavy firing. A Marine M3 Stuart (M3A1) light tank equipped with flamethrower (Satan flame tank) is seen in action. Marines moving slowly behind a tank. Two marines running, under fire, carrying a wounded on a stretcher. Others run for cover before a huge explosion. The 8th Marines capturing Mount Tapochau. The 4th Division moving M16 rocket launchers into position for deployment. barrages of rockets striking distant targets in the Bluff Point area. Closeup of rockets being fired from launcher on back of a truck. Map showing Saipan and the disposition of the various Marine units as of 24 June, 1944. American P-47 aircraft parked at Aslito airfield. One has the name "Rosemary" painted across its engine cowling. P-47s taking off on 26 June, to strike at Tinian. A Grumman TBF Avenger is seen taking off at the same time. Another status map shows improved U.S. positions.
A film titled 'May Day' on May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia. Aerial view of Moscow. Troops of the Moscow garrison fill the Red Square. Parked mechanized vehicles. The troops stand in formation. Buildings along street sides. Dignitaries and officials on a reviewing stand. Delegates from many countries arrive for the parade. A large crowd gathers to watch the parade. Leaders of the Communist Party and Soviet Government at the reviewing stand. A church bell rings. Aerial view of the parade ground. The parade begins. Students of military academies, sailors, Moscow infantry school and young students from various military schools parade. Military units march in formation. Officials and dignitaries salute. The crowd watch the parade and applaud. Soldiers march holding rifles.
Aircraft carrier ship USS Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4C Skyhawk aircraft lands at the flight deck. Another A-4C lands. A wire is released from a tail hook and the craft turns and taxis forward. A U.S. aircraft C-1A parked in the foreground. A pilot sits in the cockpit of an A-4C. A ladder alongside the cockpit. The A-4C turns up. Auxiliary Power Unit is connected to the right side. The A-4C taxis towards a blast fence. An A-4C is catapulted. Another A-4C is on the catapult. (Vietnam War period.)
Units of the U.S. 6th Field Artillery advance in Lorraine, France during World War I. They proceed in a caravan of horse-drawn wagons loaded with artillery pieces and caissons. Included in the line is a horse-drawn Red Cross wagon.
U.S. Nurses from wartime service units parade on Red Cross Day, in May, 1918, Washington, DC. Views of nurses in white uniforms and others in black, parading on the streets, accompanied by military bands. Red cross flags fly from various places along the streets. A mass of red cross flags near a reviewing stand. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, walking with Naval officer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, inspecting rows of uniformed U.S. Navy women Yeomen (F) on a field in Washington DC. Behind Roosevelt, is Admiral William Shepherd Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), accompanied by Major General George Barnett, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. The tower of the Post Office Building is visible in background. The women yeomen parade on the field, watched from the sidelines by Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who is conversing with Admiral Benson. The sequence closes with women U.S. Marines, in uniform, on parade. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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