British artillerymen load and fire 5.5 inch field gun, under camouflage netting in the North African desert, during World War 2. One soldier talks on radio. A squad of soldiers leaves their trench and moves forward.They march single-file across the sand, and pause to fix bayonets on their weapons, before charging across the terrain. They dive down into prone positions, near a dead German soldier. Shells from German artillery fire explode close in front of them.One shell almost strikes them. They continue to advance with shells bursting all around them.
Truck convoy of British troops moving across desert in North Africa, during World War 2. Light observation planes fly low overhead. British troops load a disabled tank aboard a flat bed truck while shellsl burst all around them during the operation. Brief view of British paratroopers seated inside a transport aircraft. British troops refueling and rearming a tank. A large number of German and Italian prisoners of war are assembled under British guard, in the desert.
Documentary titled, 'Barriers and Passes' on the life of Japanese-Americans living in United States during World War II. View of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Ships underway in harbor and Ferry Terminal of San Francisco seen. Skyscrapers, busy city streets and heavy vehicular traffic in city of San Francisco. Japanese-American children exit the Japanese Church of Christ. Three children pose with a banner reading, 'Japanese Church of Christ'. Children make handicrafts. Japanese-American students read in a library. Japanese-American men and women pose beside a movie camera. An American soldiers checks papers of a Japanese-American couple.
Events related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Japanese crewmen shout. Japanese planes take off from deck of an aircraft carrier. Japanese planes drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona explodes. Ship burns in the harbor. Thick black smoke rises from the burning ships. View of wrecked U.S. aircraft. (World War II period).
British Eighth Army advances in North Africa during World War II. British trucks move across desert terrain. British Eighth Army soldiers in the area. Soldiers atop a truck. Thick black smoke rises in the background.
British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Two camouflaged field guns fire. Smoke rises as a result. A soldier walks towards the field guns. Other camouflaged installations in the background.
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