United States Amphibious Task Force 9 in Kiska, Aleutian Island in Alaska. Empty athey wagon backed onto a Landing Craft Tank for reloading. Tractor loaded athey wagon moves along the beach. Supplies piled up on the beach. Soldiers carrying their rifles move up the beach after coming off Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel. (World War II period).
Street scene in Japan, as Allied Forces make progress toward Japan in World War 2. Cartoons posted to remind Japanese citizens to avoid talking about military matters. Government leader speaking to citizens about the "oratorical conquest of the foe." Camera pans across his outdoor audience. Next, tickets sold in a State Lottery to help pay for the war, are dumped into a tumbler, turned with hand cranks by two men. View of spectators waiting for the outcome as winning tickets are drawn. A man and a women saying farewell to their respective sailor sons, as they prepares to depart for duty. A troop train leaving a station as loved ones wave goodbye to departing servicemen. Next, large crowd of well-wishers wave from shore as the Japanese battleship Aki steams away. Closeup of crew members aboard the ship. Closeup of women pointing and waving from the shore. Views from a boat full of civilians, of the Aki making way in the harbor behind another three-funnel warship. Change of scene shows Emperor Hirohito with officers on horseback, reviewing and saluting Japanese army troops. Views of many Japanese soldiers marching in formations. Change of scene to U.S. Iowa class battleship viewed from overhead, and then to several U.S. battleships heading past the Golden Gate Bridge in California, on their way into the Pacific ocean. Aerial view of the battleships underway in single line formation. The U.S. Destroyer USS Porter (DD-356) passing several other U.S. warships. A Douglas Dauntless dive bombers brought up on the deck of a U.S. Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Navy armorers working on the deck of the carrier, moving bombs and machine gun ammunition. Tail view of the carrier from an aircraft taking off. Aerial view of a U.S. armada of warships and aircraft underway over the ocean. Aerial view of Mount Fuji in Japan.
'General MacArthur's forces launch drive on Japanese forces in New Guinea, during World War 2. Allied war equipment including airplanes unloaded at an Australian port. United States B-24, B-17 bombers launch an air attack on Japanese positions in New Guinea. Bombs dropped and cause an impact. Air gunner in one of the bombers looks down at impacting bombs.
United States Army trucks and supplies on a large barge at Adak in Aleutian Island, Alaska. A man turns on the barge engine.
United States Naval ships and destroyers in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Destroyers Hull and Davy, ships Pennsylvania, Whitney and a LST, Landing Ship Tank.
U.S. Army troops rest along a roadway and smoke cigarettes in Alleutian Island, Alaska, during World War 2. Some stand and others are seated. Mountains in the background with snow on them. An army jeep passes by the men. View changes to crew working under the wing of United States P-40 warhawk fighter plane. Two men atop load ammunition into it.
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