United States Army Air Service personnel demonstrate parachute jumps at Mitchel Field in New York. A sergeant on a plane with a parachute on his back. The sergeant jumps from the aircraft. He opens the parachute and lands without mishap. A view of the sergeant dropping from the aircraft. The second jump from the aircraft. A delay in opening of the parachute. The sergeant lands safely.
A flight of three Curtiss P-40 aircraft, from the U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Pursuit Group, make a formation takeoff at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Next, two flights of three aircraft each, take off in a formation of six P-40s. Scene shifts to a formation of 15 P-40s in flight overhead. The aircraft return and land by flights of three, in formation. Closeup of several taxiing, with canopies open, after landing. A flight of three with landing gears down, flying on a downwind leg in formation. Closeup of two P-40s touching down on the runway. All three squadrons of the Group (33rd, 35th & 36th) appear to be represented.
Survivors show United States soldiers around Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, part of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp network in Thuringia, Germany, after its liberation during World War 2. A group of concentration camp survivors talk to a United States soldier. A concentration camp survivor talks, behind him a fellow survivor smokes a cigarette. United States Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, George S. Patton and Manton Eddy, inspect Ohrdruf Concentration Camp with the 4th Armored Division and concentration camp survivors. Surviving inmates show the concentration camp whipping post to United States Army soldiers and Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and Eddy. A United States soldier photographer takes pictures of the whipping post to collect war crime evidence. Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and Eddy walk ahead of American soldiers in Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. A woodshed containing piles of lime-covered bodies. Close view of bodies, starved with some riddled with bullets. View of George Patton, disgusted from the pile of dead bodies, as he inspects the woodshed a few feet away. General Dwight Eisenhower speaks with General Manton Eddy (center) and another United States General. Former inmates demonstrate to the United States Army how the Nazis torture them using a rack. United States Army and generals find fresh corpses of prisoners, gunned by Nazis shortly before the United States Army captured Ohrdruf. Corpse lying face down, with anal area covered in blood. General Dwight Eisenhower and other generals inspect the crude woodland crematory made out of railway tracks by the Nazis to dispose dead prisoners. Charred bodies and skeletons of inmates are on grill. General Dwight Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley inspect the crematory. United States Army trucks arrive in Ohrdruf Concentration Camp with German civilians. German civilians, with some are prominent Nazi Party members, are led by the United States soldiers on a forced tour of the concentration camp. A German medical major, tasked to accompany the German civilians during tour, stands next to jeep with red cross flag. Colonel Hayden Sears speaks to German civilians and American soldiers. United States general speaks to German medical officer. German civilians are led to courtyard of the camp, where there are 30 fresh corpses of prisoners who were killed shortly before the camp’s liberation. United States soldiers lead a group of former slave labor bosses to join their tour. United States soldiers show the German civilians the woodshed containing piles of quicklime-covered bodies. German civilians enter the woodshed upon insistence of Colonel Hayden Sears. German civilians walk away, some covering their noses with handkerchief, from the woodshed. Nazi slave labor bosses enter the woodshed upon insistence by United States Army. German medical officer and slave labor bosses leave the woodshed. German civilians and slave labor bosses tour the camp with United States Army. A German slave labor boss denies his knowledge about the atrocities against the prisoners. German civilians are made to see the charred remains of prisoners in crude woodland crematory. A United States soldier reads to German civilians and officers a list of atrocities committed against prisoners in the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. Charred remains of a prisoner. German civilians listen to United States soldier.
United States Joint Chiefs of staff pose for formal portrait in Washington D.C., United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff seated at the table for a formal portrait. Officers seated at the table from the left; General Fred C. Weyand, United states Army, General David C. Jones. United States Air Force, General George S. Brown, United States Air force, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Admiral James L. Holloway, United States Navy, General Robert E. Cushman, United states Marine Corps, Operations deputies stand in the background. Lieutenant General Donald H. Cowles, United States Army, Lieutenant Huyser, United States Air Force, Vice Admiral Train, United states Navy, Vice Admiral Tailey, United States Navy, Lieutenant General Beckington, United States Marine corps. United States Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger, Deputy Secretary William P. Clements and Joint Chiefs of Staff at a conference table. Secretary Schlesinger smokes a pipe and speaks to General Brown. A man clicks a picture.
Title sequence “U.S. Marine Corps”. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift speaks about his experience in the Guadalcanal Campaign from his office during World War 2. A battleship fires off Guadalcanal. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber flying over Guadalcanal. United States marines climb down ship to board landing craft. Boat filled with United States marines sets sail. Landing craft off Guadalcanal. Landing craft with United States marines land on beach. United States marines set foot and advance on Guadalcanal beach. United States marines unload supplies from LSTs. Marines load boxes in bed of Japanese truck. United States marines raise the United States flag on flagpole. United States marines salute to flag. Sign in Japanese reads “Sick Room Entrance”. Captured Japanese soldiers being made to march out of camp. Captured Japanese soldiers sit behind barbed wires under watch by United States marines. Captured Japanese soldiers only wearing white fundoshi, traditional Japanese underwear for adult males. Shirtless Japanese prisoners sitting under guard by American marines. General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates his Guadalcanal experience from his office. Close up of crampon attached to shoe for climbing trees. Soldier leaps toward a coconut palm tree and climbs up using crampons while Vandegrift narrates, explaining that the "American fighting man pits his superior intelligence" against the Japanese. United States fleet admiral William Halsey Jr. presents medals to United States marines. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. and General Alexander Patch. Sign for “Hospital Station C-1-Med” on palm tree. View of Hospital Station tent in Guadalcanal. View of gathered United States marines from behind.
United States marines in jungle combat during Battle of Guadalcanal in World War 2. United States marines march in jungle at Guadalcanal. United States marines cross a jungle bridge in Guadalcanal. Rifle pyramid with line of United States marines marching in the background. United States Marine Corps General Alexander Archer Vandegrift narrates the Battle of Guadalcanal from his office. United States marines in the aftermath of assault from Japanese soldiers at the mouth of Alligator Creek in Guadalcanal. Dead Japanese soldiers at the mouth of Alligator Creek in Guadalcanal. Henderson Field (Now known as Honiara International Airport) smoking after attack by the Japanese during Battle of Guadalcanal. United States marines extinguishing a damaged fighter at Henderson Field. United States marine on tractor to repair runway at Henderson Field. B-17 Fling Fortess lands at Henderson Field. Various B-17 bombers parked near field. Close up of bomber names and nows are include “Spook”, “Leis-Lady” and “Boomerang”. United States Army fighter flies over Henderson Field. United States Navy ships sailing near Guadalcanal. A formation of United States Army aircraft fly over United States Navy ships near Guadalcanal. A “V” over the Liberty Bell ringing. Title card reads, "This is a military film not for public showing."
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