View from nose canopy of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber, as it taxis behind another at Isley Field, Saipan, during World War 2. Next, the B-29 is on the active runway, accelerating for takeoff.
View from a U.S. submarine anchored in a bay in the Pacific theater during World War 2. An explosion is seen at point of land in background. A team of U.S. commandos is then seen paddling an inflated raft from the shore toward the submarine.They reach the submarine and are helped aboard, along with their raft. The four commandos pose wearing their steel helmets. View from the submarine as it gets underway on the surface.
The invasion of Mindanao in the Philippines by United States Army soldiers during World War II. Disembarking activities being undertaken. Equipment being unloaded from a landing craft at Parang (Cotobato) on Green Beach. Some soldiers standing and some soldiers walking on the beach. Bulldozers and amphibious trucks DUKWS followed by vehicles of the 31st Division moves down the ramp of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). A group of Japanese prisoners.
German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile being launched in the evening. Missile lifts off leaving behind a fiery flare. A-4 Missile in flight as it emits smoke and fiery flare. A-4 missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
German V-2 rocket, a ballistic missile known by German military as the A4, being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. Launch tower seen and V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Rocket lift off. Rocket ascends (tree limbs visible partially framing image), rocket in flight and descending.
Camera pans into crater of Kilauea volcano, where someone has scrawled an inscription in the lava (not readable). Scene shifts to Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, and Hawaii Territorial Governor, Wallace R. Farrington, stepping out of the local volcano museum, onto a patio, where other persons are standing. Scene shifts to deck of the battleship, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) where Secretary Davis stands near the railing. Closeup of Major General Fox Conner, Commander of the U.S. Army Hawaii Department, standing with Rear Admiral Robert R. Marvel, aboard the Pennsylvania. Marines firing gun salute with artillery field pieces as the Pennsylvania arrives at Pier 5 in Pearl Harbor. Secretary Davis on the dock, with his party including: daughters, Alice and Cynthia; Civilian aide, John H. Holliday and Military Aide, 1st Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland. The daughters are assisted as they enter a car. Next, Secretary Davis and Aide Holliday, enter a car displaying the Secretary of War Flag on its hood.
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