B-29 bombers of the United States Army Air Force at Isley Field base in Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War II. Crew members examining a B-29 bomber after its return from a bombing mission over Nagoya in Japan. Crew members climb scaffolds to reach to the engine. The damaged engine of the bomber. Crew members examine damage caused to one of the wings. A man looks at a hole made by bullet strike in the fuselage of the plane.
June 14, 1944. Naval guns of U.S. battleships and other warships bombard the island of Saipan, in the Marianas, in World War 2. U.S. aircraft fly low over the shore attacking Japanese military positions. A U.S. tank and marines moving on the beachhead. October 19, 1944, landing craft, manned by U.S Coast Guardsmen, from the Coast Guard operated Attack Transport USS Calloway (APA-35) are seen among others maneuvering in the water as they begin the assault on Luzon, the Philippines. U.S. troops wading ashore on Luzon.
Preparations for Golden Gate International Exhibition in California. Exhibition buildings are constructed on Treasure Island at California. A view of boats in water. Man observes the designs for the exhibition buildings. Workers at construction site. Man digs at the site. Lorries at the site. Men saw wood at the construction site. Exhibition buildings are painted. A sign on a building reads 'Federal Theatre'. (Federal Theatre Project was part of the Works Progress Administration or "WPA" during the Great Depression).
History and story of the Seabees. Admiral Moreell, chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks speaks in his office in Washington, DC. A view of the U.S. Capitol building through his window. He gives a brief history of the Seabees and introduces the film. Retrospective footage shows a formation of Japanese warplanes. Views of Honolulu, Hawaii, Midway, Taviti, and Wake Islands. U.S. civilian construction workers. Hickam and Wheeler fields, in Hawaii, being bombed by Japanese airplanes during attack on December 7, 1941. U.S. Navy ships in Pearl Harbor burning. U.S. casualties on stretchers. American soldiers raising the flag with fire and smoke behind them. Seebee recruitment poster. Volunteers going to enlist. Navy Seabee trainees learning military and construction skills. Practicing methods of rapid construction for combat zones. Trainees negotiating obstacle courses. Amphibious assault training. Seabee units parading in dress whites, followed by Seabees in some of their combat vehicles: DUKWs, construction graders, and bulldozers. U.S. Navy sailors loading onto railroad train cars as a newly trained battalion of Seabees leaving training camp by train. A band plays seeing them off. Seabees loading up at a port of embarkation. A troop ship seen. The troop ship moving away from the wharf, with help from tugboat. (World War II period).
America's Cup sailboat race of 1964 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Sail boat 'Constellation' defeats British 'Sovereign' sailing vessel in four straight races. The sail boats underway in the ocean. Other boats monitor the race. 'Constellation' way ahead of 'Sovereign'.
Three bank robbers escape from Alcatraz prison in California on June 11, 1962. Escape proof Alcatraz prison at Island. Drainage pipe opening into the sea. Sign reads 'Keep Out'. People outside the prison. Official seated at a table, while photographers click pictures. Warden with pictures of three prisoners; Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin. Dummies in beds of the prisoners. Drain pipes at the top of a cell block. Coast guard watch looks through binoculars as San Francisco bay is searched. A helicopter flies overhead during the search.
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