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Wounded soldiers treated aboard hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) during Pacific campaign of World War 2
Portrays the suffering of wounded U.S. soldiers in action during a Pacific campaign in World War II. Shows naval air transport plane in action for transporting severe cases to hospital in the Pacific Theater. Wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher. Wounded soldiers loaded aboard army transport aircraft parked on an airfield. Wounded soldier lying on stretchers and beds aboard hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) at anchor off the coast. Nurse and doctor examine wounded men. A wounded soldier gets a head massage. Operation theater aboard hospital ship and soldiers with severe wounds on arms and legs being operated by surgeons. Patient on wheel chair being pushed on deck of USS Bountiful. Wounded soldiers on deck of ship relax and smoke. Blood stained faces of soldiers.
United States warships in the Pacific attacked by Kamikaze planes of Japanese Air Force, Pacific Theater of World War II.
The Pacific Theater of World War II. A United States Navy ship cruising towards Iwo Jima attacked by Kamikaze planes of Imperial Japan. Kamikaze planes dive bombing toward US Navy ships. Huge ship anti aircraft guns on warships fire at the Japanese planes. Explosions on the ships and in the ocean. View as kamikaze aircraft is hit by anti-aircraft fire but continues on its path and strikes the USS Saratoga (CV-3), causing large explosion and smoke billowing upward. US Navy sailors fight fires and try to extinguish fire.
Montage of scenes showing the continuous close coordination between the United States and Britain during World War II
Film shows an invasion task force at sea overwritten by a slate reading, "Casablanca." Narrator speaks of January, 1943, in World War 2. View of the city of Casablanca in Morocco. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated next to British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill as they meet in Casablanca, at the Anfa Hotel, January 14–24, 1943, during World War 2. Roosevelt wears a black armband on his left sleeve in mourning over the death of his mother, in 1941. Backs of Military officers seen from behind, with Churchill and Roosevelt on chairs in the background. Then a closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill seated with high ranking Allied military officers behind them, including U.S. Admiral Ernest King and U.S. General George Marshall. View from directly overhead of marching American soldiers. Huge number of British soldiers led by a Rolls Royce armored car, are seen walking across the desert, celebrating their victory over German forces at Tunisia. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt seated on the lawn in front of the White House during the third Washington Conference (code-named Trident) held in Washington DC, from May 12 to May 25, 1943. Closeups of both men. Scene shifts to a U.S. invasion task force in the Pacific. Glimpse of a Benson-Livermore class destroyer near hills in the Pacific. A navy Douglas Dauntless dive bomber flies over ships in an invasion task force. U.S. troops are seen in a Higgins Boat landing craft from the transport ship USS President Jackson (APA-18). Troops storming ashore from landing craft. U.S. troops firing artillery field pieces, and raising the U.S. flag on a captured island in the Pacific. Scene shifts to European theater, where an Allied warship is firing its guns during Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky, 9 July – 17 August 1943. Amphibious assault taking place. A jeep is seen pulling an artillery piece through shallow surf. An army truck drives through shallow surf, out of a landing craft. Breech view of artillery gun being fired and shell ejecting. A shell exploding near the camera. Camouflaged antiaircraft guns firing. Series of brief scenes showing Soviet Russian infantry and tanks advancing against German forces in Russia. Next scene shows Benito Mussolini in military dress uniform, giving a speech, and then posing next to a Bronze statue of Roman emperor, Julius Caesar, in Rome, Italy, as troops march past him. A bust of Mussolini being pulled down. Rioting Italians. Axis defenders in Sicily, carrying a white flag as they surrender to Allied powers. Views of Lieutenant General Mark Clark and a Major General pleased at the surrender. American troops being cheered by Sicilians as they ride in jeeps. Italian men receiving food after the surrender, as a British soldier stands nearby. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers in flight over the Northwest Pacific. Aerial view of Kiska in the Aleutians. B-17 flying Fortress bomber in flight with bomb bays open. Bombardier at his station in the aircraft he presses button to release bombs. Formation of B-24 bombers dropping bombs. View from aircraft of them exploding on the ground. Aerial view of surfaced German submarine being strafed by Allied aircraft. After several attacks it is sunk. B-24 bombers raining bombs over Germany. Huge explosions on the ground raising plumes of white smoke. Bombed out remains of Coventry Cathedral in England. Religious services being held in the ruins. View of the Pentagon building just outside Washington DC, and the British Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, England. View of Quebec Canada. A Canadian sentry on a hill. The Wolfe–Montcalm Monument in Governors' Garden beside the Château Frontenac, Quebec, Canada. Views of the Chateau Frontenac. Canadian troops patrolling around the Hotel. Royal Northwest Mounted Police on the grounds. Canadian soldiers with antiaircraft guns, scanning sky for possible threats. Armed couriers loading bags of official dispatches into a car. The dispatches being delivered to waiting aircraft. Censors examining postal mail. Conference attendees showing their passes to Canadian Mounted police officers at the hotel entrance. Closeup of an actual pass issued to a U.S. Army Major.
U.S. troops land on an enemy island under bombardment during Pacific campaign of World War II, Pacific Ocean Theater.
Film titled ‘Remember These Faces’ shows U.S. troops land on an enemy island during a Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. warship fires guns towards an enemy island in the Pacific Ocean. Landing craft underway as they head for beach. Supplies, troops, and equipment being readied to be transported on beach. Troops disembark from ship onto LCMs (Landing Craft, Mechanized). LCMs head for the beach. Warship’s gun fire at shoreline. Enemy bombers in flight overhead as they attack the U.S. troops heading for the beach. Amphibious vehicles of U.S. army hit the beaches. Troops advance inland under bombardment. Dead bodies of soldiers on beach. Troops with rifles advance inland.
New Yorkers in Times Square, New York City, celebrate Democratic victory in General election of 1940
Mounted police keep order at edge of thousands of people packed into times Square in Manhattan, New York City on election night, November 5, 1940. Marqee and lights of Hotel Astor seen in background. lights shine on sign with image of Uncle Sam calling for "No Third Term! Democrats Willkie." Lights moving with message across the Times building spell out: "McNary concedes the re election."(News refers to Charles L. McNary, vice Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, with Wendell Wilkie.) People in crowd wave hats and make lots of noise. Photographer's lights illuminate various sections of the crowd who react by waving arms and hats. Marquee of Loew's Criterion movie theater in background shows Robert Montgomery starring in a movie and displays banner beneath, advertising "Latest War News."
Wounded U.S. soldiers being treated during Pacific campaign of World War II, Pacific Ocean Theater.
U.S. soldiers land on an enemy island and being wounded in action during a Pacific campaign of World War II. U.S. troops care for wounded soldiers being hit during initial enemy attacks. Another wounded soldier being carried on a stretcher inland. Wounded soldier being placed on a jeep. Shell blasts on the island. Jeep pulls away. U.S. tanks advance on island. Wounded soldiers of U.S. army being brought at a field hospital. First aid and plasma being given to wounded soldier by medics. Leg of a wounded soldier affected by gangrene being treated. Wounded soldiers being loaded into ambulances and evacuated. Enemy shells fire on island as smoke rises from explosions.
