U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb Heligoland island in Germany during World War II. B-17s in flight. Several aerial views of the island and another island next to it. Smoke rises from burning oil storage tanks on Heligoland island. A runway on the island in the background. Heavy flak. German coastline: Heligoland and Friesian islands. Bomb craters and smoke from burning oil storage tanks. Bombs are dropped from Allied aircraft. The aircraft are in formation over clouds.
U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb Hamburg, Germany during World War II. View of Heligoland island and its coastline. The B-17s in flight. Aerial views of target island. On Hamburg: Thick smoke rises from burning oil storage tanks and a refinery on fire. Coastal installations on islands. Smoke and fire from a coastal oil depot.
German prisoners aboard USS Wakefield in the Atlantic Ocean. A German prisoner with an Iron Cross and the Luftwaffe insignia of the Luftwaffe Air Corps eats chow at a mess table in a mess hall aboard the ship. A German prisoner's chest shows an Iron Cross and the Luftwaffe insignia. A prisoner spoons something into his mouth and takes a bite of a slice of bread. (World War II period).
The German Battleship Ostfriesland being bombed in U.S. Army/Navy tests of ability to destroy a battleship from the air. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L seaplanes is seen flying above. Medium size (not over 600 lb bombs hit on and near the Ostfriesland.
Activities of natives in Okinawa, Japan on the L+2 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II. The natives seated on the ground. A man smokes a cigarette. U.S. 1st Marine Division personnel talk to the man. The natives crush beans by using a mortar and a pestle. Women look at the container of beans. Hand work on the container of beans. A fully clothed Okinawan washes his feet in a pool. The Okinawan cleans food by shaking it in air.
Activities of natives and U.S. 1st Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa of World War II An elderly Okinawan civilian sitting outside a shack. A group of Okinawan natives. U.S. 1st Marine Division personnel move into a barbed wire perimeter. Huts in an area. A marine leads a group of natives near village of Sobe. The Okinawans being led into fields. A 105mm howitzer in the background. The marine and the natives walk. An LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). Marines and natives move past silhouette against the sky. Okinawan natives proceed on a road. A prisoner with hands in air. The marine and the group of natives, mostly women, walk on the road. The marine throws a grenade in a cave.
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