American soldiers examine Reichsbank notes and paintings at the Salt Mines in Merkers, Germany near end of World War II in Europe. Soldiers looks at Reichsbank notes. Cardboard boxes containing notes piled up one on the other at the Salt Mines. The soldiers examine the different currency notes of the Reichsbank Bank. Two soldiers look at famous paintings by various artists that were stolen by the Nazis. The soldiers look at the Albrecht Durer etchings.
The U.S. 10th Army advances during the Battle of Okinawa in Japan. U.S. Army soldiers gather at a rocky hillside in Okinawa. The soldiers with guns and ammunitions walk along the hillside. The troops attack caves. A Japanese boy watches the army procession. Smoke bombs are used to drive away women and children. Japanese families move to relocation camps. Army tanks carrying Marines move on rocky land to seize a village. U.S. Army soldiers inspect their guns and ammunitions. A Japanese suicide rocket bomb is described and disassembled. Two soldiers inspect a bomb launcher. A bomb is released from the launcher. Explosions and gun fire on the hillside. U.S. troops move ahead as the village is set on fire. Military tanks advance and fire. Explosions in the forest area. One of the Japanese survivors comes out of a cave. U.S. officers order for his clothes to be removed and first aid to be given. A soldier lies down and gets ready with his gun. A corpse on a rocky land. A soldier walks across the corpse. (World War II period).
Japanese aircraft tackle the U.S. Army invasion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low level attack by Japanese aircraft. Explosions and fire shots in the sea by the aircraft. U.S. aircraft fire. A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat returns to its carrier safely. Another F6F aircraft lands on the flight deck of USS Enterprise and crashes. The pilot is safely removed after the fire extinguishes. Japanese aircraft wrecked by U.S. airplanes.
The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Japanese attempts a final counterattack on the last day in Okinawa. A 300 men Japanese Army led by Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi launches a final counterattack in the vicinity of an airfield. The army attacks a U.S. Army camp. Japanese soldiers die. U.S. Marine Corps evacuate the dead bodies. Casualties after the war.
U.S. Army 1380th Engineers lay a pipe line at Manila Harbor in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War II. The engineers lay the pipes together. The engineers at work in Manila Bay. Fuel tanks and other equipment on the land. The engineers and soldiers walk down the land as the pipe lines are laid together. The engineers pump diesel oil and gasoline mixture into the pipeline. They ignite the mixture using a motor. Fumes rise up as the mixture ignites. A Japanese soldier comes out of a pit. A patrol team catches him. The team questions him. Military ships carry infantry and engineers at Fort Drum, El Fraile Island in Manila Bay. Troops walk down a ramp at Fort Drum. A pipe line hose is set into a vent. A mixture of oil and explosives is pumped into this pipeline. Slow burning fuel, grenades and other explosives lowers into the vent by the engineers. The troops guard the engineers at work. The engineers set up a timer and the troops leave the land. Explosions take place. Smoke rise up from the island.
From German newsreel Welt Im Film: Shows Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. Kamikaze airplanes are shot down and crash into the ocean. Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima. A Japanese kamikaze suicide airplane hits USS Saratoga. Smoke rises from the ship. Crewmen try to extinguish the fire with water hoses. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) underway in the Pacific Ocean on May 11. View from Bunker Hill as a Kamikaze airplane hits USS Bunker Hill. The aircraft carrier bursts into flames. Crewmen fight fire on USS Bunker Hill. Smoke rises from the aircraft carriers after being hit by Kamikaze airplanes. Crewmen at work on the carrier ships with large hose pipes. U.S. Navy crew cling to floating debris and swim in water after the attacks toward rescue ships. They are pulled aboard a ship.
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