The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. A group of soldiers with an anti aircraft gun on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Six U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bombers fly in the background. The aircraft land. Soldiers come out of the aircraft. Soldiers greet the returning squadron as they relax and sing. Photographers, meteorologist and others plan for the next mission.
Japanese submarine base at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Destroyed submarines at the base before their evacuation from the island.
Amphibious forces of the United States capture Rendova Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. An animated map links up Guadalcanal with Rendova and Vanguna depicting the voyage of U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. troops disembark from ships onto landing crafts off the coast of Rendova. Armed troopers loaded on landing craft head for Rendova beach. The troops unload after securing Rendova beachhead. Tanks followed by heavy artillery unload from a ship. Japanese dive bombers and medium bombers in flight over Rendova. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the beachhead. U.S. fighters in flight to intercept the enemy bombers. U.S. antiaircraft batteries fire at the Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Japanese aircraft being attacked. A Japanese bomber crashes in water. Aftermath of battle shows abandoned equipment, dead and wounded U.S. soldiers on the beachhead. Burning beachhead of Rendova. U.S. ships unload equipment on the captured island of Rendova.
U.S. officers tour the island after the capture of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. Fleet Admiral Ernest King and other officers tour the island. U.S. Admiral Richmond Turner talks to U.S. soldiers. Officers and men at quarters. The officers and the soldiers attend flag raising ceremonies.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. 24th Marines advance along a beach at the north end of the island. Medium tanks advance along with the troops. Firing and bombardment in the area. Aircraft in flight overhead, bombing the area. Smoke rises from the bombing. Heavy columns of black smoke rise. The troops advance, firing rifles. Debris in the area. Camouflage Island is secured by the troops.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) soldiers wearing flight suits board bomber aircraft from a newly established U.S. position in the Aleutian Islands, 1942, during WW2. A soldier pokes his head out a window in the cockpit of one of the aircraft. Bomber aircraft take off from a runway constructed from marston mat (pierced steel planking), mountains in the background. Scenes of the bomber aircraft in the sky, taken from an on-board camera. Close up shots of gunners at their positions. The bombers fly over the foggy islands toward the Japanese base on Kiska Island. A Japanese warship appears in the water far below, one of the U.S. gunners strafes the deck of the ship. Close up of machine gun firing at the boat. Now over Kiska, bomb bays open and American bombs are unloaded. Smoke and explosions far below. A second load of bombs drops toward the Japanese base in slow motion. Wide shot of the target, now covered in streaks of smoke. Shot of the American bomber aircraft in the sky, turning to head back to base.
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