United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground including one still holding a live grenade. Shells explode on a beach as men advance. The North end of the island being bombarded by U.S. forces as explosions occur. Smoke rises due to bombardment. An aircraft in flight as bombardment occurs.
United States sailors being demobilized at a separation center in California, United States, as soldiers and sailors were being discharged after World War II. A sailor hugs a girl. The sailor picks up his bag and walks along the sidewalk. A large number of sailors gathered outside a building at Treasure Island awaiting discharge. Cars move past the sailors. The sailors load onto a truck. The sailors board buses. Buses pull away.
Coverage of project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type cave positions at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Paper with typewritten introduction. U.S. Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in a napalm incendiary bomb attack. U.S. B-25H Mitchell bomber fires 75mm cannon and U.S. Army Air Force P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket at targets on hillside. Mountainous terrain and caves similar to Japanese positions on island. Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) being hoisted from a trailer. U.S. P-38 parked with napalm bombs under wing. P-47N with 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket on launcher rail. U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader bomber plane in flight and fires Tiny Tim rocket. Ordnance men load 75mm rounds into B-25H equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device. Gun crew fires 105mm howitzer at hillside. (World War II period).
USS Seahorse SS (304) submarine off the coast of Tori Shima in Japan during World War II. Periscope view of coastline of island. Shows half ship in air, other half in water.
U.S. Navy PB4Y Liberator patrol bomber aircraft with an aerial camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Air crewmen exit quonset hut. Air crewmen walk to PB4Y Liberator aircraft parked in the background on the island. Air crewmen enter PB4Y with aerial camera.
Activities aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors,relaxing on deck, drink near island of carrier. U.S. navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft on deck of carrier. FDO (Flight Deck Officer) gives signal and F6F takes off. F6F makes arrested landing. Plane director signaling. F6Fs parked up forward on the flight deck. Pilots walk down the flight deck. TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and F6Fs parked in the background. Two flyers climb out of TBF and jump onto the wing of the plane. Numerous miniature bombs painted below the cockpit.
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