U.S. domestic air defenses in World War II. P-47 aircraft takeoff. Views inserted of German bombers in formation. U.S. soldiers come out of billets with guns in hands. They remove camouflage from antiaircraft guns and prepare to fire. P-47 aircraft in formation over a City. Inserted views of German bombers in formation, include a. formation of German Heinkel bombers. Inserted aerial dog fight scenes. An airplane crashes. Smoke arises due to the plane crash. Men and women detect the positions of the aircraft in the hall and inform soldiers about the aircraft. Soldiers fire according to the information. Soldiers fire at night with the help of search lights. Plane crashes.
Elevated view of people walking on the damaged Ai-Oi Bridge over a river in Hiroshima, Japan. Bridge shows damage from the atomic bomb explosion in World War 2. A U.S. soldier examines a steel bridge post etched from flying debris during the blast. Views of various wrecked buildings in the city. Exterior and interior views of a destroyed school building. A building knocked partially off its foundation and leaning sideways. Ruins of destroyed Japanese military headquarters. View of he Chugoku Electric Company building made of reinforced concrete that withstood the blast better than many buildings.
Map of Italy showing major cities. During a battlefield lull,in World War 2, in Italy, a German soldier reads a newpaper called the "Southern Front." View of Monte Cassino,Italy, with German troops taking cover amongst war debris. Fencing and signs identify minefields. German soldiers with their weapons, hidden in foliage. German soldier looks through binoculars as American forces bombard the town of Monte Cassino. German soldier, seeking cover, jumps over a stone wall. Smoke rises from the U.S. bombardment. German officers consult in a dugout. German soldiers move stealthily across a stream and through battle scarred landscape. Some take up positions and fire machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades toward American lines. They advance from their trenches and come across fallen American soldiers on the field. They encounter one crawling, and several others from the U.S. 34th Division, whom they take prisoner. They remove their equipment and weapons, and smoke the American cigarettes. Behind the lines, a man in civilian clothes questions the captured American soldiers. A German soldier uses periscopic binoculars to spot targets for German artillerymen firing heavy weapons. Explosions seen in valley below as shells burst.
A group of American officers walk towards the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese civilians walk towards the palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan). American soldiers sit on the grass and talk to Japanese girls. An American soldier wraps his arm around a young Japanese woman. The Japanese woman smiles (World War II period).
Japanese fire fighters on a fireboat at harbor in Tokyo, Japan, soon after the end of World War II. The fireboat demonstrates during firefighting exercise at the estuary of Sumida River near Kachidoki Bridge, Chuo-Ward, Tokyo. Also visible, in the background, are the semicircular roof of Tsukiji Hongan-ji (3 Chome-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-8435, Japan) and the quays of the very famous The Tsukiji fish market.
Animation showing disposition and range of Naval Gunfire supporting the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, in World War II. At times 00:25 battleship USS New York, BB-34, and at time 00:33 foreground, heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25; directly behind CA-25 is the battleship USS New York, BB-34; to the right is the battleship USS Nevada, BB-36; to the left is the battleship . all fire heavy guns at Okinawa, Japan. A floating Japanese mine is seen. A Japanese suicide boat. U.S. troops stand by a Japanese suicide "Baka" rocket propelled bomb sitting on a wooden frame. Views of Japanese Kamikaze planes being shot down by U.S. naval antiaircraft fire, at time 00:38 is a Cleveland Class light cruiser firing its forward 6-inch triple mount guns; and time 00:59 to 01:04 a kamikaze flies past the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45 ( in Measure 33/3D camouflage) and past an Astoria Class heavy cruiser. It then explodes on the starboard aft quarter of the USS Idaho, BB-42.
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