The icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) en route to King Island in Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance mission. USS Burton Island stops at Womans Bay, Kodiak Island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. The U.S. troop transport submarine, USS Perch (SSP-313) moves slowly on the surface, past the camera. The USS Perch crew lines her afterdeck. Notable on the USS Perch, is a large rounded watertight container for storing amphibious landing equipment. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island. Crew fastens the helicopter securely in anticipation of rough seas through which she is later seen making way. Views of crew members removing rime ice from the deck, superstructure, and turret of a 5 inch gun. Small slabs of sea ice termed, "lilly pads," floating in the water. Rime Ice covering the railings of the USS Burton Island.
A film about the conditions at Nazi concentration camps in Europe during World War II. Penig concentration camp in Germany. Camp inmates mainly Hungarians. Woman lying in beds at the camp. An Allied medic attends a patient. Wounds on back, and feet of the inmates. Inmates suffer from various diseases. Allied soldiers help to evacuate women and other inmates to a German air force hospital. Injured and sick being carried on litters. Red Cross helps in evacuation of inmates. Injured lying on litters outside the hospital. Trucks lined up outside the hospital. Woman being carried inside the hospital. German nurses help in evacuation. Woman lying on litters as they smile.
United States 6th Marine Division memorial services in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Band stands at attention as it plays instruments at memorial services of 6th Marine Division, 22nd Regiment, 2nd Battalion. Two officers salute in front of them. American flag being brought to half mast. Flag flies from the half mast. An officer speaks into a microphone as troops in the background listen. Marine honor guard stands at parade rest. Ranks of Marines as American flag flies from half mast. Rows of white crosses at the graveyard. Marine honor guard fires rifles in the air. Marines in formation as they come to attention and return to parade rest. American flag being raised up a staff. Marine band plays as officers salute.
A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of Marines wounded in Saipan during World War II. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from the coast of Saipan as battle continues. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft as critically wounded Marines are being loaded aboard the aircraft. Marines aboard the aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off for Honolulu. Litter patients being loaded aboard a PB2Y Coronado flying boat. Fruit and juice crates being loaded aboard an aircraft. U.S. flag flies aboard a ship.
A U.S. Navy training film about operating a wound in the eye of an American soldier during World War II. A doctor conducts ocular examination of a soldier's eye for any foreign body. An X ray being taken to determine the presence of a foreign body in the patient's eye. Animation shows the presence of a foreign body in the eye and how it leads to infection. A wounded soldier being carried away on litter and being air evacuated. An aircraft in flight.
German Wasserfall missile, a surface to air anti-aircraft missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. Wasserfall rocket on the launch pad near the hangar. Missile lifts off as it emits fiery flare and smoke. Missile circles and descends. Wasserfall missile crashes into a wooded area causing an explosion. Huge pillars of smoke rise up.
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