A United States campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft in flight. The B-17 aircraft land at an airstrip in a jungle. An aircraft taxis after landing. Various signs on the fuselage of the aircraft read 'Boomerang' , 'Skylark' , 'Spook'. An aircraft taxis on a field.
A United States campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz decorates U.S. Marines. He pins up medals on to the Marines. The Marines lined up as they are being decorated.
A United States campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Columns of smoke rise from an area. Anti aircraft guns being fired. Smoke rises from an area. Marines gathered around an aircraft. Wreckage on a field.
A United States campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. A sign reads 'Hospital station'. Marines seated in chairs outside the hospital tent. The Marines talk, relax and recuperate at the hospital. Technicians look into a microscope.
United States Marines in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Marines gathered outside a tent. A man blows a trumpet. The Marines advance on foot across an area. Two rifles in the foreground as the Marines advance. They advance across a field.
American forces in Leipzig, Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Landmarks include the heavily damaged New Town Hall, Burgplatz, and a church. At start of film, German civilians are seen running along railroad tracks, past war-damaged platform, to reach a train. Hungry German civilian men wrestle with a man on a sidewalk holding a large piece of meat. American soldiers walking across a city square in single file. Two Sherman tanks move across city square following the tracks of a tramway. The overhead electric wires for the tram are visible. More views of American soldiers walking and some in jeeps. A tilted view of the Reform Evangelist Church. Then camera straightens out and shows it properly. In front of the church, two American soldiers sit on a half-track with M45 Quadmount (Maxson) Anti-Aircraft guns installed on it. Back of the half-track has "660 AAA" stenciled on it. Many Jerry cans are held in racks along the sides of the half-track. Scene shifts to a formation of German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. Close-up views of faces of German soldier prisoners of war. Camera pans across them, closeup. They carry all their personal gear, including bed rolls, but no weapons. View from behind them. Wider glimpse of the prisoners under guard. The severely damaged 1928 Kroch Building (Krochhochhaus) is seen in the background. Several German prisoners sit in a jeep, guarded by an American soldier with an M3 .45-caliber sub-machine gun ("grease gun"). At the end of the film, the bomb damaged 1905 New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) is seen in the background.
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