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African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Unwounded men and ammunition is found as U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture a Japanese mercy ship in the South Pacific Ocean.
A Japanese mercy ship is captured in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.. A Japanese mercy ship underway at sea. U.S. Navy 7th Fleet officers capture the Japanese mercy ship. Unwounded men come off the ship. Cases of 75mm ammunition are uncovered. Labels 'Medical Supply' on the ammunition. Prisoners are taken in custody.
A Japanese officer briefs crewmen as a submarine gets underway in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.
A Japanese submarine gets underway in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II. Crewmen on the deck of the submarine as an officer briefs them. The submarine gets underway at sea. Sailors in the foreground wave their hats.
A Japanese aircraft drops bombs on the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the South Pacific Ocean during World War II.
Japanese attack on a United States Navy aircraft carrier in the South Pacific Ocaen during World War II. Flakes burst as guns fire. A Japanese aircraft in flight attacks an aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy. Smoke rises from the deck. A bomb being dropped on the deck and an explosion occurs. Damage control crew rushes on the deck and man hoses to extinguish the fire. A damaged aircraft hoisted alongside the ship. An airplane dropped in the sea. Temporary repairs done on the deck. Shattered interiors of the ship as a result of Japanese bombing. Allied sailors lined up the deck of a ship underway at sea. An Allied naval commander arrives. He decorates the sailors.
Japanese bomber makes a suicide attack on USS Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific during World War II.
Japanese suicide bomber plane crashes on deck of USS Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 30th October 1944 during World War II. Japanese kamikaze plane approaches in flames. Planes burns on flight deck of Franklin due to suicide crash. Men fight fire that breaks out on deck and among the on deck aircraft. Smoke billows up through flight deck from fire on hangar deck. Men fight fire on hangar deck. Injured man. Crew with fire hoses directed at hole on flight deck. Body of burned crew man. Navy crew fight the fire. Crew push a destroyed aircraft off the carrier into the ocean.
US 3rd and 36th Infantry Division soldiers prepare to invade Southern France during World War II.
Allied troops of the 3rd and 36th Infantry Divisions prepare before the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon) during World War 2. Allied ships underway in Atlantic Ocean advance to invade Southern France. Camera pans across the deck of a troop ship filled with troops. American soldiers on board look at a map of France. Soldiers issued ammunition, flares and grenades. Soldier loads cartridges into a bandolier. A soldier reads a French phrase book. American flags are sewn on to the sleeves of shirts. A man with a dog. Invasion fleet underway as sun sets in the background.
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