Allied convoy In North Sea during World War II. Very heavy surf and waves in rough conditions. U.S. Coast Guard cutter Spencer (USCGC Spencer (WPG-36)) picks up survivors from a ship sunk by torpedoes. Small craft along side ship being rescued in heavy seas. In next scene, on April 17, 1943, United States Coast Guard ship Spencer drops depth charges which force Nazi German U-boat U-175 to surface, disabled. U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat seen approaching the disabled German submarine to assist in rescuing enemy sailors before the submarine sank.
Japanese forces fire artillery at Corregidor Island, during Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Smoke rising from Corregidor under bombardment. Japanese troops land on Corregidor, the Philippines, on May 5 1942. A soldier watches enemies' action through binoculars. Soldiers fire artillery in the field. General Wainwright surrenders. He sits with other officers and Japanese officers and discusses. Japanese soldiers lower the American flag. Japanese troops Banzai cheer and celebrate their victory. They raise the Japanese flag. Captured Americans and Filipino prisoners of war departing Mariveles during the Bataan Death March, under Japanese guard. Map shows Japanese targets for invasion in other areas like Malay, Borneo, and New Guinea. Close up view of Japanese soldier's face. Briefing documents labeled Secret are opened and reviewed. Airplanes on the ground. U.S. And Australian troops march in Australia. Animated globe shows different countries. View of armament and artillery production factory operation in the United States supplying war materiel. Close up views of faces of war production workers. Animation and models show a supply line through which supplies are transferred to Australia. Lockheed P-38 Lightning wrapped in camouflage is lowered onto a transport ship deck. U.S. Army tank loaded onto ship and American troops go ashore in Australia. United States planes bomb and sink Japanese ships in the Bismarck Sea on March 2, 1943. View of American machine gunner firing machine gun from aircraft in flight toward enemy Japanese ships. Cockpit point of view shot out of American aircraft as it bombs and strafes Japanese ship. Bombs away view as U.S. aircraft release bombs. Smoke rises from the burning Japanese ships. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz meet and discuss strategy and review maps. Animation shows different potential routes for American forces to return to the Philippines.
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Troina in 1943, Sicily. Boats and ships at a harbor. Soldiers load luggage on the ships. Ships underway at sea. Soldiers in jeeps on the street. Houses along the sides of the street. High altitude view of the houses and the city. Map shows the battlefields of the 1st Infantry. Soldiers fire on the mountains of Troina. An officer talks on phone. Wrecked houses after the war.
Bulldozer clears path for road construction in Burma.It pushes land,bushes and trees over embankment. Shows a 6x6 truck loaded with supplies stuck in a ditch.Soldiers unload the supplies from the 6x6. The bulldozer pulls the 6x6 out of the ditch.25 january 1943. (World War II period).
Shows construction of road in Burma.Natives cross suspended footbridge. Trucks,trailers and tractors cross a US-constructed bridge.Indian laborers load gravel on trucks from a chute. Trucks dump the gravel on the ground and laborers spread it to construct new roads.Shows laborers tossing gravel from a river bed into truck. A jeep speeds along by a newly constructed road. Truck passes by a sign on the road saying 'To Tokyo'.25 january 1943.
Setting is Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The entire film depicts an Italian submarine transiting the harbor and eventually berthing at a dock.
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