U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, is being asked about the Bataan Death March and the atrocities inflicted on American prisoners. He says that while on his way to San Fernando he saw dead bodies of U.S. prisoners lying on either side of the road. The bodies were blood stained and it seemed that they were cruelly killed.
A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors in the English Channel during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. U.S. Navy Captain Clark, in charge of artificial harbors and Commander Calair, in charge of installing Phoenixes and pier heads in the English Channel. Ships underway in the English channel. Tugs at a harbor. Beetles being pulled. A tug prepares to tow a Phoenix. Men work on lines. Whales spread across the channel. Pier head at sea. A dumb barge underway at sea. A captain looks at the towing operation from the bridge of a vessel. Aircraft in flight. Crew aboard a phoenix. Gliders in flight above the convoy. A signalman sends a blinker signal. Animated diagram depicts the creation of an artificial harbor. First tow arrives at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Landing crafts at the Normandy beach. Artificial harbor being constructed. A bridge being completed and pier head being attached to it. Seabees at work.
A film about the role of U.S. Navy Seabees in construction of artificial harbors during the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in World War II. A pier head as trucks are being loaded with supplies. Ships underway at sea. A Rhino ferry along side a Liberty ship as cargo is being loaded onto it. A jeep in a hoist as it it is unloaded onto a Rhino ferry. A Rhino ferry carries vehicles to the shore. A jeep followed by a truck as they drive onto the shore. Men of 1006 Pontoon Detachment work on a causeway. A U.S. Naval dispensary at Utah beach. A camp being established at the beach. Commanding officer Jack Green Walter arrives in a car at the camp site. Food being prepared at the camp kitchen. At Cherbourg, a main pier with a railroad station. A crane lifts damaged equipment.
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A patrol craft passes in the English Channel. A DUKW (amphibious truck) at sea. A Coast Guard officer wearing a foul weather jacket and a blue hat looks through binoculars. The officer smokes a cigar. The bow of a Landing Craft Infantry underway at sea. A U.S. Coast Guard officer takes a bearing with a magnetic compass. Two soldiers on a 20 mm gun mount as one of them wears goggles. An aircraft flies overhead. Two U.S. Navy TBM Mariner aircraft pass overhead. Church services being conducted aboard a ship. A man plays an organ as an officer conducts the service. A congregation of coast guard men and sailors at the church services.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War II. Two U.S. officers walk up a street in a small German town. Two U.S. Captains as they take pictures from a bridge. Two officers walk through an old stone arch. German boys stand as the Captains walk past.
German airship Hindenburg crashes at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, United States. Aerial view of the area where the Hindenburg crashed. Wreckage of the Hindenburg. Steel structure frame of the zeppelin. U.S. Navy officers examine the wrecked zeppelin as they conduct an inquiry into the disaster. An official speaks to the press about the Hindenburg disaster. Victims of the disaster being loaded onto vehicles and driven away. Officers along with a young boy. A committee set up by the U.S. Department of Commerce conducts an inquiry into the Hindenburg disaster. Naval officers testify before the committee.
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