U.S. Army exchange decorations with Russian Army in Protivin in World War II. Paintings of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Russian Commader-in-Chief Joseph Stalin, and U.S. President Harry S. Truman. A sign reads 'Long Live the American Army'. Russian Commandant-General of 107th Infantry Division General Bogdonov stands after decoration of U.S. officers. Czechoslovakian woman presents flowers to Russian and U.S. officers. U.S. Commandant-General of 5th Division Major General Albert E. Brown decorates Russian officers.
U.S. ships in action in Pacific Theater during World War II. U.S. battleships and cruisers head for enemy islands in the Pacific Ocean. Man blows a bugle aboard a ship. Men at a large instrument panel aboard the ship. U.S. fighter takes off to intercept Japanese bombers. U.S. lighter cruiser's guns fire salvos. Cruiser fire guns at shore batteries. Flak bursts in sky. U.S. ships fire towards the island at night. Man looks through periscope aboard a ship. Cruiser under heavy attack. Sailor sorts away shell cases on the deck of ship. Men on deck of ship after capturing an island. U.S. flag flies on bridge of the ship.
Amphibious forces of the United States capture Rendova Island, Solomon Islands during World War II. An animated map links up Guadalcanal with Rendova and Vanguna depicting the voyage of U.S. amphibious forces. U.S. troops disembark from ships onto landing crafts off the coast of Rendova. Armed troopers loaded on landing craft head for Rendova beach. The troops unload after securing Rendova beachhead. Tanks followed by heavy artillery unload from a ship. Japanese dive bombers and medium bombers in flight over Rendova. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over the beachhead. U.S. fighters in flight to intercept the enemy bombers. U.S. antiaircraft batteries fire at the Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in the sky. Japanese aircraft being attacked. A Japanese bomber crashes in water. Aftermath of battle shows abandoned equipment, dead and wounded U.S. soldiers on the beachhead. Burning beachhead of Rendova. U.S. ships unload equipment on the captured island of Rendova.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films to instruct troops during World War 2. Animated film depicts aircraft identification methods in World War 2 to distinguish between aircraft of friend and foe in flight. U.S. aircraft on flight line. Propeller of aircraft. Engine of aircraft. Instructor teaches men about electricity functions which demonstrates operations of a spark plug, radio vacuum tubes, telegraph fuse, and recoil mechanisms. Shows how signal communications are maintained by use of wire on field. U.S. troops drive army jeeps, tanks, and trucks. Soldier repairs a tank. Correct posture of a cavalry soldier while riding a horse. Barrage balloon in sky above a U.S. ship in harbor. Soldiers work on a balloon fiber and on folding a balloon. Demonstration to build a bridge and how to destroy it with demolition blast. Soldiers fire various artillery guns. Demonstration about rifle squadron maneuvers in combat. Animation depicts how Quatermaster Corps get supplies to field of action.
A glimpse of two U.S. Navy Captains exiting a dark alley, somewhere in France right after World War 1. Scene shifts to U.S. Admiral William S. Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations, posing with Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe. Several French men watch from inside an alley in the background. The two admirals turn to enter the building in the background. Next, a U.S. Navy Captain is seen standing on deck of a ship alongside another officer. Two American Naval officers smile and converse at a waterfront, in the United States. One is dressed in work overalls.A workman sits behind them in a shack that has a hand-scrawled message on the door reading:""No Smoking Allowed in here." Complete change of scene shows a line of young U.S. Naval officers replete with swords, entering a large brick Georgian revival building by way of a stairway at a side door. It appears they are entering an auditorium. What looks like a 1918 Phaeton car is parked at the curb outside. The officers number in the dozens. Another change of scene shows closeup of a an unidentified, relatively young, clean shaven, U.S. Naval Rear Admiral, posing in front of a stone wall behind which the tops of several widely separated buildings are seen. He removes his hat.
United Nations troops evacuate Haungam, North Korea during the Korean War. Parachute supplies dropped from a U.S. C-119, descend over a field in Hungnam for UN troops. UN troops embark on LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). Equipment loaded aboard LSTs. Beach installations are blasted by UN troops as they leave Hungnam. U.S. Marines climb up a hill during the advance in North Korea. The marines take positions on the hill top and fire guns and artillery. Amphibious vehicles approach a beach. Shell explosions on hills. U.S. airplanes overhead drop bombs on the hills and provides air support. A marine talks into a radio and airplanes overhead drop bombs over targets in fighting area. U.S. airplanes provide close air support to U.S. Marines fighting troops of People's Republic of China. Explosions on the hills. U.S. Marines advance on a hill and fire at enemy positions.
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