Fishermen collect Nazi rubber from sea in Fortaleza, Brazil. The native fishermen on boats. They collect German rubber bales of Nazi blockade runners sunk at sea during World War II. The fishermen load the rubber sacks in a vehicle. The rubber sacks are then rolled inside a building
Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine gun crew push swab through the bore of their M1A1 155 mm gun to clean it. The marines,stripped to the waist, push the swab back and forth. View down a line of marines, cleaning the gun with swab on a pole. Hands of a marine as he cleans parts of the gun. Marine with the earphones on while reading a private letter. He jumps and starts waving his letter with joy after getting the news that his wife gave birth to a baby. Marines crowded around him as they pat and congratulate him. The marine with earphones on and letter in hand gives cigars to other marines. The marines laugh.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) advances inland. A wrecked gun. United States Marine Corps fire an M114 155mm howitzer.
Pre-invasion activities of United States Army Rangers (2nd Battalion) in Weymouth, England during World War 2. The Rangers eating doughnuts (donuts) and drinking coffee. They march along Weymouth Esplanade to an embarkation area. Royal Hotel Weymouth and St. John's Church seen in the background. They are checked as they move past the pier. The rangers get into British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) at the pier. (The officer seen with a white bar on front of his M1 helmet, is First Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin, who was the first American soldier to board a Landing craft at Weymouth for the Invasion of Europe.) LCAs underway at harbor en route to a transport. An LCA filled with troops.
The United States Military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II A United States Army Air Force sergeant works at his desk. An airman puts a notice on a bulletin board. A steam shovel scoops up earth. A line of United States Army Air Force P-51D Mustangs aircraft on a field. Crew members around the aircraft. P-51D Mustangs in flight in formation. An aircrew member who bailed out of an airplane descends in a parachute, as soldiers at a tent camp watch him. A tower operator. A man plots courses on a large scale map board in a command center.
Aerial views of B-29 Superfortress of the 314th Bomb Wing, displaying the Square P tail code of the 39th Bomb Group. It is in flight and flying around the coast of Guam, Marianas Islands, during World War 2. In the far distance, a B-29 is seen taking off from North Field, Guam airstrip. In separate sequence, a B-29 from the the 73rd Bomb Wing, displaying Plain T tail code of the 498th Bomb Group, lands at Isley Field, Saipan, and taxis behind a follow-me jeep. B-29 of the 497th Bomb Group, with tail code Plain A, seen parked on the field.
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