U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. Dead Japanese on the ground. 4th Marine Infantry Division advances along a beach area. U.S. forces fire at Japanese caves. The captured Japanese. Dead Japanese with sticks in hand.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the U.S. President, and his wife, Ruth J.(Googins) Roosevelt, are seen at Bolling Field, Washington, DC, with U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel H. H. Arnold, as they visit the fliers taking part in the Air Corps Alaska Flight project. Elliot Roosevelt shakes hands with project commander, Colonel H. H. Arnold, as his wife, Ruth Roosevelt, stands behind them. They are in front of an Air Corps Martin YB-10 bomber. Air Corps aviators climb in and out of the aircraft and stand behind the wing of one, as they don mosquito netting headgear, that might be needed on the expedition. Closeup of the Alaska Flight logo painted on their YB-10 bombers, consisting of an eagle perched on a totem pole, superimposed on a map of Alaska.
YB-10 aircraft and crews, of the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight, preparing to depart Fairbanks for Anchorage, where they will fly a photo-mapping mission. Crew members around their B-10s. A USAAC Stearman model 75 parked at the field. Man uses a tractor to pull a dolly loaded with 55 gallon drums of fuel for the aircraft. Darkened tents set up inside a hangar to facilitate loading of unexposed film into aerial mapping cameras. Closeup of soldier placing roll of film into one of the cameras, and winding it into position for picture-taking. Lieutenant Colonel Henry (Hap) Arnold and Major Ralph Royce, discussing a large wall map of the areas to be photographed. Chart of the planned formation of five mapping camera planes at 8 mile horizontal separation, covering a strip of 60 miles width, from altitude of 16 thousand feet. The photo-mapping path from Anchorage being pointed out on the large wall map.
USS Liberty at a dry dock in Malta. Men standing at the dock watch as the ship enters. Men in a small boat underway alongside, watching for any unclassified material which may come up out of a torpedo hole on the ship. Two men in wet suits. Dock workers talk. A group of people looks towards the starboard side of the ship. The dry dock full of water. A U.S. Naval officer chats with a man as they look towards the ship. Officers and crewmen on the deck edge of the ship. A dock worker looks towards the ship. Dock workers haul in on a line on the dock. A U.S. Naval officer and British officers in the background. A line of dock workers hauling in on the line.
Training of U.S. midshipmen aboard aircraft carrier USS America underway at sea in Istanbul, Turkey. A U.S. Navy A-4C Skyhawk aircraft parked at the flight deck. A catapult crew works on the aircraft. Men test the bridle. Flight deck crew on the side of the deck. A catapult officer gives a launch signal. The aircraft is launched. It taxis on the flight deck.
Training of U.S. midshipmen aboard aircraft carrier USS America underway at sea in Istanbul, Turkey. Several aircraft parked at the flight deck. Midshipman J. F. Higgins and Lieutenant junior grade C. C. Parish inspect a U.S. Navy F-4B Phantom aircraft. The pilot moves around the nose to the starboard side of the aircraft. He explains something to the midshipman during a preflight check of the aircraft. The pilot and the midshipman move down the starboard side. Men explain about the tail portion of the aircraft to the midshipman. The midshipman stands behind the tail pipe of the aircraft. He climbs up the side of the aircraft and into the cockpit. The pilot explains about the cockpit area to the midshipman. The midshipman then climbs into the cockpit. The pilot stands along side the cockpit as he watches the midshipman securing himself into a seat. The pilot gives the midshipman check out of the cockpit area. He assists the midshipman as he secures himself into a seat in the cockpit. The pilot in the flight gear climbs up into the cockpit. He hooks up an intercom for the midshipman. The midshipman dons his helmet. The pilot explains to the midshipman.
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