Allied campaigns against Imperial Japan during World War II. Animated map depicts Allied victories in various Pacific islands like Guadalcanal, Palau, and the Mariana Islands. A map of the Philippines. United States troops invade the Philippines. Naval guns fire at a shore and flak bursts are seen. Dramatic shot of a Japanese Zero aircraft approaching United States Navy ships that are firing guns. The Japanese aircraft is hit at close range to the ship, a wing ruptures, it is consumed in fire and crashes with explosion in the sea beside the ship. Many landing craft with U.S. Army forces landing at beach on Leyte. Soldiers land and advance inland. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña of the Philippines wade ashore. Filipino women and children on the island are assisted by U.S. forces and provided with food and protection. Following are meetings of wartime Allied leaders, shown briefly in the ending of the film: Prime Minister Winston Churchill meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the battleship, USS Augusta, at Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Roosevelt stands at the railing, assisted by his son, Army Captain Elliot Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, at the Cairo conference, in 1943. Joseph Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill pose outside the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) during the Yalta conference in 1945. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, American Ambassador Harriman, British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, and Churchill's daughter, Sarah, in uniform, are among those standing behind the seated Big Three. Delegates from 51 Nations gathered for the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, in Westminster Central Hall, London, England, in 1946.
Allied leaders at the Malta Conference (Code name: Argonaut, Phase I, Cricket) during World War II. A ship at a harbor in Yalta, Crimea. Smoke rises from stacks in the background. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the bridge of the British Royal Navy Cruiser, HMS Orion, salutes as the U.S. Cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) assisted by a tugboat, passes, carrying U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Valletta Harbor, Malta. Crew members aboard the cruiser salute British Prime Minister Churchill.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students in prone firing position. An instructor seated near them. A student aims through a scope and fires an M-14 rifle from behind sand bag mounds. A spotter looks through a sighting instrument. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter with a sling load flies overhead.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper range in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A 23rd Division band plays at the dedication ceremony of the firing range. Officers talk. U.S. Army Brigadier Bertram K. Gortwiz speaks as soldiers seated in chairs listen. Soldiers stand at their places during the dedication ceremony. A sign being unveiled. The officers salute. An officer speaks at the ceremony. A sign reads 'Brown range named in honor of James Brown'. A view of the firing range.
A Big Picture production about use and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Sergeant Stuart Queen at a desk as he speaks about the importance of marksmanship. A reconstruction depicts soldiers loading shells in a canon. A soldier with a rifle. An old U.S. flag with 13 stars flies from a pole. The Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Exteriors of the armory and a sign reads '1794'. A sign reads 'Museum'. The original Blanchard lathe at the museum. Billinghurst Requa Battery gun at the museum.
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. An enactment shows two men carrying rifles. A hunter uses a duck call sound to call birds. Birds in flight. Men fire rifles to shoot the ducks. Men fire rifles from bushes. A hunter retrieves a duck in shallow water. Another hunter carries two ducks across a field.
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