A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Colonel Thomas of the United States Marine Corps briefs U.S. Marines about an operational plan. The Marines loaded in jeeps and command cars advance inland. They move across a jungle and then onto a hilltop ridge that later was named "Blood Ridge" due to fierce fighting there. A man looks through a sighting instrument at an observation post. Gun emplacements and foxholes are established. A Marine looks at a picture of an American girl that he has at his campsite. U.S. Marines fire a 105 mm gun. An aircraft spotter looks through a sighting instrument and spots Japanese aircraft in flight. Japanese bombers in flight. Antiaircraft guns are fired by American forces. Japanese airplane is hit. The airplane plunges toward the ground with smoke streaming behind it and the airplane crashes. Machine guns being fired at the Japanese aircraft. Another Japanese aircraft is hit and the aircraft crashes into water. Men at Henderson Field. Wrecked American aircraft. Aerial view of Henderson Field.
Dumping of radioactive material in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy sailors roll a barrel or drum of radioactive nuclear waste material over the side of the U.S. Navy's tank landing ship USS Calhoun County (LST-519). The sailors knock down a 50 gallon drum and roll it over the side of the ship. Drums being rolled over the edge of the ship into the Atlantic Ocean by pairs of sailors. Water splashes.
Dumping of radioactive material in the Atlantic Ocean. The open sea as the sun sets. Three officers on the bridge of U.S. Navy ship USS Calhoun County (LST-519). An emblem hangs from the side of the bridge depicting a turtle with a helmet on, floating in water, and the ships motto above it, "Slow but sure." An enlisted man walks around the weather deck with a Geiger counter as he checks for radioactivity after the radioactive nuclear waste has been dumped. Drums containing atomic waste secured on the deck. Enlisted persons move over the barrels. Two enlisted men roll out drums over the edge of the ship. A drum strikes water and disappears below the surface. The men roll the drums over the edge of the ship and a drum falls into the sea. Personnel wash down the area where the drums were stored. A man uses a squeegee and a hose in the area. Men wash and sweep down the area.
A Cold War era film about the low angle flying ability of U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler aircraft in the United States. A map traces the route to be taken by B-58 aircraft to the Soviet Union. A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels the B-58 in mid air. A map traces the route of a possible B-58 Hustler aircraft mission to Kiev, Ukraine from England. The route of a B-58 mission from Pacific islands to China. A B-58 Hustler in flight carrying a free fall bomb pod. A crewman aboard an airborne B-58 aircraft. The B-58 aircraft makes a low pass over an airstrip.
The U.S. forces combat the Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks in Okinawa, Japan during World War 2. Aerial view of the field. A U.S. aircraft takes off. A pilot in the cockpit. Aircraft stationed on the aircraft carrier and men on the deck. Aerial view of the air field and the bombed ground installations. An aircraft in flight during night. A delay fuse on the ground.
U.S. Air Force Sergeant Martin Difrancisco teaches martial arts to young boys and girls near Spokane, Washington, United States. Sergeant Martin Difrancisco teaches Judo to children of Air Force personnel at the Fairchild Air Force Base. Young boys practice judo and others watch while sitting. Young girls seated and practicing judo. He demonstrates karate skills, breaking wooden boards with his hand. He demonstrates control of a Japanese Samurai sword, using it to cut a carrot positioned on the stomach of his assistant, and then on the neck of his assistant, without harming his assistant. People stand and watch his demonstration.
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