Activities of Parisians in Paris, France. French men and women get into a U.S. Army vehicle. French men waving from military trucks. People in a horse drawn carriage. French people crowd together in moving wagons. People ride on a horse drawn vehicle. People ride on wagon.
Bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. Extensive bomb wreckage in Tokyo with pedestrian traffic on streets. Damaged buildings and ruins. Pedestrians carry umbrellas as they walk on a road. Damaged buildings and trees.
Department stores at Ginza in Tokyo, Japan. The Ginza. A sign ' TOKYOIPX'. A former Japanese department store. Street sign erected by the U.S. army, "Ginza Ave". American soldiers and officers enter and come out at entrance of 'Main Store'.
Children of Koga see first American soldiers in Japan during World War II. Children and civilians crowded around a U.S. soldier. Children follow the soldier. Children follow the soldier through the streets and run behind him.
Activities of the Seabees at Munda Point in the Solomon Islands during World War 2. Views of utter destruction from the U.S bombardment of Munda. Destroyed buildings, facilities, Japanese airplanes and dead Japanese soldiers. Leafless trees and damaged wooded area. Seabees commence cleanup and construction. They cremate and bury the dead Japanese. Trucks and bulldozers move over muddy terrain to level the land to construct an airstrip. Views of the steady progress of construction over the period from August 8 to August 12, 1943. The airstrip is completed within 5 days. On the 5th day a Navy F4F aircraft lands on the coral runway. . The pilot in the cockpit smiles. The Spirit of 76 is painted on his airplane. Views of other F4Fs landing on the coral runway.
Activities of the Seabees during Allied invasion of Sicily, in World War II. Seabees lash sections of floating causeway to LST. Allied troops landing on the beach of Sicily shores between Licata and Gela. Seabees install floating causeway from LST to the beach. A bulldozer goes from the LST to the beach over the causeway. "Enemy" Italian troops volunteer to help with the unloading. German stuka dive bombers attack the allied beachhead and destroy an LST. Sherman tanks reach the beachhead from other LSTs using the floating causeways. Vehicles, artillery, and troops move ashore over the causeways.
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