A Douglas R4D transport aircraft (number 245 seen on fuselage) takes off during World War 2. Jane Kendeigh, the first Navy flight nurse to land in an active Pacific combat zone, and a few U.S. Marines are inside a Douglas R4D airplane in flight, speaking to one another and taking care of injured soldiers that are lying on stretchers and beds throughout the aircraft. Kendeigh is seen next to a few loaves of bread and a plate of meat, making sandwiches. The cockpit of the airplane is shown, with its pilots speaking to one another. An injured Marine on a bed is offered something out of a bowl, and another is seen with his hand on his forehead, presumably sleeping. Finally, a few shots of soldiers sitting and standing throughout the plane, talking amongst themselves.
A smaller, support vessel (possibly a minesweeper) with a single mast is seen sailing in the English Channel. Then, a U.S. sailor is seen looking out through a pair of binoculars towards other ships far off in the distance, also traveling towards Normandy. Closer camera view shows that they are World War 2 landing craft infantry (LCI). More LCIs are shown off in the distance, this time with a few sailors and an antiaircraft gun in the foreground. The final shot is zoomed in on three more LCIs sailing next to one another.
A pair of German soldiers ride on top of a tank destroyer with a stuffed teddy bear fastened to its gun barrel, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. One of the soldiers is laying on his side. The camera focuses on the teddy bear doll as the tank destroyer passes. Utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops on a road as seen from the rear of a vehicle. Allied prisoners of war (POW) march under guard along a muddy road past German vehicles. Some of the prisoners help or carry injured comrades. Closeup of captured American prisoners of war. Two prisoners of war smoke cigarettes while carrying an injured man. U.S. Army soldier prisoner of war skip over soft, muddy area through the woods. Four American single engine aircraft fly overhead. German soldiers fire anti-aircraft gun at enemy aircraft. An airplane is downed. Black smoke rises over downed plane. Close up of SS (Schutzstaffel) troops manning an anti-aircraft gun. German soldiers happily wave at friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft buzzing at them. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer from a camouflaged staff car points to aircraft above them. A soldier on a motorcycle looking up in the sky. Civilian woman gives out bread to a soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer. The soldier is smiling after he received bread. A group of civilians welcome German troops in tanks. Children waving at the German soldiers. German troops riding on top of a Tiger II tank wave back at well-wishers. Field Marshal Walter Model, Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the Ardennes. Marshal Model watch soldiers remove a fence. Model talking to a Nazi SS soldier.
Damage done to aircraft hangars during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in World War 2. View from inside damaged hangar with broken glass and smoke everywhere from the Japanese attack. Dozens of U.S. sailors running through another cloud of smoke. Ground view of four Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero airplanes flying past the camera in a line. Another Japanese airplane is struck by ground fire and is shown flying almost straight towards the camera, leaving a trail of smoke behind it and firing as it flies by. Final scene is an aerial view of a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat shown flying in front of a large thunderhead cloud.
Views of destruction at Pearl Harbor following Japanese attack in World War 2: View across Pearl Harbor, where heavy black smoke is billowing from ships in the distance. An American flag waves closer to the camera. Another similar shot follows, this time with a sailor looking at the camera in the foreground. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Smoke rising from damaged ships in the harbor is shown, before the camera cuts to looking at black smoke much higher in the sky. A U.S. cruiser is shown leaving the harbor, before more shots of billowing smoke off in the distance. Small boats move from right to left in the harbor. Shot of Pearl Harbor hours or days later, with now black smoke in view. An American flag is once again seen flying in this shot.
View across Pearl Harbor. Black smoke rising from U.S. Navy ships in battelship row in the distance. Black smoke across the harbor. Cranes and an American flag flying in the foreground. Closeup of sailor with a distressed look on his face who steps right in front of the camera. Smaller ships move across the harbor towards the smoke. Views from a large ship moving out of the harbor. The USS Oklahoma(BB-37) is seen capsized beside the USS Maryland (BB-46). Another large battleship is seen listing to one side. USS Maryland sends a signal light message from it's bridge. Wreckage is shown of aircraft, hangars, and runways at Ford Island Naval Air Station following Japanese air attack. A damaged cruiser, still afloat but smoking from two points, one on the main deck and another from it's smokestack.
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