German air attacks on U.S. ships at Anzio harbor, Italy during World War II. Tracers chase a German aircraft. Bursts on water. A U.S. gun crew fires at the German aircraft. The aircraft falls over Anzio in flames.
Filmed from the U.S. destroyer escort, USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) in Anzio harbor, Italy during World War 2. A British Spitfire fighter flies almost directly overhead. A U.S. Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat is seen moving in the water. It passes near a Higgins Boat carrying several occupants. An American P-51 fighter plane flies past, in the background, at less than a thousand feet above the water. Next, two PT boats are seen near the Higgins Boat. Scene shifts to a PT boat creating a notable wake as it turns to port, past the camera, at high speed. It then turns to starboard and moves away at high speed.
Nichols Field, Philippines, prior to World War II in the Pacific. Seversky P-35 pursuit plane parked with engine running. Pilots of the U.S. Army 17th Pursuit Squadron pose on and around a P-35 airplane. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lands and parks. U.S. Army airmen walking around and examining the parked B-17. The number 21 and 5B painted on the tail of the B-17.
Aerial views of U.S. fleet off the coast of Japan towards the end of World War II. A U.S. Navy Iowa Class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) underway. Destroyer USS Nicholas (DD-449) underway flanking battleship. A Japanese camouflaged DD anchored near a dock (IJN Fubuki Type II Destroyer Ushio?) A Japanese Navy BB (battleship) in a basin. Shore facilities near Yokosuka Naval Base show bomb damage.
A film covers chemical warfare defense training received by U.S. soldiers at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, United States. A soldier wearing special clothing enters a portable decontamination chamber and removes gloves, jacket and gas masks in separate chambers. The soldier removes his shirt and gas mask and puts it into a machine marked with a sign which reads 'contaminated apparel outlet'. He pushes 'shower push' button on the machine. The soldier in the decontamination chamber uses a towel and puts on a shirt. He walks away.
A film covers chemical warfare defense training received by U.S. airmen at George Air Force Base in California, United States. Wash water flows in a drain. U.S. airmen in special clothing rope off the wash area. A sign along the rope reads 'Gas'. The airmen hose down a portion of motor pool.
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