U.S. forces battle against the enemy in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows U.S. forces occupying Saipan and moving towards Tinian Island. A United States officer shakes hands with soldiers.
Followup to the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight. The U.S. Army Air Corps Photographic department processes and assembles the 60 rolls of film shot by the USAAC 1934 Alaska Flight during its aerial photo-mapping mission over 21 thousand square miles of Alaska territory. Photographic workers mount film onto large rolls and place them into developing solutions. Long strips of film are seen drying on rotating slatted drums.Oblique negatives placed in rectifying printer are transformed into vertical photographs. Workers develop the negatives. Developed single wing photographs. Composite five lens photographs ready for mapping.
United States President Harry Truman inspects 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Armored Division and the 84th Infantry Division in Frankfurt, Germany. A large American flag on a car. President Truman departs in his car after the inspection. President Harry Truman shakes hands with soldiers. View of the I G Farben Building used by U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his headquarters. The President bestows the DSM (Distinguished Service Medals) on four foreign officers. (World War II period).
United States Secretary of Navy John H. Chafee arrives on USS Saratoga in the United States. John H Chafee is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel, Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David Richardson is greeted by Captain Warren H Oniel. Officials converse with each other and pose for a photograph. Dignitaries don Mae West or life jackets before boarding a U.S. Navy Kaman UH-2C Seasprite helicopter.
The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. Dignitaries and officers in a line board USS Saratoga. A band plays aboard the ship. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral William F Halsey, U.S. Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas and other naval officers board the ship. A board in the background reads 'Home of Scharfer'. The officers converse with each other aboard the ship.
Film opens referring to U.S. Marines in 1775. In a reenactment men carrying the "Don't Tread on Me" flag march to resist the British. Next, they are seen in a battle at sea. Scene shifts to 20th Century, where Marines are seen marching in a parade in an American city. Scene shifts again, to a ship at a dock with U.S. Marines disembarking. Closeup of some in class A and dress uniforms carrying duffel bags. They sing as they move from the ship to the dock and then march along a pier, past sailors aboard a lightly armed ship.. (World War II period).
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