D-Day + 7 on Iwo Jima during World War 2. View of Japanese wooden crate in debris and sea grass. A bottle of Saki sits next to it. A U.S. marine examines it closely and finds a wire connected to the crate (a booby trap). He cuts the wire, removes the bottle, and ties a red warning flag by the crate. Camera focuses on a wrecked Japanese 75mm wooden-wheeled mountain gun with several shells on the ground nearby, and then on the breech of, what appears to be a wrecked 10cm wooden-wheeled cannon with a shell in the sand next to it.
A U.S. Marine holding a container of blood plasma, administers a transfusion, to a wounded marine in a stretcher on sands of Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Closeup of the wounded marine. Closeup of another marine having his wounds dressed with bandages. Closup of a smiling, but weary, marine. Smoke rising near the shore.
Knocked out U.S. Marine M4A3 Sherman tank in sand with track broken loose. Another one, with hatches open and helmets tied to it, sitting on a sand berm. Marine infantry maneuvering in large open area. Another knocked out Sherman tank and closeup of the name,"Agony," printed on tank. Knocked out Sherman tanks in a gully and several undamaged, positioned with guns pointed over top of nearby sand berm. Marines carrying a wounded one on a stretcher.
Air raids and battle in Japan in the Pacific Theater near the end of World War II. A cemetery of United States military soldiers in the Japanese island of Okinawa. Memorial at the tombstone of Ernie Pyle built by the 77th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. General Doolittle, General Henry Arnold, General George Kenney, General Ennis Whitehead and other officers during a discussion standing before planes at the 48th Air Force base. B-29 aircraft advances towards Tokyo. Bomber aircraft dropping of a number of guided bombs towards their targets. Targets include Japanese airplane factories, shipping industry, military supply chains in the cities of Tokyo, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Okinawa and Yokohama of Japan. Explosion and smoke arises from bombed targets on ground. Aerial wide and close up views of a B-29 aircraft in flight. Narrator notes that on 05 August 1945, Enola Gay, a B-29, carries the atomic bomb and flies towards Hiroshima. Atomic explosion seen signifying the one in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, but narrator indicates the image seen is that of the first atomic explosion (the Trinity test) during on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. Immense cloud of smoke and light. This atomic explosion, the first of two, was pivotal in compelling Japan to surrender unconditionally. Film ending includes public service announcement image "Buy Bonds. Hold Them. Victory Loan."
United States Marine Corps during raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. Marines use mine detectors in the battle field. Troops follow the path checked by the Marines. A tank dozer cleans the ground in battlefield. A Marine watches as the tank dozer rides over the ridges. Marine at machine gun post behind a ridge, fires a 50 caliber machine gun. Tanks advance down the road cleared by mine detectors and laid by the tank dozer. Number of tanks driving on the road across the airfield. .
U.S. Army 7th Cavalry Regiment and 82nd Field Artillery (Horse) Battalion on maneuvers in Marfa, Texas. 82nd Field Artillery sets up battery of French 75 field artillery pieces to fire at "enemy" positions. Gunners adjust artillery aim towards the target. French 75s fire on targets, one after the other. Gunners reload them and fire again. Artillery and cavalry in "retreat," take new positions. Cavalry troops ride fast towards new position on a dusty "battlefield."
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