View of the U.S. Navy P2V-1 (BuNo 89082) on the RAAF Base Pearce, Perth, Australia. The Turtle logo painted on its fuselage. The aircraft at the end of the runway commencing its takeoff roll, and then being boosted into the air as 4 JATO (Jet assisted takeoff) bottles ignite. Dark smoke from the JATO bottles is clearly visible.
Animation shows U.S. strategy for advances against Japanese in the Solomon Islands, and beyond, emanating from bases on Guadalcanal. The remote island of Rendova. U.S. Army, Marine, and Seabee units landing on Rendova. A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber flies very low over the landing party. LVTs are seen (Landing Vehicle Track). Scenes of dense jungle. Large amounts of supplies are unloaded on the beachhead. U.S. troops set up antiaircraft guns on the beachhead. A formation of 4 Japanese dive bombers approaches. They peel off and attack. Fires burn from Japanese bombing. U.S. casualties being treated at the beachhead. U.S. marines exchange fire with Japanese snipers in dense jungle. Several dead Japanese soldiers. LSTs (Landing ship Tank) arrive at beachhead, carrying heavy armor and construction equipment. Seabees operating bulldozers on the island. 155 mm guns are pulled through the jungle, emplaced, and commence firing.
Reinforcements and supplies arriving on Guadalcanal during World War 2. Various views of Soldiers and supplies arriving from transport ships. These operations are occuring in 1943, after Guadalcanal has been secured and now being prepared as a base for further allied advances against Japanese-held islands on the road to Japan itself. In one scene Soldiers are seen arrivng on a Higgins Boat from the transport ship, USS George Clymer (APA-27). Most of the film shows supplies being amassed on the beachhead. Local natives are employed helping unload and store the large quantities of supplies.
Representatives of United Nations countries, who participates in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at a cemetery (UN Memorial Park) in Pusan, South Korea. Troops stand in attention. Officers and officials come and greet other officers standing beside the path. Troops and sailors stand in attention. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen on poles over the cemetery. A contingent of 4 Australian soldiers stand before their national flag, where a wreath lies at the flag pole base. U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway is seen leading the representatives in the proceedings.
Life of Air Force personnel families at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, United States. Wives of U.S. Air Force personnel exercise in a gymnasium. Women wearing unitards use a rowing machine, do inverted bicycle leg exercises, and lift weights using a barbell and bench press.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. Brief glimpse of two U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois (Huey) helicopters, coming in to land at a fire base. Next they are seen departing again. The sun is setting in the background.
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