A United States Navy Training Film about the Battle of Coral Sea. Air search conducted by Japanese commandant forces. Commander of 4th fleet analyzes the situation. Duties and work of a commander. Allied and Japanese forces in the Coral Sea. Position of Task Force (TF)-17 support force. Final phase of the battle. Destroyers included in TF-17. Wrong decisions taken by TF 17 discussed. Bombers and torpedoes included in battle. Pilot reports the position of Japanese TF after an air search. Air group in flight. Fighter planes and divers included in the battle. Torpedoes and guns fire at enemy airplanes. Increased air fighter group which includes air patrol group from New York. Time and radar showing the position of TF. Position of TF17's support group. Bombers encounter TF-17 support group. Flight of Australian planes and Japanese counter attack.
A United States Naval Training Film about the Battle of Coral Sea. The U.S. destroyers move to point RYE. Japanese change course. Japanese search area before proceeding. Japanese forces find U.S. Task Force. Japanese Air Group Commanders find carriers and attack the destroyers. U.S. ships positions disclosed to the enemy. Fight starts U.S. orders his air group to attack. Movement of Japanese and U.S. forces. Japanese search U.S. TF positions and make decisions for further proceedings.
United States soldiers on leave in Italy. They visit the ruins of Pompeii. The soldiers enter. They stand and pose. They gather at a huge gate and fill cups from a tap and from urns. Damaged columns of Pompeii. (World War II period).
United States soldiers, on leave, visit Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The soldiers walk near the summit of a mountain. Snow fall over the mountain. The soldiers walk on a mountain path. They take the mountain tramway. Soldiers sitting in a tram. (World War II period).
United States soldiers on leave visit Mount Vesuvius in Italy. The soldiers tour the molten lava area of Mount Vesuvius with an Italian guide. They light a cigarette with lava. The soldiers take pictures through the smoky haze. Women of U.S. WACs (Women's Army Corps) eat sandwiches. (World War II period).
A burial in Bougainville Cemetery, Solomon Islands. Grave marks in the cemetery. Names written on the crosses. Soldiers dig graves and put a dead body in a grave. A burial service for United States Marines. (World War II period).
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