United States OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Operational Group's assistance in helping to organize and coordinate partisan activities in Italy during Cayuga Mission of World War II. In support of Italian anti-fascists and anti-Nazi Germany, U.S. Army Air Force aircraft drop parachute supplies for Italian partisans on snow-covered fields.
U.S. Congress repeals movie tax in the United States. The U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. Sponsor of the bill to repeal the 20% tax on movie admission Noah Mason walks down the steps of the Capitol. Congressman Mason at his desk comments upon the passage of his bill which now awaits Presidential action.
U.S. Senator from California William F. Knowland speaks in Washington DC, United States. Senator Knowland highlights the achievements of the ongoing session of Congress which is about to adjourn. He praises the legislative body's record of accomplishments.
The newest additions to U.S. Navy's guided missile fleet in the United States. A U.S. Navy guided missile fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. Fifteen destroyers underway. A warship mounts a stabilization system to cut down rolling in heavy sea. A Terrier Rocket is launched from a ship which attacks and destroys a target aircraft in the sky. The aircraft comes down in flames.
Opening scene shows deck of the Swedish ocean liner M.S. Gripsholm, as it is departing Jersey City, New Jersey, with Japanese Nationals and Issei (First generation Japanese) aboard, who are being repatriated from the United States to Japan, during World War 2. The Swedish First Mate is seen on deck speaking with two Red Cross women dressed in white. The Swedish flag is seen in the background. A very small Japanese boy squats on the deck and watches several Lehigh Valley Railroad barges passing nearby, including one containing a house. Glimpse of the Gripsholm's Captain and a sailor on deck. Japanese women walk about on the deck and join other passengers and some crew who are looking across the Hudson River at the Manhattan, New York City skyline.
American and Australian troop convoy underway at sea, and then arriving at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A Hudson bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force flys by the troop ship escorting them into the harbor. U.S. and Australian troops unloading men and supplies at Port Moresby. Japanese planes attack the dock area and troop convoy. Elevated land-based views of the harbor with explosions and smoke during the bombing. Anti aircraft guns fired at enemy planes. Soldiers and sailors on ships at harbor open fire on the Japanese aircraft overhead. Planes drop bombs and explosions occur. Complete change of scene to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. United States Navy sailors fighting fires aboard the USS Yorktown. Japanese airplanes overhead during the Battle of Midway attacking the Yorktown. Patterns of tracer bullets seen fired from the Yorktown. Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft is hit by gunners on the USS Yorktown.
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