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Views of U.S. Forces in the Pacific and European theaters of operation during World War II
U.S. Troops in the Solomon Islands during World War II, load munitions and supplies aboard landing craft to be carried to the troopship, USS Frederick Funston (APA-89), sitting offshore. The equipment and troops are bound for Bougainville, New Guinea, to reinforce marines there. Next, the troops themselves, in full battle gear, enter Higgins boats, to be ferried to the troopship. Closeup of troops boarding one of the landing craft. View from a landing craft heading to the Frederick Funston, seen ahead. View from the Higgins boat approaching the troopship, and then of troops climbing aboard via a rope net. Closeup of soldiers climbing the net. Change of scene shows U.S. Field Artillery unit changing position on New Georgia. They employ caterpillar tractors to move the guns. One is seen bogging down in the soft earth, so another tractor assists by pushing on the gun (possibly damaging its barrel). After arriving at the new position, they are ordered to move again, because of movements of the Japanese forces. This time, the troops pitch in and use sheer manpower to move a howitzer. Scene shifts again, to Italy, where U.S. troops attempt to ford a river on the road from, Benevento, to Caserta, after German forces destroyed all bridges along it. A truck is seen successfully crossing after combat engineers created a path for it. Trucks and jeeps move through muddy paths. The last image shows a jeep equipped with a tall bumper-mounted wire cutter.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill takes the controls of a flying boat over the Atlantic Ocean.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated in an aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. He takes the controls of the flying boat, with a cigar in his mouth. Men seated in the cockpit. A huge crowd gathered at a British railway station as Prime Minister Churchill arrives back in England, United Kingdom. Crowd cheers. Prime Minister Churchill sits in a car and leaves.
Horse drawn artillery pieces, Personnel carriers and motorized rocket launchers during May Day Parade in Moscow, Russia.
May Day Parade in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Pictures of Josef Stalin in many places. General Zukov and other officers lead parade on white horses, followed by horse cavalry units.. A huge crowd gathered for the May Day celebrations. Group of military spectators includes a U.S. Army Colonel. Horse drawn artillery pieces. Personnel carriers and motorized rocket launchers move along the road. Tanks pass in formation. Officers salute. Politcal leaders in reviewing stand include Georgy Malenkov and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin.
U.S. Navy aircraft are catapulted from the flight deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) during the Korean War.
F9F-2 Panther aircraft of VF-112,is catapulted from the deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. It is followed by the catapulting of several Reconnaissance F9F-2Ps of VC-61, Unit C. Some more F9F-2s of VF-112 are also catapulted.
Views outside and inside of abandoned factory buildings in China at end of World War II
Film opens as camera pans over views of factory buildings in China after World War 2.. Closeup of a Chinese soldier pointing to a sign posted on a wooden building reading "U.N.R.R.A. It Is Belonged To Our Office. No Admittance To Anybody Or Armies To Enter." (UNRRA refers to the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.) Views inside an abandoned factory with remains of product scattered about as if occupants left in a hurry. Camera pans over outside of factory buildings that all seem quite intact.
Soviet General Vasily Chuikov, and advisors to Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) military during 2nd Sino-Japanese War (WW2)
People milling about near the base of a tall white monument with a Soviet T-34 tank perched on its top. A busy area in front of a big-city train station. It displays Russian and Chinese Nationalist flags. Smoke rises up from chimney behind the train station building. Closeup of smiling multiethnic civilians wearing warm coats standing in a group. The rear of a multistory building displaying posters of Chiang Kai-Shek and an unidentified official. A huge "V" hung over center of building, with sign in large Chinese characters on roof above it. View of front of building. It appears to be a headquarters. Some small obstacles placed on street in front of the building and some sand bags near entrance. Local Chinese troops walking in the street. A large poster on the street, showing Soviet and Chinese soldiers shaking hands. It contains message: "НАРОДЫ СССР ИКИТАЯ СОЕДЯИНЯИТЕСЬ" (PEOPLES OF THE USSR AND CHINA UNITE). Message is also written in Chinese above the picture. Many passengers are seen getting off train at open air depot. Men stand on top of the railroad cars, offloading bundles from train roof, with ropes. View of wide street with an official building at end. Flags from posts at sides of gated entrance. Donkey pulling a cart and a man with a hand cart seen on street. Crowded outdoor "camping" area, with many wooden tables and chairs, and multiethnic people cooking and eating. A market place, with donkeys standing by heavily laden carts. Owners wait to offload their goods for merchant buyers. A young man displays a huge bowl of rice. Workers on roof, making repairs to bomb-damaged building. Several pedestrians and animal drawn carts seen on the main road from the Headquarters. A jeep and a truck, with American White Star insignia on it, are seen in driveway of building. Sandbags at corner of building. Complete change of scene and time. Large central plaza with tall monument in center. Snow on the ground. Horse-drawn carts pass in front of an imposing building adorned with a huge "medal" containing a bas-relief of Josef Stalin; a huge Red Star, on the roof; and a large sign in Russian reading: "ОСВОБОПИТЕПЬНЦЕ" (Liberator). A Russian officer and two Russian soldiers with weapons. Soviet Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov, special advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek in 1941, shakes hands with a Chinese one-star General in World War II. Another Chinese officer, in plain uniform, stands near.(Latter has injured nose.) [Important Note: This film appears to include segments from various unrelated places and times ]
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