U.S. Navy sailor, Bugler , blows call over PA (Public Address) system. This film, taken from the heavy cruiser USS Louisville, CA-28, shows a battle line of U.S. cruisers and battleships underway in the battle of Peleliu, Palau, in World War 2. The first ship is the heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33; the second ship is the battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; at time 01:06 the third ship in line is the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41. The Portland and the Mississippi display camouflage paint.
U.S.Marines of 3rd 155mm Howitzer Battalion, Baker Battery, in operation during battle of Okinawa, during World War 2. (For this campaign, they have been assigned to the U.S. Army 419th Field Artillery Group.) Camouflage netting is stretched over gun position. Crew fires many rounds. The operation appears routine: shell placed, propellant powder placed, breech closed, piece fired, crew uses pole to swab barrel, and the process is repeated. The Marines are stripped to the waist as they work. They pause after a session of firing. Gunner wearing headphone speaks into telephone. Gunner, in a tent, cutting bag charges of propellant. He reties sacks containing correct amount and gives them to another gunner.
World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union. German tanks and armored vehicles advance on Russian front just outside Stalingrad. German tanks firing. German soldiers advancing through towns and into industrial outskirts of the city, near railroad marshaling yards and industrial plants. German soldiers firing rifles from bomb craters and embankments. Scenes of devastated buildings. Smoke rises in air. Soldiers cross railroad tracks. Shirtless German soldier loading artillery shell that is fired at Stalingrad. Elevated views of city of Stalingrad during battle, as explosions and fire are seen in buildings in the distance. Aerial views from German Luftwaffe bomber aircraft as they bomb the city of Stalingrad. Stuka dive bombers accompany them and are seen diving during battle.
Japanese emissary with wooden leg prosthetics sits down to sign at Japanese surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay at end of World War 2. Other Japanese emissary signs. Japanese delegation waiting to sign.
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
U.S. military troops and vehicles of Atlantic convoy on dock in Iceland. Army soldiers on docks. Scenes of dock area. Many AP and AK ships anchored in harbor. Man chops marker buoy loose from side of ship underway. (World War 2 period.)
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