A U.S. Navy training film titled 'The PT's' about the role and importance of patrol boats during a war ( World War 2). A sign reads 'Motor torpedo boat squadron training center' in the United States. Trainees in a class room as U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley briefs them about the role of torpedo motor boats. The trainees listen to him carefully and take down notes. Patrol boats underway at sea. A gunner aboard a boat as an explosion occurs at sea.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. An ambulance jeep pulls up at a First Aid Station. The jeep parks and men remove casualty on a stretcher. Medics treat the casualty. They find the casualty to be dead. A priest near the dead marine. The dead being covered with a sheet. The priest says a prayer for the dead. The marines carry a stretcher towards the first aid room.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The marines carry a stretcher towards a first aid room. A native child lying on the stretcher being given first aid. Doctors and Corpsmen treat a casualty as they remove old bandages. The marines carry a stretcher with a native child lying on it and load it aboard an ambulance jeep. The jeep pulls away.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A group of men seated under a tent at an aid station. Casualties lying on stretchers at the aid station. Men unload a casualty from an ambulance jeep. A doctor examines a casualty and checks the pulse. A Corpsman gets data from a wounded man. A wounded marine lying on a stretcher.
The United States 2nd Marine Division removes wounded from a battlefield in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Ambulance jeeps come down a road towards a first aid station. The marines unload casualties on stretchers from the ambulance jeeps. The casualties being moved into the first aid station. A marine walks behind an ambulance jeep as it moves down a hill. The marines unload casualties on stretchers from an ambulance jeep. A doctor looks at a wounded marine. A wounded marine sitting on a stretcher. The marines load litter wounded on to a truck. The truck carrying wounded marines pulls away from the hospital area.
American forces in Leipzig, Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. Landmarks include the heavily damaged New Town Hall, Burgplatz, and a church. At start of film, German civilians are seen running along railroad tracks, past war-damaged platform, to reach a train. Hungry German civilian men wrestle with a man on a sidewalk holding a large piece of meat. American soldiers walking across a city square in single file. Two Sherman tanks move across city square following the tracks of a tramway. The overhead electric wires for the tram are visible. More views of American soldiers walking and some in jeeps. A tilted view of the Reform Evangelist Church. Then camera straightens out and shows it properly. In front of the church, two American soldiers sit on a half-track with M45 Quadmount (Maxson) Anti-Aircraft guns installed on it. Back of the half-track has "660 AAA" stenciled on it. Many Jerry cans are held in racks along the sides of the half-track. Scene shifts to a formation of German prisoners of war with their hands over their heads. Close-up views of faces of German soldier prisoners of war. Camera pans across them, closeup. They carry all their personal gear, including bed rolls, but no weapons. View from behind them. Wider glimpse of the prisoners under guard. The severely damaged 1928 Kroch Building (Krochhochhaus) is seen in the background. Several German prisoners sit in a jeep, guarded by an American soldier with an M3 .45-caliber sub-machine gun ("grease gun"). At the end of the film, the bomb damaged 1905 New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) is seen in the background.
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