United States Marines and tanks advance in Okinawa. 105 mm battery in M-7 tank. Smoke grenades shielding M4A2 tank. Machine gun is fired. (World War II period).
U.S. 6th Marine Regiment 22nd Marines advance on mountain in Okinawa. Marine receives fire on peak and he runs for cover. Marine with 30 cal light machine gun change position of machine gun. Marine in prone position firing BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle). Marines in the foreground watch burning of Japanese entrenchment. Burned Japanese bodies in entrenchment, Marine walks over same. Marines take cover behind rock wall in the foreground. M4A2 tank on side of hill, blasting entrenchment with flamethrower. (World War II period).
Supplies to U.S. 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion in Okinawa. TBF Avenger aircraft making parachute runs over hilly terrain. Aircraft over palm trees. Parachute supplies descending from TBF. Marines spread out on field to receive supplies. Marine watches phosphorous smoke rising in the background. TBF drops parachute supplies.
U.S. 22nd Marines, 1st and 2nd Battalion advances towards and into Naha in Okinawa. Trucks and LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) carrying equipment and supplies, move through heavy mud. Mud is left on roads after heavy rain. Truck and jeep stuck in mud. Truck towing trailer is towed out of mud after being stuck. Truck moves through deep mud. Marines with rifles move through streets of Naha. Marine slowly advance toward wrecked building. One Marine throws grenade into entranceway. Grenade explodes. They move through entranceway.
View of a factory producing war munitions in the United States during World War 2. A machine operator prepares an artillery shell. Interiors of a training school show men operating industrial machinery and learning how to operate the machines for making armaments. Exteriors of training school. Various industrial machinery operated by young men. Man instructing men how to operate a machine.
Alternating World War 2 footage and dramatized scenes with actors. German Luftwaffe bombers destroying French cities. Invasion of France by Germany. Burning buildings and debris in French cities during 1940 invasion. Hitler viewing Eiffel Tower while visiting Paris in June 1940 after occupation. German flag atop Eiffel Tower. Allied fighter aircraft shot down, pilot ejects and parachutes to ground as aircraft crashes with explosion. Pilot landing in parachute, gathering and hiding parachute. Actors conversation segment. Footage of sad looking and defeated French soldiers marching in streets of France under occupying German guard, as depressed French citizens look on. French General Philippe Petain at desk delivering speech that calls for collaboration with Germans. Close ups of sad and crying French men, women, and children in streets of France suffering war and occupation. Petain salutes soldiers during a parade after he abolishes representative government. Petain speaks from podium to gathered soldiers. View of French General Charles De Gaulle, in Britain, calling for continued French resistance and speaking to French officers on a warship. Actor dialog segment. Footage of Petain visiting Hitler. They shake hands while photographers record the meeting. Actor segments. Footage of Free French forces training and marching in various cities. Free French soldier receives machine gun training. French officer training in Russia at a Soviet recognition ceremony. French soldiers carry railroad ties and discuss over a map. RAF spitfires in flight. Sign at training camp "French Air Force Squadron. Flexible Gunnery School." Allied naval ships at sea; close views of ship guns. Smoke rises from French ship fleet scuttled at Toulon November 27, 1942. Mobilized French citizens receiving rifle training. Free French Army encampment with French flag raising ceremony. French citizens gather to read posted German notices. Parade celebrating liberation of Paris in World War II. Happy French citizens smile and cheer French, American, and Soviet allies marching in Paris.
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