United States Marine Corps Sergeant John Basilone being interviewed in New York during World War II. The Mayor of New York Fiorello Henry La Guardia interviews him. The mayor in his office with the sergeant. La Guardia welcomes Basilone and they shake hands. Sergeant Basilone received the Medal of Honor for his work for the country. The mayor interviews him about the combat against the Japanese. The mayor makes a statement concerning war bonds.
German troops occupying key locations in the City of Copenhagen, Denmark, during the Second World War. Troops occupying the Danish Citadel fortress. Front of a church with inscription: "Jeg er vejen og sandheden" (I am the way and the truth). German troops in courthyard of the Citadel, folding up the Danish flag (Swastika flying from roof). German bombers dropping "OPRPI" leaflets over the city, calling for Danes to cooperate. Danish and German soldiers sharing cigarettes, as German bombers fly overhead. German Major-General Kurt Himer (Commander of the Occupying forces) and his Danish counterpart. German and Danish military officers conferring. German soldier issues nightsticks to Copenhagen's Danish City police. Views of German occupation forces moving through Denmark in motorized transports. King Christian X seen riding along city street, on horseback ,followed by small retinue of bodyguards. Several Danish citizens remove their hats as he passes. A German soldier salutes. Armed German troop ships tied up at a pier. German soldiers directing traffic. German troops and war materiel being moved by rail and truck. German troops moving in half tracks towing artillery.
A german flag flies somewhere in Norway. A German Ju-52 transport aircraft taking off. Aerial views of harbor below with ships at docks. A German Me-110 aircraft flies past. German soldiers raise sail on a small ship. Radio operator communicating from stern of the vessel. German sailors in a communications center. German soldier on a hillside, communicating via radio. German Navy sailors at radio operator positions listening with headphones. Hand of a radio operator using a morse code transmission key. A lone German sentry on duty. German gunners man a coastal gun.
Activities of Italian soldiers in Italy during World War II. An Italian battleship at a harbor. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler aboard the battleship with Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Hitler comes up on the deck and salutes and shakes hands with Mussolini. Italian ships and submarines. Two bombers in flight over the ships which are covered with smoke. Two old passenger vessels are used as targets. Aerial bombs burst around the ships. Italian troops parade. An ancient Roman structure in the background. Italian troops parade past a grandstand.
Activities of Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia during World War II. A relief map of India, China and Indochina shows the locations of Rangoon and Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar). Japanese soldiers march along a dirt road. Trucks parked along the side of a road. Japanese troops march. Burmese civilians standing on the side of a road wave flags. A Burmese civilian fill vessels with water for Japanese horses to drink. Burmese man give Japanese soldiers water to drink. The troops march in the background. Two Japanese soldiers drink water from canteens. Japanese soldiers and U.S. prisoners of war seated on the ground. A Japanese officer points to a piece of paper and discusses. The soldiers marching on a street move past a sign which reads: 'Mandalay 82 Mi-Rangoon 348 Mi'. A Japanese soldier pushes a dump truck up a steep grade on a road. Japanese officers and a car in the background. A photographer and a medium tank in the background. A Japanese soldier drives steel wedges into the ground behind a piece of field artillery. The Japanese fire the field artillery. A column of smoke rises. Japanese tanks drive down a dirt road. The field artillery being pulled by Japanese soldiers. The soldiers march carrying Japanese flags. Demolished buildings in the foreground. Freight cars on a siding, bomb crates near railroad tracks. Japanese medium tanks advance over the railroad tracks.
Gasoline supply for the United States Army near Bad Nauhein, Germany during World War II. Huge stacks of five gallon tins and equipment for gasoline supplies in the area. Jerry Cans are filled by Italian prisoners. A United States soldier puts an end of a hose into a tank. Fuel trucks parked in the foreground.
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