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U.S. marines process Japanese prisoners on Betio, Tarawa, during World War II. Seabees begin restoring the airfield
U.S. 2nd Division Marines process about 10 Japanese soldiers taken prisoner on Betio, Tarawa atoll, during the battle there in World War 2. They cut away the prisoners' clothing to assure they don't carry weapons or explosives. (Narrator states they were later given replacement clothing from captured supplies.) Marines tend to a wounded Japanese prisoner. Japanese prisoners carrying their own wounded to a pier for evacuation. Marines cleaning up using water from captured Japanese steel barrels. Marines stand on fortifcations containing British Vickers BL 15 inch Mark I coastal defense guns captured by the Japanese in Singapore. These were knocked out by U.S. naval gunfire during the pre-assault bombardment. Closeup of one breech of a gun. A knocked out Japanese light tank at the South side of Japanese Rear Admiral Shibasaki's headquarters on Betio. (Shibasaki, commander of the Japanese forces there, was reportedly killed by U.S. Naval gunfire early in the assault.) Panning view of the remains of the reinforced concrete Japanese headquarters structure. U.S. Seabees using power shovel, dump trucks, graders, and heavy rollers, to restore the airfield for U.S. operations.
People gather for the launch of U.S. ships during World War II in Maine, United States.
Christening ceremony of 6 cargo ships and 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers at a shipyard in Maine, United States, during World War 2. A sign reads '48 days' representing a new record achieved in building a ship in only 48 days. People gathered for the christening ceremony. Women stand holding flowers. The crowd gathered at the shipyard cheers. Men and women open champagne bottles. Various ships slide down ways into the water during launch.
U.S. 105th Field Artillery march up to the docks and on to USS America and Madawaska in Newport News, bound for France
U.S. 313th Labor Battalion troops, 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers embark from Newport News, Virginia for Europe in 1918 during World War I. The troops of U.S. 313th Labor Battalion at a pier. U.S. 105th Field Artillery and 2nd Battalion Pioneers march up to the docks and on to gangplanks by U.S. Navy transport ships USS America and USS Madawaska. The World War 1 American troops at dock. The covered artillery at the dock. The troops walk up the gangplank. A building and a ship at the dock.
British troops with packs and supplies climb Pear hillside and a British aircraft drop bombs on Japanese positions, Burma.
British troops of the Royal Worchestres, 2nd Battalion at Pear Hill in North of Singu and Irrawaddy River, Burma during World War II. British troops of the Royal Worchestres, 2nd Battalion with packs and supplies climb hillside. The troops climbing up. A British aircraft in flight drops bombs on Japanese positions on the hill. The troops with supplies walking on the hill. The aircraft dropping bombs. Explosions on the hill. Smoke rises due to bombardment.
U.S. Navy aircraft making use of new airstrip at Ulithi Atoll, during construction in World War II
A quad 50 (4-50 caliber machine guns) mounted on a U.S. Army vehicle at the shore at Ulithi Atoll, during World War 2. A C-47 (Navy R4D) parked on airstrip with Seabees at work with trucks in background. A PBY Catalina amphibian plane being serviced. An F6F parked on sand in makeshift revetment. Another one coming in for a landing. The landing F6F on ground roll as a steam roller passes in foreground. Navy F6F aircraft arriving, from aircraft carriers, and being parked. Numerous Navy aircraft, including SB2C Helldivers and F6F Hellcats, parked with wings folded on the airstrip, while construction work continues. Men recover items from a crashed F6F, as smoke rises in background. They work to prevent fire around the crashed plane. Hoses are stretched around the plane and one man holds a pressure nozzle.
Soviet ground and air forces early in World War II. Wartime views of citizens in a Soviet City
Soviet military operations in World War 2. Soviet tanks and infantry moving quickly through area of trees and fields. Soviet soldiers throwing hand grenades and firing field artillery. Squadron of Soviet Polikarpov I-16 pursuit aircraft taking off. Soviet Pe-2 bomber in flight and dropping bombs. Wartime views in a Soviet city. People going about their daily activities. Soldier directing traffic. Civilian air raid wardens wearing armbands.
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