Members of the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) on a pier at Pearl Harbor after returning aboard the USS Argonaut, following their famous Makin Raid in World War 2. They climb aboard large open trucks that drive them off the pier and on to the base. They wave as their trucks drive away
USS Silverside returns to the submarine base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Personnel of the submarine aboard the USS Silverside. They talk amongst themselves. Men grouped around a mailman who is passing out the mails. Welcoming committee of the officers aboard the submarine. They are being greeted by ship's officers and other men on the bridge of the submarine. Lieutenant Commander Burlingame wearing an Australian digger hat.
Presentation of medals aboard a destroyer at the submarine base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Commander of the submarine force of the U.S. Pacific fleet Admiral William Calhoun presenting awards. He presents awards to; Lieutenant Robert E Dimmitt (USNR), Lieutenant Gordon A Miller (USNR), Lieutenant Commander Frederick B Warder (USN), Lieutenant Aloysius J Havlik (USNR). Admiral Calhoun leaves the Destroyer. Personnel are lined up at the dock. Admiral talking to the crew at quarters and presenting the awards. He pins the Navy Cross on U.S. Navy Commander of the Destroyer Eugene T Seward.
Weather chart shows a hurricane North of Cuba and East of Florida. A pointer outlines a flight pattern planned for USAF Hurricane Hunters of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight to penetrate the storm, from their base in Bermuda. A navigators pocket watch placed on a map. A captain of the 59th Flight briefs crew members about the mission. Diagram of the storm track is sketched in chalk on a blackboard behind him. He uses a pointer to highlight information on a weather chart. An officer seated in the front row steps forward to further explain some aspects of the weather chart. The group rises and leaves following the briefing. Another sequence shows the briefing from behind the speaker's podium. Closeups of the crew members.
A film on the history of U.S. soldiers. Various American landscape wide views, some with roads, some with natural features. Plains, deserts, mountains in the United States. A mountainous area in the western United States. A snowcapped mountain in the background. Three elderly United States Civil War veteran soldiers, both Union and Confederate, walking together in a American military cemetery. United States Army soldiers wearing helmets and marching at an Army base or encampment. U.S. soldiers marching on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC during a parade. They hold rifles and a soldier holds the U.S. flag. U.S. Army cavalry unit riding on horses in formation. Elevated view of an American city square with snow capped mountains rising in the background. Other American cities in the west with city center areas, pedestrians, and 1930s and 1940s automobiles on the roads. Cars parked at a large industrial factory with a water tower rising up. Aerial view of an urban, western United States city with a bridge over water in background. Aerial views of various American cities. United States Army infantry soldiers march along a road and then cavalry are seen galloping by on horses. A railroad train approaching the camera and then passing by at high speed, with views of the locomotive, cars, wheels, and railroad tracks. View of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Point of view shot from front of moving railroad train in Colorado on the edge of gorge near the Rocky Mountains. A river steamboat or paddle steamer with a bridge in the background. Men harvesting sugar cane in Cuba. Lock gates on the Panama Canal opening, as seen from a ship waiting to enter. A World War I memorial sculpture honoring American soldiers.
Opening scene shows the Monument to the Battle of the Nations erected in Leipzig, in 1913, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the epic battle of Leipzig, and the defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of allies arrayed against the French. Notable are images of Teutonic knights standing guard around the upper periphery of the monument. Closeup of the base of the monument and entranceway. Some signs of war damage are visible. Camera pans upward. An American soldier is seen in lower left foreground, manning an M45 Browning .50 caliber Quadmount anti-aircraft gun. Camera continues to pan over details of the monument. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)
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