A U.S. Task Force destroys Japanese aircraft in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. The Japanese aircraft in flight. A U.S. war ship in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers at a gun barrel. Explosions in the air. A Japanese aircraft catches fire and plunges in the sea.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A group of U.S. Marine pilots sit. Some pilots stand around and discuss air tactics. The pilots examine a situation map. An officer looks at the map. Bombs on dollies being towed towards aircraft. The marines examine the bombs on the dollies. The aircraft in the background.
View of the Joan of Arc Junior High School building at 154 W 93rd Street, on the upper West side of Manhattan, New York City. children are seen entering the building. A larger, more modern school is also shown. Camera, in upper floor classroom window, pans from playground below to interior of the classroom. Students sit at a long table where ledger books are being handed out for students to work with. Scene shifts to school library, where students are studying. A boy day dreams about his future occupation. He imagines being a cowboy; or a speedboat driver; or launching into the air in his speedboat, which transforms into an airplane, in which he does a loop. The boy is seen with his parents at a conference with the school principal. He is seen at the blackboard in a math class, and later in a classroom full of students all opening personal copies of a newspaper. He uses a saw in a woodworking class, and works at a lathe, in a machine shop. He meets with a teacher who discusses his progress.
A ceremony at a military cemetery near the site of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France(6th June 1944) to mark the 30th anniversary of the D-Day. A band of the United States Air Forces in Europe(USAFE) marches. Girls bring wreaths. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley and other Allied officers lay wreaths at a memorial. The officers salute.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress lands. Men sitting on a jeep watch as the aircraft lands. A man standing in the background looks at the aircraft. The landing gear of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress collapses while landing. It catches fire. Smoke rises from the aircraft as it is engulfed in fire. The crew leaves the jeep. The burning Boeing B-29 at the end of a runway. Black smoke billowing off the aircraft. Fire fighting men spray water on the aircraft through hoses.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A crew inside a B-29 Superfortress. A waist gunner. A radioman in the aircraft. B-29s Superfortress in flight. A B-29 Superfortress comes in for a landing. The strip is dark.
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