Austro-Hungarian soldiers pose with a 77mm Krupp field gun, model 1914, on display in a public square. Several curious civilians take note of them. Another view of the soldiers posing with two such guns, as several civilians walk nearby. In background, across the Danube River (based on information in the film opening slate) are significant large buildings of a major city. Several officers come to stand in front of one of the guns, as a soldier brings a 77mm shell out for all to see. Another soldier also displays a shell up for the camera. Scene shifts back to the initial location and soldiers standing by their gun.
March 1943: A map shows Salamaua in Papua New Guinea. An aircraft drops supplies with parachutes over hills. An Australian parachute packing depot. Soldiers pack parachutes on tables in rows. Stacked Australian parachutes to deliver rations, American parachutes used for Ammunition, and 24 foot parachutes for regulation. White parachutes used for medical supplies, blue ones used for rations and red used for ammunition supplies. Aerial view of Goodview, an area of conflict. A soldier radios the requirements to base. Another soldier delivers the plan to the depot. Soldiers pack mortar ammunition. The fuses and sheets are packed together in boxes. Soldiers put boxes into sacks, tie the sacks and attach parachutes. Soldiers pack canned meat: lay straw in big cans, put small cans into those, seal the big cans, secure them with a wiring machine, and attach parachutes. Sacks of rice are put into copper sacks, their mouths tied. Soldiers pack rations including onions, bacon and potatoes for delivery. Supplies are loaded onto trucks and transferred to the aerodrome. (World War II period).
Admiral Byrd, Paul Siple (Boy Scout Eagle scout) and two other members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, in the library of Little America, Antarctica. They sit and plot an exploratory flight with a compass and pencil on a map. Two men smoke pipes. Men prepare their Fokker Super Universal plane and fuel it for the flight. A man stands with bags and supplies. The plane taxis and takes off. Men wave as it takes flight. Plane in the skies. The plane is parked near the crew's tent at the foot of the Rockefeller mountains. Men at a recording equipment note down readings. Two men climb uphill and put up flags. They remove rocks with an ice axe and examine them. A man takes out a pad from his bag and takes notes. A blizzard comes over the ice sheet. and wrecks their airplane. A man examines the damage to radio equipment. Men take out rations, cups, and chocolates from a bag. They sit dow to eat and drink. A man opens a sleeping bag. Another aircraft from the base camp arrives to rescue them. They celebrate.
Members of the Byrd Expedition to Antarctica build the Little America Base camp including shelters and barricades against the strong icy winds. A man hits a stick on a pan to signal meal time. Men eat and drink at a table in the enclosure. A man takes a picture. Another one puts a flag in the ice sheet. Men dig in the snow with shovels. They raise tall planks to build a cabin. Piles of boxes. Men work as a blizzard sweeps over the ice sheet. A man completes the roof with planks. Radio towers on the ice.
From a 1943 newsreel covering the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in Japanese waters. B-25 Mitchell medium bomber planes lined up on the deck of the carrier. Lt. Col. James Doolittle and Hornet skipper Captain Marc A Mitscher with the 80 volunteers seated near a 500lb bomb on board. He ties a Japanese medal (awarded to U.S. officers for humanitarian aid to Japanese people) on the bomb. The carrier in heavy seas 800 miles off the Japanese coast. A Japanese patrol boat is sighted and sunk. The survivors are taken prisoners. The crew readies the loaded bombers. General Doolittle in the cockpit as he leads the takes off. The planes take off in rough weather to bomb Japan. The Yokosuka Naval Base bombed and ablaze. The planes bomb armed plants, rail yards and oil refineries all over Japan. Soldiers examine a wrecked B-25 in Japan. U.S. pilots hold traditional Chinese umbrellas and pose with a Chinese man. Chongqing: Soong May-ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, awards General Doolittle and his men for the gallant raid. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers at the 40th Infantry Division area in Seoul. Sergeant Tubb and Private First Calss (Pfc) Hill return from R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Japan. Hill and Tubb are driven in a U.S. Army jeep along valley road to the base of a hill. They leave the jeep with rifles and a field bag. One man carries combat boots in his hand. They walk to their company's position on the line. Snow on the hillside.
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