Men on shore at PT Base in Green Island Atoll in South Pacific. U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boats seen in background. PT motor torpedo boats come near the pier. Sailors seen aboard. Men carry wounded soldier on a stretcher from PT boat to the pier. Several PT boats underway. (World War II period).
Skiers ski at Zugspitze Platz in Garmisch, Germany. A group of skiers wait to board a cog train. View of snow covered trees and mountain peak. Skiers stand at the base of slope waiting for lifts to take them uphill. A group of skiers uplifted with the help of rope in line.
Flotilla of American Destroyers being readied for turnover to Britain in the Destroyers-for-Bases deal between the two nations. The USS Hale (DD-133) is seen underway in calm waters. Long lines of American destroyers underway enroute to British ports. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows bombs exploding in the water next to a U.S. aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway in World War 2. View from an American warship of a Japanese Carrier-based Zero aircraft attacking low above the water. Bombs exploding all around an aircraft carrier with aircraft parked on her flight deck. Black smoke rising from a bomb striking the carrier. Somewhat obscured view of Japanese aircraft maneuvering and black flak clouds in the sky, from antiaircraft guns firing at the Japanese planes. A large explosion in the water. A barrage balloon seen aloft. Glimpse of U.S. warship on fire, viewed from another U.S. ship.
A United States Army training film about defense against chemical warfare. U.S. soldiers affected by a poisonous gas attack are transported to a base hospital in Chateau-Thierry, France on 15 August ,1918. Gas attack casualties in the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Injured soldiers on stretchers lined up in front of the hospital.
Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.
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