Men work in ordnance and check the military material at PT Base in Green Island Atoll in South Pacific. Men work in communication huts. Officers briefed in operations tent.
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).
Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Japanese diplomats come out of building in Washington DC after having met with Secretary of State Hull regarding peace terms. People gather outside the building. Japanese airplanes fly in formation over the Pearl Harbor. They bombard the United States Naval Base. U.S. ships underway at sea and docked at the harbor explode. Smoke arises from bombardment. People on the street as they run to save their life. From a May 1963 newsreel recounting the events years prior.
Activities of the U.S. Navy during the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in flight over the beach. It drops messages for the Navy. Soldiers stand near a 40 mm gun. Signal flags and 20 mm guns in the foreground. Smoke arises from bombardment at the Iwo Jima shoreline. Explosions at the base of mount Suribachi. Mount Suribachi and Iwo Jima in the foreground. Iwo Jima shoreline smoking under bombardment. Landing craft in the foreground.
Activities of United States Marine Corps 5th Division in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. U.S. Marines fire a field howitzer at Mount Suribachi in the evening. Heavy columns of smoke rise due to explosions at the base and tracer fire. The marines at a range finder.
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