Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A U.S. Navy airship lands aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. A signal officer signals on the deck of the carrier. He gives landing signal. Advancing party men hold short lines and pass it on to short line party. Ground officer signals. Drag rope party steadies the tail of the airship as it lands. Crew members fasten the lines and when all lines are secured airship lands. Before take off ground officer signals. Short lines being let loose and it takes off. Another airship in flight in the background. In case of adverse weather an airship being refueled in mid air. A fuel hose being hoisted aboard the airship to be refueled without landing. An airship in flight over the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The icebreaker, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) en route to King Island in Alaska as a part of U.S. Navy annual winter ice reconnaissance mission. USS Burton Island stops at Womans Bay, Kodiak Island. Naval air station at the island. An aircraft pulls up into the hangar. Residential area in Kodiak. Snow covered mountains. The U.S. troop transport submarine, USS Perch (SSP-313) moves slowly on the surface, past the camera. The USS Perch crew lines her afterdeck. Notable on the USS Perch, is a large rounded watertight container for storing amphibious landing equipment. A helicopter being loaded aboard USS Burton Island. Crew fastens the helicopter securely in anticipation of rough seas through which she is later seen making way. Views of crew members removing rime ice from the deck, superstructure, and turret of a 5 inch gun. Small slabs of sea ice termed, "lilly pads," floating in the water. Rime Ice covering the railings of the USS Burton Island.
A film about the conditions at Nazi concentration camps in Europe during World War II. Penig concentration camp in Germany. Camp inmates mainly Hungarians. Woman lying in beds at the camp. An Allied medic attends a patient. Wounds on back, and feet of the inmates. Inmates suffer from various diseases. Allied soldiers help to evacuate women and other inmates to a German air force hospital. Injured and sick being carried on litters. Red Cross helps in evacuation of inmates. Injured lying on litters outside the hospital. Trucks lined up outside the hospital. Woman being carried inside the hospital. German nurses help in evacuation. Woman lying on litters as they smile.
United States 6th Marine Division memorial services in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Band stands at attention as it plays instruments at memorial services of 6th Marine Division, 22nd Regiment, 2nd Battalion. Two officers salute in front of them. American flag being brought to half mast. Flag flies from the half mast. An officer speaks into a microphone as troops in the background listen. Marine honor guard stands at parade rest. Ranks of Marines as American flag flies from half mast. Rows of white crosses at the graveyard. Marine honor guard fires rifles in the air. Marines in formation as they come to attention and return to parade rest. American flag being raised up a staff. Marine band plays as officers salute.
A U.S. Navy training film about the treatment and recovery of Marines wounded in Saipan during World War II. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. Smoke rises from the coast of Saipan as battle continues. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft as critically wounded Marines are being loaded aboard the aircraft. Marines aboard the aircraft. Aircraft taxis and takes off for Honolulu. Litter patients being loaded aboard a PB2Y Coronado flying boat. Fruit and juice crates being loaded aboard an aircraft. U.S. flag flies aboard a ship.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.