U.S. Navy hospital ship USS Tranquility carries USS Indianapolis survivors at sea, following the Indianapolis' sinking by Japanese torpedo attack. The ship moored alongside dock. The ship enters Apra Harbor at Guam. Long line of ambulances waits on the dock. Fantail and midships of tranquility alongside dock. Ambulatory causalities from USS Indianapolis line rails. Ramp runs from gangway to platform on dock foe discharge of causalities from ship. Ambulatory causalities file down gangway ladder to ambulances on dock. Stern of the Tranquility with its name written on it. United States flag flying from staff. General activities on dock as men take the survivors on stretchers to ambulances. Gangway ladder as ambulatory causalities descend to dock.
Shows activities aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean as damaged planes return from a mission in World War II. United States soldiers looking towards the sky. They watch towards the sky through binoculars. Airplanes flying in the sky. A man waving signal boards towards the airplanes. A plane lands with one wheel. Another skids off the landing deck and hangs on the side of the ship. The third plane slides off the deck into the ocean, killing the pilot. Soldiers taking the pilot on stretcher. Cost of the plane and the pilot's training. Shows that a human life cannot be measured in dollars. Indicates that the mission of the civilians at home is to purchase war bonds.
The United States Navy training film on flight safety, 'Dive Bombing Crashes'. Illustrates a dive bombing crash during training to point out the necessity of keeping aware of your altitude and using instruments on high speed dives. (World War II period).
Snow covered hills and mountains in the area in Luxembourg, during World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers walk on the way amidst the snow covered mountains. Winding mountain road. U.S. Army vehicles in transit. A bridge amidst the mountainous area. Military vehicles pass on the bridge. German prisoners of war with their hands raised march forward under guard on snow covered road.
Crew of the 10th armored infantry, 4th armored division near Bastogne, Belgium. Soldiers on a vehicle. Snow covered mountains and hills in the area. Soldiers load and fire 81 mm mortar mounted on half track. (World War II period).
Generals and officers visit Seventh Army CP in Luneville, France during World War II. Major General Louis E Hibbs sits in a car. Another officer also gets in the car with him. The car moves. 63rd Infantry Division, Major General Harry J Collins and 42nd Infantry Division Lt General Jacob L Devers discuss with other officers. Car arrives at the place. Cars parked in the background. Officers and Generals enter a room.
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