USS Bluegill SS-242 off the coast of Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. 40mm gun crew in action aboard USS Bluegill. Another U.S. submarine rises. A U.S. Navy PBM Mariner flying boat in flight. U.S. sailors retrieve a glass fishing buoy. Gun crew aboard USS Bluegill. Men load and fire a 5 inch gun. Men load a gun.
U.S. soldiers in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers going ashore in a raft. A U.S. soldier uses a telephone on a beach. A man climbs up a pole to rig a pulley. American flag is raised. A soldier stands near a building. Soldiers sit outside a building.
U.S. submarine Batfish on war patrol in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A periscope view from USS Batfish (SS-310) shows Japanese mountainous coastline.
Rescue of U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Men in a lifeboat taken aboard the American submarine, USS Batfish (SS-310). An airplane circling overhead. The crew of the B-29 in the life boat being rescued at sea. Injured crewman of B-29 being helped aboard USS Batfish. Injured airman strapped to a board being lowered aboard the submarine. Hatch of the submarine being secured. Wounded airmen being transferred in stretchers from USS Batfish to a motor launch. Red Cross-marked boats with wounded men shove off.
V-E Day and Victory celebrations in Europe at the end of World War II in Europe. Civilians celebrate on the streets in Brussels, Belgium. Victory celebrations in Paris, France show a church bell ringing. French, American and British flags are raised. Cheering French crowd on the streets in Paris. French General Charles de Gaulle visits the Arch de Triomphe and pays homage at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery receives German surrender at Lundberg.
A Danish crowd celebrates victory on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark at the end of World War II. A British fleet enters Copenhagen harbor. British General Bernard Montgomery reviews Danish honor guard aboard a German cruiser in the harbor. Men and women dance on the deck of the ship. General Montgomery rides in a convertible car along the streets of Copenhagen. Cheering crowd on both sides of the streets. Flags of Allied countries adorn buildings. Danish women holding British flags in the crowd. King of Denmark Christian X arrives on a carriage for reopening of the Danish parliament.
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