Smoke rising from bombs exploding almost obscures bombs dropping from B-29s on a large Japanese city, on a river, during World War 2. B-29s seen passing through the smoke, as viewed from the camera plane flying above them. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a P-51D Mustang fighter plane is landing, while another is taxing the opposite way, along the other side of the runway. Other U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes seen in the background include: B-29s and B-24s. The P-51 lands, while watched by a group of airmen standing by with crash equipment and fuel trucks, parked next to a large tent. It pulls off the active towards the group of airmen. Another P-51 lands as two take off from midfield. Several airmen watch the operations, atop a hill where they are silhouetted against the sky.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A B-29 Superfortress taxis slowly on a runway at an airfield. The back view of an aircraft director directing the B-29 Superfortress forward. Crewmen leave the small hatch of the B-29 Superfortress and jump on the ground. Crewmen including a caption and a pilot chat while smoking. Two B-29 Superfortress land one behind the other. The first aircraft taxis forward. The second aircraft crashes and spins around in the background. Vehicles including a fire brigade driven on the runway. Firefighters spray water through hoses on the crashed aircraft. Men in the rubble of the aircraft.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall narrates film and is shown several times speaking seated at a desk. Marshall praises the Pacific Forces. Close up view of several U.S. military officers including General MacArthur (with a bandage over his right ear). Scene of U.S. Marines in combat on a Pacific Island during World War 2. U.S. marines advancing under fire. An enemy soldier is fallen in the distance, followed by a group of Japanese soldiers running for cover. Gun camera footage of a strafing attack by a U.S. aircraft on a Japanese ship, followed by strafing of parked Japanese airplanes at an airfield. Mid air dogfight scene is shown as a U.S. warplane hits and downs a Japanese aircraft. View on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship as a Japanese kamikaze aircraft bears down toward the ship, is hit by ship's guns, loses a wing, and, in flames, crashes into the ocean just off the ship. Scenes at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack in 1941, as medics care for wounded U.S. sailors in stretchers. Japanese soldiers seizing control in Bataan, with U.S. soldiers holding their hands up in surrender. Also U.S. soldiers in Corregidor standing by as they are addressed by Japanese captors. Scenes of Japanese soldiers in drills and training. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horse back during a military parade. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers laying on battle fields after battle. View of industrial smoke stacks of a factory in Japan. Japanese workers producing steel and munitions for war effort. Japanese soldiers cheering at a military rally. George Marshall speaks urging commitment by every American citizen in the war effort. Caricature image of Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini with "X" marks over them, beside a non-marked image of Japanese General Hideki Tojo. Clip closes with several scenes of American flags being raised on flagpoles of military bases all over the world, as soldiers, sailors, marines, women WACS soldiers, and airmen salute the American flag.
U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.
A U.S. naval Task Force, carrying troops and equipment in the Pacific, during World War 2. Infantry fill the deck of a transport ship. Closeup of some. A Benham class destroyer nearby. Closeup of the USS Buchanan (DD-484), a Gleaves-class destroyer, in camouflage, as it steams past the camera ship. Closeup of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taking off from an aircraft carrier. A Navy Grumman F4F Wildcat airplane with engine running on a carrier deck. Another Douglas Dauntless plane taking off from a carrier. American aircraft circling to land on a carrier. Two Independence class light aircraft carriers underway. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft taking off from a carrier, as another is seen aloft in the background. Repeated earlier view of Grumman F4F on a carrier. A U.S. Colorado class battleship raising a large bow wave as it heads toward the camera ship. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser underway. Task force planning taking place aboard warships. Iowa class fast battleship. Alarm sounds aboard a warship and sailors respond to battle stations. Grumman TBF torpedo bomber aircraft take off from a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, and are seen later flying in formation. Gun camera footage from U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warplanes parked on airfields and strafing Japanese supply ships. (One explodes). Gun camera footage from U.S. planes attacking Japanese ships and boats.
Military policeman standing guard in front of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40 aircraft, on the Torokina Air Strip, at Bougainville, in World War 2. A convoy of fuel trucks driving along edge of the airfield. A caterpillar tractor towing a large fuel tanker trailer. A fuel truck stops in front of a P-39 Airacobra and airmen begin to refuel its drop tank. Seabees unpack sections of pierced steel plank (Marsden Matting) and lay it down on the airstrip.
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