U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boat crew in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Patrol Torpedo Boats underway at sea. Japanese aircraft strafing overhead. A torpedo boat gunner fires at the Japanese aircraft. A Japanese airman in the cockpit. A bullet chain placed on a stand as the gunner fires. The hit Japanese aircraft falls into water. A fleet of United States bombers in flight. They drop bombs over Japanese ships. Fire and explosions on the ships. A torpedo boat crew fires a torpedo at a Japanese ship. Another torpedo is fired which hits the enemy ship.
A film about Allied campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific, at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Colonel Thomas of the United States Marine Corps briefs U.S. Marines about an operational plan. The Marines loaded in jeeps and command cars advance inland. They move across a jungle and then onto a hilltop ridge that later was named "Blood Ridge" due to fierce fighting there. A man looks through a sighting instrument at an observation post. Gun emplacements and foxholes are established. A Marine looks at a picture of an American girl that he has at his campsite. U.S. Marines fire a 105 mm gun. An aircraft spotter looks through a sighting instrument and spots Japanese aircraft in flight. Japanese bombers in flight. Antiaircraft guns are fired by American forces. Japanese airplane is hit. The airplane plunges toward the ground with smoke streaming behind it and the airplane crashes. Machine guns being fired at the Japanese aircraft. Another Japanese aircraft is hit and the aircraft crashes into water. Men at Henderson Field. Wrecked American aircraft. Aerial view of Henderson Field.
U.S. aircraft attack the Japanese base in Truk, Caroline Islands during World War II . Animation depicts the Japan occupied Marshall Island and the Japanese base in Truk. The U.S. aircraft stationed at the aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. View of firing in air. The Japanese aircraft being attacked. The U.S. aircraft takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier. The Japanese ships circle in sea to escape. The Japanese vessel being bombed. The U.S. aircraft bomb the Japanese ground installations. Aerial view of the bombed installations. The U.S. aircraft in flight while returning back to the aircraft carrier. The aircraft lands on the deck. Another aircraft with on of the wheel collapsed lands. The injured pilot being carried on a stretcher.
Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific the the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. An American soldier sentry near a destroyed Japanese reinforced concrete bunker. Another looks at a destroyed Japanese coastal gun. More American soldiers looking over destroyed Japanese coastal defenses. A destroyed Japanese type 95 HA-GO tank. A U.S. troops look at a destroyed Japanese Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) bombers on a captured airfield. Animated map of New Guinea.showing Allied advance to Hollandia. U.S. aircraft carriers with their aircraft flying overhead. Closeup from behind of a Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft taking off from a carrier. Formations of U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in flight overhead. Escort aircraft carriers (called "Jeep" carriers by the narrator) are seen with decks full of airplanes. Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft taxiing on a carrier deck. An F6F fighter plane taking off. A formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless airplanes viewed from above, flying over the sea. Gun camera films from U.S. aircraft strafing parked airplanes on Japanese airfields.
Japanese troops in Corregidor island, Philippines during the Battle of Corregidor in World War II. Japanese fire knee mortars. Japanese snipers fire rifles in the jungle. Artillery being fired as Japanese infantry advance. Group of Japanese soldiers yelling a Banzai battle cry together from atop a mountain. U.S. prisoners standing next to a Japanese soldiers and a jeep beside a bridge.
Repatriation of Japanese soldiers and civilians to Japan from Korea after conclusion of World War 2. Wide elevated view of buildings in Seoul, Korea. A long bridge spanning over a river. Electrified street car moving on street in Seoul. People walk on a road in a busy market place area. People buy from shops. Various shops in the market. Japanese people are being processed and checked for contraband before returning to Japan. Soldiers use DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane ) to spray on people, including a young child, as a de-lousing measure. People wait at the port of Busan. People organizing luggage and belongings at port while awaiting travel. U.S. Army soldier inspecting baggage of Japanese civilians. Japanese men, women, and children carrying their belongings walk in a line to board ships. A man gives tickets to Japanese people boarding the ships. Japanese people crowded on the deck of a ship as it prepares to leave port.
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