Activities of U.S. 2nd Marine Division during the Battle of Tarawa during World War 2. U.S. marines firing at their own abandoned landing craft in the surf, where Japanese soldiers have infiltrated at night and set up machine guns. M3 Stuart light tank on sand at water's edge, with image of an elephant and word, "Colorado" painted on its side. On day two of the assault, marines, are still seen occupying a limited beachhead. They fire mortars at the Japanese defenders. Scene further inland, show hill with destroyed Japanese fortification and smoke rising, as Marines fire their weapons. A Marine steps from rubble of destroyed Japanese position and moves forward. (The M3 tank is seen in background.) Marines hunkered down in debris. One marine firing at a Japanese sniper in a tree. Narrator comments that snipers don't fall when hit (presumably tied in place). Scenes of heavy firefights. Marines with an M3 tank in the thick of it. Destroyed Japanese structures and denuded palm trees. Rubble everywhere. Fires burning and continuous sounds of gunfire.
Japanese troops occupying the Philippines during World War II. The ruins of a U.S. airfield at Leyte after a Japanese aerial bombardment. The ruined airfield. A damaged hangar at the airfield. Wrecked airplanes at the field. A tower. A damaged building and wrecked parts of aircraft. A damaged electrical machine and wires. Wrecked parts of an airplane scatted around. Ruins at the airfield. Japanese infantry, cavalry and pack animals advance through the Luzon jungles. They cross a stream.. The troops walk on a dirt pathway. They move forward. A sign board in the foreground. The troops cross a bridge. A sign reads 'Drive Slow Dynamite'. A damaged trailer in the foreground. Japanese infantry troops cross a stream. Japanese infantrymen carry a pack howitzer across the stream. A Japanese field gun fires. The troops load shells into an artillery. A soldier speaks over a radio. The soldiers load shells and fire artillery. An officer looks through binoculars. Abandoned U.S. supplies and munitions and wrecked equipment. The troops cross a stream.
General of the Japanese Imperial Army Tomoyuki Yamashita on official vist in Germany during World War II. The Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita enters a room. The General shakes hand with a German officer. General Yamashita presents a sword to the German officer. Other Japanese delegation officers and German officers stand in the background. The German General speaks to the Japanese General. Both of them shake hands. A Japanese officer takes out the sword from its cover. General Yamashita holds the sword in his hands. Japanese script written on the sword. The officer holds the sword in his hand.
Film begins showing sailors in battle gear manning Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns beside flight deck of U.S. aircraft carrier, during World War 2. Navy Task Force 58 ships, including a cruiser and another aircraft carrier, are seen in background. View of SBD Douglas Dauntless dive bomber aircraft on the carrier flight deck. Two have engines running.The rest are parked with wings folded. Next, the aircraft are seen being sent on takeoffs by a white shirt on deck. The number "6" on her flight deck identifies her as the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Views of several Douglas Dauntless aircraft flying off her deck. Glimpse of aircraft in formation from a different Squadron, bearing checkerboard markings on their tails. View from above of 5 of the aircraft in formation above the sea below. Gun camera views of U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese ships. One explodes in fireball and smoke. U.S. aircraft firing rockets that strike a Japanese carrier, setting it on fire, and causing an escort ship to blow up. Task Force 58 aircraft strike Japanese coastal installations and strafe several Japanese airfields destroying parked Japanese aircraft. They attack industrial sites causing fires and explosions. Gun cameras show aircraft firing rockets at lines of communication and striking more Japanese airfields.
Japanese prisoners surrender in Okinawa during the Pacific War of World War II. Japanese soldiers move across river and rugged terrain. Allied soldiers fire artillery and attack Japanese installations. Dead Japanese soldiers on field. Attack on ship underway at sea. Japanese prisoner urges surrender and speaks over microphone. Japanese prisoners surrender.
Japanese troops fight in Hankou, China during World War II. A line of Japanese soldiers march across a field. Japanese gun crew push an artillery gun. They load shells and fire artillery gun. A shell being loaded into artillery gun as seen from inside the gun barrel. Japanese tanks fire at enemy positions. Japanese soldiers fire machine guns. A wounded man carried away on litter. Artillery being fired on field. A Japanese bomber over Takuan bomb ground targets. Smoke billows up from explosions.
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