Momentary glimpse of U.S. marine standing in front of two LVTs (Landing Vehicle Tracked) as they make an amphibious assault against an island held by the Japanese, during World War two, in the Pacific theater of operations. The marine is shouting something at the combat photographer (unseen).
An American Air Force fighter bomber dives at a Japanese position in hills, during World War Two. The aircraft releases bombs that explode on the targets.
Movie theaters in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. View of Ginza, the shopping district of Tokyo. Movie theater in the background. Front of the theater. Sign reads 'Theater Ginza-American Movie Theater'. A miniature Statue of Liberty erected stands in the foreground. Japanese men and women line up to buy tickets outside the movie theater.
U.S. Navy bombing campaign against Japanese-held Gilbert and Marshall Islands during World War II. This film taken aboard the heavy crusier, USS Northampton, CA-26. Captain William Dwight Chandler, Jr. (1890-1977) looks out at the sea with binoculars. Officer, helmsman and another sailor on bridge of the ship (interior). Officer, wearing older-style steel helmet, looks out to sea with binoculars. Gunnery officer wearing headphones. A Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplane is seen on catapult, behind him. Carrier at some distance, as seen through railings.
Japanese kamikaze suicide pilot divers attack hospital ship USS Comfort (AH-6), during action off Okinawa, Japan. Damaged USS Comfort. A sign : 'U.S. Navy ship, USS Comfort'. Wounded nurses and casualties are carried and transfered to a van. Burial services are held at a military cemetery on Guam: coffins draped with the flags of the United States are carried to the cemetery. The nurses who treated the casualties shown mourning. The flag draped coffins. Graves of the Americans and the flag of the United States at the Guam cemetery. (World War II period).
A stern-looking Japanese Army Lieutenant General stands on an open field. Several cars are parked at the field's edge, behind him. A formation of Mitsubishi Ki-57 transport aircraft is seen flying overhead. A Close view, from another aircraft, of a Mitsubishi Ki-21, Type 97 Heavy Bomber (Sally) in flight. The Ki-21 seen very closeup. View of crew members inside the aircraft. A map showing disposition of military units on the ground.
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