United States Marines in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines in landing crafts heading towards a beachhead. Ships in the background. A 50 caliber anti aircraft machine gun mounted on a jeep. A tractor pulls a truck out of a muddy area. Mutilated body of a dead Japanese. A tank with a dozer shovel clears inland beach area. Palm trees on the ground. A marine places a wire through a wooded terrain. He attaches a block of TNT (Trinitrotoluene ) to a Japanese bomb on the ground. Dead Japanese on the ground with a pool of blood around head. The Marines stand by an M-4 Sherman Tank with a damaged track.
The “Hiroshima Maidens”, a group of 25 Japanese women who were school age girls when they were seriously disfigured from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (victims are known as Hibakusha in Japan), depart San Francisco International Airport after receiving plastic surgery treatment in the United States. The Hiroshima Maidens boarding a passenger plane bound for Japan at San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco, CA 94128, United States). Japanese Americans wave at departing Hiroshima Maidens from Gates 32 and 33. Hiroshima Maidens waving at people from the tarmac. A Japanese woman waving. Hiroshima Maidens board a Pan American Airways (PAA) DC-7 “Clipper Fortuna” (N742PA) plane bound for Japan. The girls embark on the aircraft with their baggage.
U.S. forces battle against the Japanese on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War II. Animated map shows territories occupied by U.S. forces. A map shows United States air strikes on Saipan and Tinian Island. Aircraft drop bombs on the islands resulting in smoke and explosions. A Japanese cave. Marines advance on a field with rifles in hand. A map depicts Japanese sniper attacks. The 2nd Tank Battalion advances.
Japanese newsreel during World War 2 shows United States President Franklin D Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act in Washington DC. A view of the White House. The United States flag flutters on the top of the building. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaks. United States factories gear up for war production. War production workers busy with machines in a factory. A partially completed U.S. fighter aircraft on a factory floor. Men work on hand operated machines. President Roosevelt signs the Lend Lease Act. Supplies are loaded aboard ships. United States military tanks, trucks and ammunition carried by cranes onto the ships. A Red Cross van loaded aboard a ship. Scene changes to Atlantic Ocean and a convoy of ships at sea. A German submarine crew gets ready to submerge. German U-boat submerge. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Heavy seas and large waves as seen from deck of ship during rough seas. The ships are hit by German torpedoes. A ship sinks after being hit. Survivors of the Allied ship on a raft. Clip contains Japanese slates and Japanese narration.
A convoy to resupply allied troops at Mindoro, Philippines, seen underway, as it comes under attack by Japanese Kamikaze planes, during World War 2. Opening scene shows a burning Japanese warplane trailing smoke as it falls and breaks up before crashing into the sea. Flak clouds seen in the sky from the antiaircraft fire of the U.S. battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) seen low on the horizon in the background. Several ships are seen in the convoy. Suddenly a huge explosion occurs as a Japanese kamikaze (unseen) strikes the 14 thousand ton Liberty ship, SS John Burke. She is carrying a cargo of ammunition that explodes, raising a wall of water around the ship and creating a mushroom cloud of smoke that billows high into the sky.
U.S. aircraft in flight over Manila, Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of the target area in Manila. Japanese airplanes in a field are strafed. Japanese transports being strafed. Hangars and buildings. The Japanese held area of Manila. Fire in the background. A bridge bombarded. The bombed bridge over a river. The city and the waterfront. Aircraft in flight overhead.
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