U.S. Marine infantry in defensive positions along a sand berm on Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Marine speaking on SCR-300 portable radio, and another looking through binoculars. In distance, marines are seen moving about on a broad barren stretch of land. They advance in groups to take up positions in hilly terrain. A Japanese shell bursts, followed by several more.
United States Marine Corps during raid on Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. Marines use mine detectors in the battle field. Troops follow the path checked by the Marines. A tank dozer cleans the ground in battlefield. A Marine watches as the tank dozer rides over the ridges. Marine at machine gun post behind a ridge, fires a 50 caliber machine gun. Tanks advance down the road cleared by mine detectors and laid by the tank dozer. Number of tanks driving on the road across the airfield. .
Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. The Cameron Highlanders and the color guard of honor consisting of King's Colors and Regimental Colors flag, march on the streets of little town Hiro. A Japanese woman in Kimono and her young son watch parading troops of the Highlanders. They watch with interest as the troops pass the reviewing stands. The Highlanders receive the colors. Bagpipe band of the Highlanders marches on streets.
Allied military forces in Japan after World War II. The Commanding General of British Occupation Forces in Japan reviews a parade of Cameron Highlanders in kilts. The troops march on streets of a Japanese town with houses along them. Reviewing officers include Major General D.J. Cowan (Commander of British and Indian Forces in Japan), Brigadier General R.S. McNaught (DSO Commander of British Brigade), Lieutenant John Slim (Aide-de-Campe to General Cowan), Lieutenant Colonel J. Harrington, Lieutenant Colonel Alasdair Mac Lean (Commanding General of Queen's Own Highlanders in Japan). The band of the 8th Gurkha Rifles Infantry of India marches past the reviewing stand.
Training regarding relief and rebuilding works in Germany and Japan by United States Army, after World War II. Narrator discussing adoption of American inventions during the war that were used against America and allies. Sketch of an early American submarine design, followed by view of German U-boats operating under sea, firing torpedoes and target ship is destroyed. Footage of Wright brothers with an early Wright Brothers airplane invention, as they prepare it for a flight. This is followed by a view of London burning after aerial blitz raids by German aircraft during World War 2. View of atomic bomb explosion over Japanese city of Nagasaki and mushroom cloud seen from the air. Also view of Trinity blast in New Mexico - the first U.S. atomic test. The atomic cloud rises high and vast in the sky. Narrator warning against the perils of a third world war.
Flags of Allied nations hoisted by soldiers at a ceremony at Tempelhof airfield in Berlin. Military Generals of England and the United States descend from a plane. Lord Tedder and United States Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz shake hands and talk with Russian officers including Marshal Sokolovsky. German Field Marshal Keitel and others in his delegation arrive at the airport. Military band plays and Russian honor guard marches as British, American, and Soviet officials observe, while Keitel and his staff consult over paperwork in a car. Motorcade drives through ruined city of Berlin. Many views of various damaged and destroyed buildings and bridges filmed from a moving vehicle in the motorcade. Rubble all over the city roads and citizens moving about the streets, some observing the motorcade. Views of the building in Karlshorst, in a suburb of Berlin, where signing of the Nazi surrender takes place. Views of the Meeting hall (converted from a mess hall) before the signing . Views of the various military officials in the building before the signing of the surrender. Excerpt from Japanese newsreel. (World War II period).
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