USAAF pilots of the 318th Fighter Group, during Pacific campaign of World War 2 on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Pilots going into meeting room for debriefing after their mission against Japanese targets on Tinian Island. Pilots briefing Intelligence officer, checking over target map, pointing out objects hit on Tinian Island. Two pilots playing chess. Pilot lying on sack, reading comic book.
U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters during Mariana campaign of World War 2. Depicts some crashes and battle damage to aircraft on Aslito Airfield (Isley Field) Saipan in Mariana Islands. Opening scene shows P-47D number 43-25324 "Bouncin Bette" of the 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, with severe battle damage from a Japanese 40mm Flak round. This plane was damaged on a raid over Pagan Islands. Mechanics checking over the plane and removing a damaged wing section from it. View across island showing huge crater at a crash site. Huge crowd of U.S. military personnel kept well back from the scene, in the background. Stretcher bearers running out and placing the dead pilot onto the stretcher. Scattered plane and a piece of engineering equipment which the plane crashed into showing the remains of both plane and the engineering equipment. Firemen fighting the fire on burning U.S. Navy FM-2 WIldcat aircraft. that crashed. Several men throwing dirt with shovels onto the burning remains of the plane. Men attending memorial services for lost pilots. Two P-47s buzzing the airfield. P-61 aircraft engines turning over as P-47s making landing. P-61 taking off at dusk. Aerial formation of P-47s buzzing the field at dusk. Aerial formation of four P-47s.
Women display clothes at a fashion show in Italy. Women display bikinis of different styles and patterns around a pool. A model takes off her a chic daytime dress to reveal her black swimsuit. Another model takes off her skirt to reveal her top as a one-piece frilly swimsuit. A model wearing a Japanese-inspired swimwear.
800 meter mens swimming event at 1936 Berlin Olympics, Germany. Participants get ready as they take their positions and then dive into the pool. Crowd cheers them. Adolf Hitler witnesses the event. Japanese swimmers win the event. Audio contains Italian commentary and ambient sound from the event.
100 meter mens freestyle swimming event at Berlin Olympics of 1936 in Germany. Swimmers in the pool as crowd cheers loudly. Winner Ferenc Csík of Hungary gets out of the pool and is congratulated by many people. Japanese swimmers Masanori Yusa and Shigeo Arai win silver and bronze, respectively, and are seen on victory stand with Ferenc Csik after the race. Garland of victory placed on the heads of the winners.
A wrecked Japanese coastal gun on the coast of Tarawa during a battle with Allied forces in World War II. Wreckage all over the shore, trenches and dugouts. An American marine shaves in a foxhole. A number of marines gather at the edge of an airstrip around United States Navy F6F-3 aircraft.
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