Japanese air attack on USS Enterprise while it was underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. USS Bountiful (AH-9) hospital ship underway alongside USS Enterprise. Wounded sailors are transferred from USS Enterprise to USS Bountiful via breeches buoy.
U.S. 4th Marine Division in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. Half tracks come down the side of a cliff. Marines follow. A bare chested Japanese prisoner comes down the cliff towards the Marines. Explosions on the side of a cliff. A ship in a harbor. Marines walking along on the cliff. Explosions on the cliff. Muzzles of guns on half tracks firing in the foreground. A tank in the foreground. Smoke on the cliff as a result of the explosions.
U.S. Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. The Marines rout the Japanese out of caves. A flame thrower burns out a cave. Marines walk towards the entrance of a cave. Men throw grenades into the cave resulting in explosions.
Atrocity victims in Tinian, Mariana Islands during World War II. A dead body in water. Mutilated semi naked dead bodies on rocks. More dead bodies. U.S. 4th Division Marines near a jeep on which a loudspeaker is mounted. A Japanese interpreter in civilian clothes speaks into a microphone. Marines around him.
Scene opens showing American troops assenbled in a clearing on Saipan for a formal flag raising ceremony, following the defeat of Japanese forces defending the island in World War 2. Camera pans over the assembled officers and troops. All salute as the flag is raised by military police. View of the American flag atop the flag pole. After the ceremony, Some of the senior American officers present stand about conversing. Admiral Raymond Spruance, Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, is seen wearing a pith helmet. Close to him is Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith, Commander, V Amphibious Corps. Also seen, in fatigues, is Major General Sanderford Jarman, Commanding General, U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division. The remainder of the film shows them and other senior officers mingling and conversing with one another.
Naval and air battles in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese bomb attacks on USS Newcomb. USS Newcomb underway at sea. Explosions in water. Thick clouds of smoke rise up. Men on the deck of the ship. Aerial view of the deck. Wreckage caused by the attack.
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