U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall narrates film and is shown several times speaking seated at a desk. Marshall praises the Pacific Forces. Close up view of several U.S. military officers including General MacArthur (with a bandage over his right ear). Scene of U.S. Marines in combat on a Pacific Island during World War 2. U.S. marines advancing under fire. An enemy soldier is fallen in the distance, followed by a group of Japanese soldiers running for cover. Gun camera footage of a strafing attack by a U.S. aircraft on a Japanese ship, followed by strafing of parked Japanese airplanes at an airfield. Mid air dogfight scene is shown as a U.S. warplane hits and downs a Japanese aircraft. View on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship as a Japanese kamikaze aircraft bears down toward the ship, is hit by ship's guns, loses a wing, and, in flames, crashes into the ocean just off the ship. Scenes at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack in 1941, as medics care for wounded U.S. sailors in stretchers. Japanese soldiers seizing control in Bataan, with U.S. soldiers holding their hands up in surrender. Also U.S. soldiers in Corregidor standing by as they are addressed by Japanese captors. Scenes of Japanese soldiers in drills and training. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horse back during a military parade. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers laying on battle fields after battle. View of industrial smoke stacks of a factory in Japan. Japanese workers producing steel and munitions for war effort. Japanese soldiers cheering at a military rally. George Marshall speaks urging commitment by every American citizen in the war effort. Caricature image of Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini with "X" marks over them, beside a non-marked image of Japanese General Hideki Tojo. Clip closes with several scenes of American flags being raised on flagpoles of military bases all over the world, as soldiers, sailors, marines, women WACS soldiers, and airmen salute the American flag.
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| Type | Size | Price (USD) Standard License |
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