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The ceremony is conducted by Colonel Gooch of Britain and (Abdul Kadir?) [sic] of Egypt. The Household Cavalry receive the flag. (At Windsor) [sic]
Shots of the attack on the Gilbert Islands. Planes attack Japanese installations off the coast of Tarawa. Planes return to aircraft carrier. Traditional ceremonies on board as the carrier crosses the Equator.
Fleet Air Arm escorts convoy across the Atlantic.
In South West Pacific, General MacArthur has last minute conference with Chiefs of the Allied Forces. Mass landings near Lae by Australian artillery.
Opening shots of artillery fire by Fifth Army. Allied planes fly over Stromboli Island from Sicilian bases and bomb enemy supply lines. Allied tanks press on the Naples. Liberation of concentration camp...
General Mark Clark. Army engineers distill sea water at Naples. American reinforcements (troops) pour in. Nazi prisoners are shipped off. From Italian and African ports, troops embark for Britain.
North Burma: General Stilwell in command. Supplies taken over river crossing. Behind the lines, American and Chinese nurses tend the wounded. Planes of the Fourteenth US Airforce.
Japanese stronghold is hit again and again. Bombs loaded onto planes. Planes fly over Pacific towards Wake Island. Fighter planes attack Japanese ships in the Pacific - destroy Japanese aircraft on Wake Island.
Aerial shots of Allied bombardment - bombs being dropped etc.
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