957th Day, The

The 957th Day Shows various scenes of naval war-time activities and explains that this is a typical day of war. POV thru clouds & aerial over very small pacific island w/ military base; ships off shore 06:01:39 Fifth Fleet at sea. Men moving shells, loading into ship. Ships thru wate, planes overhead. Quiet island from ship. Scout planes off carrier deck, fighters; battleship guns firing barrage of broadsides. Explosions on shore. Planes bombard island. Explosions in water. CU guns firing broadsides. Men loading shells & firing; large guns fired w/ shore explosions. Plane crashes in flames. More firing at island; tracers. Officers watch from shipboard. Crew rest before landing. 06:04:50 Smoke screen laid by planes & firing phosphorus shells onto beaches. Ships firing broadsides. Amphibious tanks and landing craft advance ashore seen from water & air. LSTs & others. MCU of men in landing craft looking ashore. 06:06:31 Troops wading ashore; fighting for beachhead & advance on the island. GIs looking at destroyed concrete emplacements; smoking wreckage. Large factory or refinery in ruins. Many dead Japanese; prisoners marched, fed. 06:07:48 Shells carried forward; artillery placed & fired; machine guns fired. Wounded on stretchers carried; on shipboard. Dead on shipboard. Badly burned. 06:10:00 Quiet sea, ships, clouds, pennant flags raised. The end. Audio of a second narrator recurrently reports trite newsflashes from the US. WWII; Pacific War; Horrors of War; Futility; WW2;