Activity aboard USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) during the Korean War. Signs aboard ship 'Photo Lab', and 'Photo Interpretation'. Print dryer in view. A man runs print through dryer. Man puts print through developer in dark room. Negative goes through printer. The light control knob is adjusted. A man adjusts paper on a printer.
F9F-2 Panther aircraft of VF-112,is catapulted from the deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. It is followed by the catapulting of several Reconnaissance F9F-2Ps of VC-61, Unit C. Some more F9F-2s of VF-112 are also catapulted.
A line of F4U-4 Corsair aircraft, with wings folded is seen on deck of the USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) during the Korean War. They belong to VF-113 and VF-114.The first one has wings lowered and ready for takeoff. It receives the signal and commences takeoff. The remaining aircraft take off, one at a time.
Lines stretched between the U.S. battleship, USS North Carolina (BB-55), and a destroyer, to facilitate transfer of personnel. Heavy smoke billowing from the USS Wasp (CV-7) after she is struck by three torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19, in World War 2. A U.S. destroyer moves into position near the Wasp. Views, from a nearby ship, of the Wasp, listing, and of severe damage to her hull. Oil burns on the water ahead of Wasp. Lines extend from her deck and sides as her crew abandons ship. Fire and explosions continue and consume the USS Wasp.
The United States aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt.(CVA-42) Three sailors on the signal bridge talk to each other. One sailor in the background sends out semaphore as he waves two flags. Inside a ship office, a clerk typist transcribes correspondence. flight deck control officer gives instructions referring to a model of the flight deck ("Ouija board"), Pilots in ready room,converse.
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. Survivors from the abandoned aircraft carrier USS Hornet, CV-8, are being transferred, from the port side of the USS Russell, DD-414 (one of the destroyers that rescued them) to the starboard side of the cruiser USS Northampton (CL-26), by means of lines and breeches buoy. After several are transferred, this way, some wounded on litters are also transferred. Initial views are toward the Russell's stern, from the deck of the Northampton, where sailors are handling lines. Camera pans as survivors move across the space between the ships and are lowered to the Northampton deck. View from Northampton toward bow of Russell, showing two of her single turret 8-inch guns (one pointed up) as a litter passes between the ships. (Camera changes viewpoint occasionally.) An officer transfers on a bosun chair, followed by a sailor. In the final seconds, the USS Salt Lake City (CV-25) is seen in the background.
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