Activity aboard USS Chicago in Southwest Pacific. United States sailors operate machinery in the engine room of the ship. A sailor looks into periscope eye and turns a wheel. Another crew man wearing headphones checks equipment and speaks over a mouthpiece. A group of sailors lifts a lid and takes out shells from it.
Activity aboard USS Chicago in Southwest Pacific. United States sailors aboard USS Chicago look through binoculars. A sailor rotates turret of a 20mm gun and fires. Crew members load shells on the shell board of the gun. (World War II period).
Shellback initiation ceremony aboard the ice-breaker USS Edisto (AG-89), under the command of Commander E. C. Folger, USN. The ship was headed for Antartica, as part of the U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Project, a continuation of the 1947 "Operation High Jump." Commander Nutt and Mr Grace serve as officers of the deck during King Neptune's shell back ceremony. Mr Grace uses two toilet rolls as binoculars and looks through them. The crew search for Davy Jones. Mr Boffa , a civilian dressed in a costume, also looks for Davy Jones. Mr. Malcolm Davis of the Washington Zoo is seen. A pollywog officer on the deck. He reports to the officer that they could not find Davy Jones.
General activities on USS Hornet in the Pacific show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers on the deck of USS Hornet. U.S. General James Doolittle talks to U.S. Admiral William Hasely. Crewmen turn the propellers. Pilots and crewmen around a B-25. The B-25 on the deck. Pilots stand in a group on the deck. A pilot in the cockpit. Insignia of the United States. Ships in the background.
General activities on USS Hornet in the Pacific show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. A bomb comes up on a small elevator U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle wires a Japanese medal on the bomb for its return to its originators. A medal on the bomb. U.S. Army Air Forces men seated around the bomb. Lt Col. James Harold Doolittle and U.S. Navy Captain Marc A. Mitscher near the bomb. Close up of Marc A. Mitscher. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan. B-25 Mitchell on the deck of USS Hornet in the Pacific. A bomb comes up on a small elevator. USAAF Lieutenant Colonel James Harold Doolittle and U.S. Navy Captain Marc A. Mitscher stand near the bomb and talk. USAAF men seated around the bomb. Close up of Captain Marc A. Mitscher. Lt Col. Doolittle wires a Japanese medal on the bomb for its return to its originators. (World War II period).
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