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B-25 Mitchell bombers on deck, Lt Col. Doolittle and U.S. Navy Captain Marc A. Mitscher talk during the Tokyo Japan raid.

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).

Date: 1942, April
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033840
B-25 Mitchell on a deck and Lt Col. Doolittle wires a Japanese medal on a bomb before the Tokyo raid.

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).

Date: 1942, April 18
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033843
A B-25 Mitchell taxis on the deck of USS Hornet in the Pacific and takes off for the Tokyo raid.

U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers take off for the raid on Tokyo, Japan known as the Doolittle Raid. A B-25 Mitchell taxis on the deck of USS Hornet in the Pacific. A pilot in the cockpit. Insignia of the United States. A crew man gives a signal. A view of an empty deck. The B-25 takes off.

Date: 1942, April 18
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033844
Colonel Doolittle and his raiders takeoff from the USS Hornet for bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan

Empennage of a B-25 Mitchell bomber is seen bearing tail number: 40-2268. Camera pans across flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8) filled with B-25 Mitchell bombers preparing to depart on a bombing raid over Tokyo Japan, during World War 2. Two pilots stand in front of a bomber, conversing. Crew members pull props through on some aircraft. Many aircrew are seen amongst the aircraft. Scene shifts to view, from upper deck, of engines being started on the B-25s. Copilot seen in one of the cockpits. Camera pans from bow to stern showing flight deck filled with B-25s. The first aircraft (flown by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle) performs a short-run takeoff, with nose high, easily clearing the deck before reaching it's end. Several others follow, making the same steep takeoffs.

Date: 1942, April 18
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033845
U.S. submarines of the Asiatic Fleet engaged in exercises during Pacific Fleet Problem XXI, 2 April to 21 June 1940.

In opening scene, the USS Sturgeon (SS-187) is seen underway for readiness training exercise cruise. It is followed by the USS Skipjack (SS-184) and the USS Seal (SS-183). Two more submarines follow. Glimpse of sailors on deck as a sub travels on the surface, and of the Captain with binoculars in conning tower. Crew member using a pelorus. Crew members below, in engine room. View through bulkhead opening of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) underway to port. (This is probably during the Pacific Fleet Problem XXI, 2 April to 21 June 1940.) Next, the Saratoga is seen at some distance steaming and billowing black smoke. Several views of subs moving on the surface. Captain in conning tower orders crew to submerge, and horn sounds alarm. Crew members descending ladders to their respective stations below deck. View from below as the Captain descends securing the water-tight hatch behind him. Sailors shut down the diesel engines, open ballast valves, and begin descent. Views inside and from outside as the boat submerges. Captain looks through the periscope. Glimpse of view through the periscope. Target (for this Fleet Problem exercise) is an Iowa-class battleship. Sailor stands near two torpedo tubes loaded and ready. Captain at periscope. Torpedoes are fired and registered as two direct hits. Crew prepares to surface. View of the submarine bow during surfacing reveals it is the USS Stingray (SS-186) which was under command of Lieutenant Leon Nelson Blair, at that time. The crew is seen climbing up on deck to man their 3-inch,50 caliber deck gun. The gun being fired as the submarine makes way on the surface. Crew sitting down in their mess and them preparing their bunks. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 6 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034583
Pollywogs leaning down, their heads down on the deck of aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise during crossing the line ceremonies.

Pollywogs leaning down, their heads down on the deck of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during crossing the line ceremonies. Showing many of the Pollywogs being initiated. Shellbacks walking around flight deck in various attires as the ship crosses the equator and initiation of the Pollywogs in effect. Shellbacks looking on with their sand filled canvas clubs as the Pollywogs crawl along on their hands and knees being hit gently as they move between the Shellbacks. Looking out over the Shellbacks and Pollywogs on the flight deck. Aircrafts in background. Pollywogs being initiated.

Date: 1965, November 7
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034607