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Igor Sikorsky speaks about general use of helicopter.

A man comes out of a grocery store. A man cleans helicopter in parking. A man takes off in helicopter. Wife of the man calls children. Woman sees as helicopter lands. Woman takes grocery items from a basket. Igor Sikorsky speaks about general use of helicopter.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035081
Story of "Black Cat" -- PBY Catalinas used as night bombers against Japanese convoys in World War II

Convoy of Japanese supply ships in the Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Mysteriously, two explode. One sinks and one is left burning. Narrator describes similar losses of Japanese cargo vessels and Japanese reports attributing the losses to new superior American aircraft. View of Japanese Military High Command buildings in Tokyo, Japan. An Imperial Japanese Navy Night Fighter (QHAFMFA6) seen taking off. Japanese admiral boards warship to plan Imperial Navy strategy and tactics. Attacking aircraft is shown as a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina Flying Boat. Several views of Catalina flying boats in flight, painted black for night flying (called "Black Cats"). Aerial view of islands with small harbors where a PBY can hide during daylight. Base personnel gather at a catalina base awaiting an overdue returning PBY. She appears and buzzes base to announce successful mission. The PBY then lands in nearby harbor, taxis toward shore and is met by sailors in boats who attach a tow line to winch the PBY ashore, tail first. Squadron Commander meets the plane as the crew disembarks. Commodore Thomas S. Combs, Commander Aircraft 7th Fleet, arrives by jeep with Group Commander, Captain Peck. Crew gives quick accounting of mission. Corpsmen take wounded combat cameraman from the PBY on a stretcher. Tow pulls the PBY to area of ramp for servicing and repairs. Maintenance personnel note crew report of problems and begin corrective actions. They count 8 bullet holes in starboard wing.They find hole in fuselage from shrapnel that wounded the cameraman, and repair it. They repair a gas tank leak and refuel the PBY. View of 525lb and 1000lb bombs in Squadron dump. Armorers assemble belts of 50cal machine gun ammunition.They rearm the PBY with bombs under one wing and a torpedo under the other, and machine gun ammunition. They remove two black cats (animals) from inside the airplane. PBY crew plays water polo with a coconut. View of officer's quarters. Pilots prepare for next mission and go to intelligence briefing

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 9 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035339
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina (Black Cat) night mission against Japanese shipping during World War II in the Pacific

U.S. Navy Aircraft Seventh Fleet PBY Catalina operations in Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Pilots and navigators of six PBY Catalina crews are seen planning the night's operations at a table in a flight planning hut. (These Catalinas are called "Black Cats" because they were painted black for night operations.) The Black Cat mission is to interdict Japanese supply ships at sea. Intelligence officer is seen briefing about locations of Japanese convoys and cautions that Japanese night fighters are stationed only 60 miles away.The pilots look at pictures of the type of warships that might accompany the Japanese convoys.They are briefed on Japanese antiaircraft batteries near harbor where convoy ships might anchor.And they are briefed on the weather. Ground crew pass a large box of foods to a PBY crewman.The aircraft taxis into the water. The weather is getting stormy.Ground crew remove landing gear. The PBY takes off. Views from inside the aircraft as it leaves the water and becomes airborne. Views from inside a PBY as lightning strikes outside in a storm. Crew members in their positions.Approaching the harbor where Japanese vessels may be anchored. Navigator plots position with dividers and calculates course using E-6B computer. Waist gunners ready at their stations. Crew member is posted as a lookout at an open bay in the PBY nose. There are no Japanese ships seen in the harbor. But the PBY is sighted by Japanese antiaircraft batteries that begin firing. They are also being hunted by Japanese night fighters. The pilot dives low towards the water to hide. Japanese fighter plane passes overhead. They resume search for convoy and lookout spots it. Radio operator informs other Black Cats via CW signal. As the Catalinas converge on the convoy, Japanese warships open fire on them.The "Cats" attack and hit a Japanese Cruiser, 2 freighters, and a tanker. One of the Catalinas is destroyed during its bomb run.

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 10 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035340
Devastated buildings nearby Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, England (WW2)

Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Vehicles pass nearby the Cathedral. Steam roller levels off rubble during clearing operations following blitz bombing attacks by German Luftwaffe aircraft in World War II. A man operates crane and shovel. Devastated buildings near by the Cathedral. Domes of the Cathedral. Demolished Guild Hall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). Heap of debris on ground.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035742
Civil defense workers dump debris in containers near Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England (WW2)

Civil Defense workers in England climb a heap of debris near Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Containers nearby debris. People stand. British workers dump debris in the containers. Crane operates in the background. A fireman holds water hose and extinguishes a fire caused by German Luftwaffe blitz bombing campaign during World War II.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035743
British people remove furniture from blitzed flats into street in London, England.

Picture of Churchill in window of blitz bomb damaged shop in London, England, during World War 2. Art dealers rescuing valuable paintings from art dealers gallery. Wrecked dairy shop carry on business. Women do shopping. People remove furniture from flats into street following bomb attack by German Luftwaffe aircraft.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1943, July
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035744
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