Princess Juliana of the Netherlands visits Curacao Island, a Dutch colony in South America. Princess Juliana on a motorcade in Willemstad. Curacaoans cheer and welcome the Princess. Princess Juliana receives a bouquet of flowers from an open car. People cheering from colonial Dutch-style houses. Dutch Marines in white uniform forming an honor guard during a parade. United Nation countries (United States, Republic of China, Netherlands, etc) flags pass in review. Princess Juliana watches the parade with Dutch colonial officials.
U.S. Atlantic Scouting Fleet in the Caribbean. Destroyers rafted together, and performing routine housekeeping and maintenance tasks. Fabrics are drying and airing on decks and sailors are engaged in washing. painting, and other activities. Hull numbers identify the USS Hatfield (No. 231) and USS Brooks (No. 232). View of the funnels and guns of respective ships, all in a row. Flotilla of small boats being used by sailors around the raft of destroyers. Mountains and sand hills in background. Tarpolins are spread and tied to provide shade on decks. Officers and sailors on outside bridges of the destroyers.
Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. U.S. Grumman S2F Tracker aircraft approaches a ship at 90 degree angle. It approaches the ship at 45 degree angle and lands on the deck of USS Valley Forge (CVS-45). It comes in for a landing and gets a wave off.
Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. The crew plays basketball on the hangar deck of USS Valley Forge (CVS-45). They play touch football on the flight deck. The sailors sunbathe on the flight deck.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Officers play acey-deucy in a wardroom. One officer throws a dice.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) in the Caribbean. Pilots come up on the flight deck in an elevator and run towards their planes. Four U.S. Grumman S2F trackers aircraft on port catapult and on standby. They take off one by one.
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