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1940 launching of USS Hornet (CV-8); accomplishments of USS Hornet, famous for the 1942 Doolittle Raid during World War II.

A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074562
U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) sinks after battling Japanese bombers during Battle of the Santa Cruz in World War II.

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands on 26th of October, 1942 during World War II. U.S. aircraft take off from U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) carrier at dawn. Members of crew on U.S. carrier look through binoculars. Japanese bombers formation overhead. Gun crews of USS Hornet (CV-8) attack the Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft in flames crash. Flak bursts in sky. USS Hornet gets torpedoed and bombed heavily. USS Hornet burns. The crew abandons the USS Hornet. Members of the crew board rescue boats. USS Hornet being sunk by torpedo attacks at night. Wounded men transferred to other U.S. ships and taken ashore. New ships being launched from shipyards in United States.

Location: Santa Cruz Islands Solomon Islands
Date: 1942, October 26
Duration: 5 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074568
Runway at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal being graded during World War II.

U.S. troops in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Grader and dump truck on runway of Henderson Field which is being graded. Dump truck dumps load while grader works back and forth. Work stops while U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber taxis on the runway. Crew members sit on piles of landing mat sections for new runway as C-47 Skytrain transport takes off. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber taxis on runway. Runway being constructed, men sit on piles of mats in the foreground. Sections of mats being fitted together. Men hammer mats with nails.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, March 4
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074692
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat rescues downed U.S. Marine Corps pilot in Solomon Islands during World War II.

Rescue of Marine Corps pilot, Milton H. Vedder, who was shot down on April 25, 1943, in an aerial battle over Vangunu, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. View from a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina flying boat as it takes off and then flies low over islands and water. Two Marine F4U Corsairs are seen flying escort above the PBY. View from the PBY as it lands on the water and taxis past a native shack while approaching Segi Point shoreline. Crewman on PBY looks through binoculars. Native canoe approaches with Lieutenant Vedder. Native and beach observer in a boat. Man in hat is probably coast watcher Donald Kennedy. Rescued pilot Lieutenant Milton N. Vedder, in boat, smokes a cigarette. View from PBY as it takes off. Vedder and others conversing inside the PBY. Several views of the two U.S. Marine F4U Corsair fighter escort aircraft. Other F4Us are seen in distance. (Note: reportedly, the two escorting F4U Corsairs were flown, respectively, by Major Weissenberger, the Commanding Officer, and Major Leary, both from Lt. Vedder's squadron, VMF-213. )

Location: Segi Point Solomon Islands
Date: 1943, April 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074718
Captain James S Chisholm answers questions put to him by prosecutor Colonel G S Woolworth at war crime trials in Tokyo.

Japanese war crime trials at International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, Japan. American prosecutor Colonel G. S. Woolworth continues the American case. A few defense including Hideki Tojo seated in box. Defense attorney Joseph Howard makes an objection to a statement made against Koki Hirota by Colonel Woolworth. Defendants seated. Captain Van Meter swears in a new witness of the prosecution, Captain James S Chisholm. Captain Chisholm answers questions put to him by Colonel Woolworth. Colonel Woolworth cross examines Captain Chisholm.

Location: Tokyo Japan
Date: 1947, January 3
Duration: 5 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675074756
U.S. soldiers disembark from landing crafts and practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

U.S. troops practice invasion of Philippines in Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands and Naumea, New Caledonia during World War II. Landing crafts loaded with U.S. troops head for beach during pre-invasion practice. U.S. troops of 25th Infantry Division, 161st Regimental Combat Team come down cargo nets and load aboard LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). LCVPs arrive at Guadalcanal beach and U.S. troops disembark. Soldiers march inland. Soldier digs foxhole. Tank moving on road. Soldiers carry stretchers. Troops disembark from LCVPs. Half track and troops unload from LCVP.

Location: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, December 21
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074985
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