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Crew aboard USS Current try to salvage a sunken Japanese vessel off Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii.

Recovery of a Japanese midget submarine off Pearl Harbor in Ohau, Hawaii. Crew members of USS Current handle cables at the stern to salvage a sunken midget Japanese submarine which participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. The cables pass over stern rollers. A stopper being placed on a roller. A diver in water alongside USS Current. Lieutenant Commander Henry Mennard and an SERVPAC (Service Forces Pacific Ocean) salvage officer confer aboard USS Current.

Date: 1960, July 14
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066716
Japanese Kamikaze airplanes attack USS Saratoga (Feb 21) and USS Bunker Hill (May 11) in the Pacific Ocean.

From German newsreel Welt Im Film: Shows Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. Kamikaze airplanes are shot down and crash into the ocean. Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima. A Japanese kamikaze suicide airplane hits USS Saratoga. Smoke rises from the ship. Crewmen try to extinguish the fire with water hoses. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) underway in the Pacific Ocean on May 11. View from Bunker Hill as a Kamikaze airplane hits USS Bunker Hill. The aircraft carrier bursts into flames. Crewmen fight fire on USS Bunker Hill. Smoke rises from the aircraft carriers after being hit by Kamikaze airplanes. Crewmen at work on the carrier ships with large hose pipes. U.S. Navy crew cling to floating debris and swim in water after the attacks toward rescue ships. They are pulled aboard a ship.

Date: 1945, February 21
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675065379
German sailors visit island in the South Pacific (WW2)

German Nazi Kriegsmarine navy land on an island in the South Pacific Ocean, likely Fiji, during World War II. Sailors lower supplies to boats. Sailors in boats travel to an island. Kriegsmarine sailors arrive on a South Pacific island. Huts and coconut trees on an island village. Local islanders standing on a raft. Germans bring supplies into the village, while being observed by curious locals and children. Children stand up and follow Kriegsmarine officers. A Pacific islander smiling, nearby a woman holds her baby. German officers and a local smiling while they walk through a coconut grove. Two local policemen salute. German Kriegsmarine sailor attempts to communicate with locals through sign language. German sailor plays with native children on the beach. A smiling native policeman waves. A German Kriegsmarine battleship sails in the South Pacific Ocean, led by a sea gull. Battleship's wind meter spins furiously in the wind as battleship sails through rough and stormy ocean waves. Kriegsmarine officer uses binoculars.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675079109
William Halsey Jr sends a message to Thomas Cassin Kinkaid during American air attack on Japanese in the Pacific Ocean.

American strike over Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano (part of Battle of Leyte Gulf) in World War II. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. who is the Commander of U.S. Third Fleet writes a message for Commander of 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid. An officer studies a map. Animation depicts the course taken by Task Force 38. Animation depicts night radar search made by American forces and detection of an enemy ship. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts the movement of Task Force 38 and Task Force 34. A U.S. night search airplane lands due to engine problems. An aircraft in flight. Bombs being carried on tow dollies. Bombs being loaded in aircraft. The aircraft take off from an carrier. A man gives a signal. U.S. aircraft in flight. Admiral William Halsey, Jr with others stands on the ship deck. Animation depicts contact of the Commander of the 3rd Fleet with the Commander of the 7th Fleet and the change in course of enemy movement. Japanese ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. aircraft launch an attack on the Japanese ships. Aircraft drop bombs on the ships. An aircraft catches fire and plunges in water. A strike coordinator in an aircraft. Animation depicts Japanese ships being bombed and damaged. Japanese aircraft carriers Zuiho and Zuikaku are attacked by American forces. U.S. aircraft drop torpedoes on Japanese ships. Japanese fighter aircraft shot down. Animation depicts American air attack on Japanese ships.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 7 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068317
U-boat activity on shipping in World War 2; NATO Naval operations protecting oceans during the Cold War

Responsibilities and assets of NATO's SACLANT. View from cockpit of aircraft landing on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CVA-20). Scenes of Atlantic ocean during World War 2. Periscope of German submarine breaks surface. Point of view inside a submarine as seen through periscope looking at a target ship. American convoy underway during World War 2 in the Atlantic Ocean. Underwater shot as a submarine launches torpedo at Allied ship. Allied freighter ships being struck by torpedoes. Underwater view of submarine. A torpedoed ship sinking, with only its bow sticking up in the air and then sinking under the ocean. Views of empty German submarine pens in Brest or Lorient after end of World War 2. Next scene shows a Douglas DC-4 passenger airplane as it passes by the Empire State building, while in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Steamships in terminals on the Hudson River. Tug boats and barges in New York harbor. Ocean-going cargo ships pass by the Statue of Liberty. Vehicular traffic in the streets of Norfolk, Virginia. A sign reads 'US Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia'. View of ships and harbor at Norfolk Naval Station. Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT). NATO officers in the "great map room of SACLANT" at the Headquarters. World map placed on a wall. Scene from 1952: U.S. Navy Captain briefs Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and also SACLANT. Map shows areas of SACLANT responsibility extending around the Atlantic from Southern Europe around past Iceland to the maritime provinces of Canada and down to the U.S. coast.. Surfaced submarine launches Regulus missile. Scene from 1960: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) underway. Aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier. View of Naval Air Base at Oceana, Virginia. Douglas F4D flies above runway as another lands. Navy F8 aircraft parked on ramp. Canadian Naval Base at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with views of derricks, cranes, piers, and warships.

Date: 1960
Duration: 5 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054543
U.S. air attack on Japanese ships and animation depicts plan of attack of both countries in the Pacific Ocean.

Conclusions of the Battle of Leyte Gulf of World War II in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Japanese ships being attacked by a U.S. Task Force. Naval guns being fired from the battleships. A U.S. aircraft takes off from a carrier. The aircraft in flight. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers on the decks of ships look skywards. A soldier looks through binoculars. Animation depicts Japanese plan of attack, division of Japanese and U.S. forces and American plan of attack. Aircraft in flight. Soldiers man naval guns. A soldier observes through binoculars. Battleships underway in ocean. Officers study maps and communicate with each other. The battleships underway during the battle.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068321