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U.S. Submarine (USS Cod) rescues crew from Dutch Submarine (O-19) in South China Sea during World War II

Wind-driven surf engulfs the Dutch submarine, O-19, aground on Ladd Reef, Spratly Island, as viewed from the U.S. submarine, USS Cod (SS-224) during rescue operations in World War 2. Dutch sailors paddle yellow rubber life rafts filled with crew members from the O-19, on their way to the USS Cod. They climb aboard the Cod with help from U.S. sailors. Two officers confer. A Dutch sailor poses on deck with a doll rescued from the O-19. Some crew still aboard the Dutch submarine appear to be moving cargo on her deck with help of small improvised derrick.

Date: 1945, July 8
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076087
Aircraft take off from the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in South China Sea during the Vietnam War.

United States Navy 7th Naval Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in the South China Sea. A United States Navy aircraft F-4B whizzing by over flight deck during catapult from USS Coral Sea. Catapult crew member runs onto flight deck with a shuttle cover. A United States Navy aircraft A-4B Skyhawk on catapult. An officer gives signal in the foreground. Aircraft catted out. Fuel hose unrolled from a reel in catwalk and onto the flight deck. A United States Navy aircraft F-8D Crusader takes a wave off. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skyhawk catches a wire and makes an arrested landing. Aircraft rolls to a stop. The wire is released and wings are folded.

Date: 1965, May 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067880
Scenes aboard USS Coral Sea underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Navy 7th fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. Island structure aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) underway in South China Sea. Several Douglas A-3B Skywarrior twin jet bomber aircraft parked next to the island. Men load mail into U.S. Navy UH-2B helicopter on the flight deck.

Date: 1965, May 12
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059975
U.S. Navy A-6A and F-4B aircraft in flight over South China Sea during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Navy aircraft in flight over South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A United States destroyer underway in the Gulf of Tonkin of South China Sea. United States aircraft carrier underway at sea. U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft in flight. Another F-4B aircraft in flight. F-4B aircraft in formation flight. U.S. Navy A-6A aircraft in flight.

Date: 1967, January 15
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059972
Chinese youth join the Army as Japan advances further in land and isolates China; Colonel Chennault and Flying Tigers.

Japanese invasion of China. Chinese soldiers blow the trumpet. Young men march in a field. Young men register in the Army. Millions of young people answer the call to fight for China. Volunteers from south, north, east and west China to form the people's army. Men and women with their children leave to join the forces. Drumming sound. New recruits train and perform a drill to drum beats. Soldiers practice martial arts, rifle handling, and shooting. Others train to care for the sick and wounded. Women soldiers in uniform. They learn to fire a gun. Pilots crowd around an officer. Planes in the background. Men from other countries prepare to fight for China. U.S. Colonel Claire Chennault of the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers, talks to his men. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawks with the shark face emblems take off. Chinese soldiers march. Japan: Japanese officials in a meeting. Japanese troops penetrate China along the rivers. They rebuild destroyed rail roads using slave labor. A map depicts the Japanese strategy of cutting off Chinese supply lines. Japanese warships blockade the coast with the aim to isolate China. Japanese occupied ports in China. Japanese warships and boats in a Chinese port. Gas plants, gun factories and planes. Indochina map: The narrow gauge railway from sea to Kunming and a truck road to Chungking. The camel trail from Russia across the Gobi Desert. The railroad from Rangoon to Lashio in Burma. (World War II period).

Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033616
Various U.S. Navy aircraft land aboard USS Coral Sea while underway in the South China Sea during Vietnam War.

USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft comes in for landing aboard USS Coral Sea. A-1J aircraft in a landing pattern as it is being recovered aboard. U.S. Navy A-1H aircraft takes a wave off over the deck of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy RF-8A aircraft comes in for landing and lands on the deck. U.S. Navy A-1J and C-2A also come in and land one by one. Two U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft land on the deck of the carrier. Aerial view of a destroyer escort underway at sea. A destroyer underway at sea. U.S. Navy KA-3B flies over the wake of USS Coral Sea. Another KA-3B aircraft comes in and lands at the deck.

Date: 1967, January 15
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059969