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.
A film dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants working to built USS Hornet (CV-8) and commissioning of the same in Norfolk during World War II. Workers work in shipyard to build USS Hornet. USS Hornet is launched. Sailors walk up gangway of USS Hornet. U.S. Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox makes a speech during commissioning of USS Hornet CV-8 on 20th October, 1941. Navy officers and sailors lined up.
Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu on December 7th, 1941 during World War II. Japanese aircraft take off from Japanese carriers in the Pacific. Formation of Japanese bombers bomb battleships anchored in Pearl Harbor. Smoke billows up from the explosion as the bombers bombard the U.S. ships.
Gasoline drums in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. Drums of gasoline on dock in Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy USS North Carolina (BB-55) in the background. USS North Carolina moves in harbor. Drums of gasoline being hoisted from dock aboard merchant vessel. Workmen roll drums on dock and attach hoisting slings to them.
Salvage operations for U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. Salvage holds in overturned hull of U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma (BB-37). A diver wearing mask goes under compartment. Men work on hull of USS Oklahoma. Gasoline drums are hoisted by a crane. Men work on hull of USS Oklahoma.
Survivors of U.S. Navy USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after Battle of Midway during World War II. Sailors from dock wave to the arriving U.S. Navy USS Fulton (AS-11) with survivors on board. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Calhoun stand with other officers along the dock. Wounded men are unloaded from ship and taken to ambulances. Survivors of Yorktown leave ship via gangway.
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