Carrier operations of USS Monterey (CVL-26) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Aerial photographer takes aerial photographs from U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless bomber. Signal officer signals to U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers taxiing on a Pacific Island.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh being acclaimed in Washington D.C., United States upon his return to the United States, following his historic solo transatlantic aircraft flight from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh disembarks from the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Memphis (CL-13). Avenue, Washington D.C. Lindbergh and his mother, in an open car, with military escort. Their car is surrounded by newsmen and photographers, and guarded by several U.S. Army soldiers. View of Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the Capitol. A military color guard marches across the avenue. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Lindbergh car moves along Pennsylvania Avenue. Sign on building reads: "Colonial Ice Cream." Mounted cavalry follow the car. View from above of a huge crowd in an open area. Scenes from Lindbergh's arrival in New York City, on June 13, 1927. He rides in an open car, from the Battery, in downtown, Manhattan, escorted by mounted policemen. People rush all around his car and ticker tape and confetti fill the air in a ticker tape parade.
U.S. Task Force ships off the coast of Leyte, Philippines during World War II. USS Princeton (CVL-23) afire. Corpsmen administer first aid to wounded sailors on flight deck.
U.S. Task Force no. 38 ships head for Leyte, Philippines during World War II. Aerial view of Philippines Islands. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) underway. Smoking F6F Hellcat lands on flight deck of carrier.
United States Navy planes land on USN Task Force 38 carriers in Gulf of Leyte during World War 2. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway. Formation of planes. A Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver airplane is waved off during approach and executes go-around before landing on USS Essex. Crewmen examine battle damage on wings and around cockpits of an SB2C-5 aircraft (pilot Lt. Roger Noyes) parked on the flight deck. Pilot in F6F Hellcat fighter (with four rising sun flags for enemy kills on fuselage) awaits signal for takeoff. Formations of other aircraft returning to the carrier.
Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Smoke rises from a burning CV (aircraft carrier) underway. Flak bursts in air. Cleveland class CL (light cruiser) underway. Japanese planes in the background. USS Hancock (CV-19) underway.
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