View of general quarters alarm as the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War II prepares for attack of Japanese forces on Marcus Island. Men run up and down stairs and close hatches and watertight doors while pilots gather in the flight ready room. The U.S. Navy fliers wear their flying suits and get ready for the attack. A sailor responds to an intercom call to flight ready room three and orders pilots to man their planes. The pilots board the planes. The fighter planes. A radio plotting room to keep track of all the planes. The planes fly low and suddenly climb up. View of Marcus Island. The planes bomb Marcus island. Smoke due to bombardment. The bombing of the enemy boats and supply ships. A ship is destroyed. Smoke on the island. The planes in flight return back after the victory. A sailor nicknamed Smoky tracks the flyers to check that none of them is missing.
United States submarine sinks Japanese boat in the Pacific. Submarine bombards the boat. The boat catches fire. Smoke arises due to the fire on the boat. (World War II period).
U.S. Iowa-class Battleship displays its 16-inch guns in triple turrets, during World War 2. The turrets rotate independently during the demonstration. U.S. Navy sailors riding on motorized dolleys transporting bombs on a Naval base. A flight of three U.S. Navy F6F aircraft, equipped with centerline gasoline drop tanks, is seen in formation. The flight leader, begins to dive. Partial closeup of a U.S. heavy cruiser, with forward triple turret guns elevated toward the port stern and next set of guns only slightly elevated in the same direction.
U.S. Army troops from elements of the 27th Infantry Division, clamber down a rope net over the side of the Attack Cargo Ship, USS Alcyone (AKA-7) and board her landing craft for an amphibious assault on Makin Island, during World War 2 in the Pacific. Views of Higgins Boats (landing craft) underway, some from the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12). Explosions on the shore from Naval bombardment. View from inside a packed landing craft approaching the shore. Gunfire from U.S. Naval warships offshore. Various views of the landing craft underway. An aircraft flying close over the water in the background. A wounded person being hoisted aboard one of the transport ships. Heavy black smoke rising from Naval gunfire striking the shore. A line of landing craft. View from front of a landing craft about to hit the beach. U.S. troops wading ashore.
A U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway with a task force in the Pacific, during World War 2. Upper of two 3x8 gun turrets seen (lower out of sight). Both the bow and the stern of ship are awash periodically. Three Navy TBF Avenger aircraft are seen in formation, flying slowly at low altitude overhead, all with landing gear extended.
U.S. Navy Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark (Joseph James Clark) is seen walking across a wharf cluttered with aircraft parts and boxes of supplies during World War 2. He looks skyward. Scene changes to view from a small boat underway in the water, with two officers aboard, conversing. The USS Yorktown (CV-10) is seen in the background. Change of scene to the bridge of the Yorktown, where Captain Clark in steel helmet labeled "Captain," looks through binoculars. Series of closeups of Captain Clark looking skyward with binoculars.