Ships on patrol at sunset. LST underway at sea. Island in the background. Planes strafe island. Boat moves away from island. Plane bombs beach. Smoke arises from explosion on beach. (World War II period).
USO Show of Jack Benny and party in the Pacific Ocean theater during World War 2. American entertainer, Jack Benny walks along dock with guards. Jack Benny & party walk along dock. Men on tree watch show. Crowd of sailors and soldiers seated on lawn watches show. People talk.
U.S. Naval bombardment of Peleliu island in Palau, Pacific ocean, during World War 2. A scout and observation (SOC) Seagull floatplane is catapulted from the heavy cruiser, USS Portland, CA-33.
Japanese aircraft attacks U.S. ships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. Navy OS (Operations Specialist) seated before a radar. An aircraft in flight overhead. View aboard U.S. ship underway in the Pacific. A telephone operator looks up into the sky while he talks over the phone. Gun crew on single 40MM gun, training gun. A trainer on a gun. Ships underway at sea in background. A 5 inch gun is fired. Flak in the sky. A Coast Guard personnel loads clips into a 40mm twin bofor gun. A Japanese plane hits water after being shot down. Gun crew on 20MM gun fires at enemy aircraft. A Japanese Kamikaze plane hits a flight deck in a ball of flame. Coast Guard crew on 20mm gun fire at Japanese plane. Japanese plane in flight, tracer streaking through sky. American carrier covered in smoke after being hit by Japanese Kamikaze plane. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) fire all guns at Japanese aircraft. Sky filled with flak. Japanese aircraft heads for water. A 40mm gun is fired. Japanese plane strikes water. Twin 40mm gun is fired. Men load clips into the 40mm gun. Japanese plane hits water. Guns aboard the ship are fired. Coast Guard photographer shoots the movies. An officer looks through binoculars.
Combat action and general deck activities aboard USS Hancock CV19 in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S. F6F Hellcat Fighter plane lands on the deck of the USS Hancock CV19. It is soon surrounded by a large number of deck crew who eventually line up along its wings and manually fold them. The then turn the propeller to desired position for parking the aircraft.
A U.S. Aircraft Carrier under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft during World War 2 in the Pacific Ocean. US Navy Ship's gun crews fire anti aircraft guns. Kamikaze planes falling from the sky in flames. Dramatic footage as Kamikaze aircraft is struck and on fire, and passes just beside the ship and crashes into the water very close to the ship.