U.S. Forces shoot down enemy airplanes and submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Task Force underway at sea off the coast of Saipan. Three Japanese aircraft attack ships. Naval guns being fired at the airplanes. The airplanes being shot down. An aircraft bursts into flames and falls into sea. A U.S. aircraft attacks a German U-boat in the Atlantic Ocean. The U boat being strafed and sinks into the sea.
Scenes in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. U.S.sailors in a Higgins boat arriving at their home transport ship, the USS Cambria (APA-36). They carry cargo of some sort. One member stands holding a rifle. Scene shifts to a U.S. Destroyer being refueled by a fleet oiler, at sea. Fuel lines stretch between the ships. Both ships roll somewhat in moderate seas. Fuel lines being retracted by the oiler. New sequence shows personnel aboard a U.S. Navy ship dressed for "Crossing the Line" ceremony (for those crossing the Equator for the first time). "King Neptune" and his court on deck for the ceremony. "Shellbacks" (those who are not first-time crossers) initiate "pollywogs" (first-timers) with various pranks
United States sailors aboard a ship in Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy OS2U aircraft taxis on sea. Aircraft in flight. Supplies in a net slung over the side . Net lowered over the deck of the ship.
A U.S. convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean heads for a raid on the Marshall Islands during World War II. F4U Corsair fighter airplanes with wings folded on the deck of a U.S. carrier underway. U.S. anti-aircraft guns down two Japanese torpedo airplanes. A Japanese airplane in flames falls in the ocean off the stern of the ship. A sailor lies down on the deck of the U.S. carrier as the flaming airplane passes. Another Japanese aircraft crosses behind the ship and also crashes in flames.
U.S. Marines drive cattle in a stockade on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Marines on horseback start moving. They ride horses and drive cattle. The cattle are driven into the stockade. Beef is served to the marines on the island.
A United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier. They stand near an airplane. They transfer an object from the ship to another with the help of a rope. Men look at ammunition and keep them in a box. A pilot in the cockpit of an airplane. The canopy of the airplane closes.