Periscope view of the Pacific Ocean. A cargo junk underway. Radio station in the extreme foreground. Cargo junk underway. Mountains in the foreground.
Periscope view of the Pacific Ocean. Coast line of Japan. Villages and buildings at the coastline. Mountains in the foreground.
USS Sea Dog underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. sailors and officers aboard the submarine. Men looking through binoculars. A ship underway in the Pacific in the foreground. Men aboard a life boat arrives near the submarine. They are taken aboard by other men.
United States Marines Corps leave United States to invade Solomon islands during World War II. A ship pulls away from the San Francisco harbor. San Francisco skyline in the background. Ship passes under the Golden Gate bridge. Marines on the deck of the ship. Ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Men at anti aircraft guns during a drill aboard a ship. Admiral Halsey confers with Marine officers. Troops on the bridge of the ship as it arrives at a harbor in Australia. General Vandegrift and other officers disembark from the ship and are greeted by other officers. Soldiers climb down the gangplank.
The USS Saratoga (CV-3) sailing in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Narration by Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Kamikaze planes during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Bullets firing from a night attack. The narrator mentions a Kamikaze plane has been struck down by the USS Saratoga but the view is too obscure. A smiling gentleman. Dark smoke rises from the USS Saratoga after a Kamikaze attack. Wild sound narration by Mr. Cortight. He mentions a story about the captain refusing to recognize that the17 to 25 planes picked up on radar were Japanese until they were hit by the Kamikaze attack.
Japanese aircraft shot down in the Pacific Ocean as seen from the USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. Black smoke seen in the water. Tracers are also found. Thick black smoke rises over the water. A Navy officer removes his hat. Crewmen put out fire on edge of flight deck. Pilots watch the smoke from a burning aircraft on deck. The sky aft gunnery station after it fired at Japanese planes. Aircraft above a gun director. A ship firing from a distance. Tracers firing and some blasts from Mark 12 5"/38 caliber dual purpose naval guns at night. Wild sound from the narration of Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, as he recounts his experience on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Japanese planes.