A Japanese naval fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese aircraft in flight. The aircraft in flight over an open sea. Japanese ships underway at sea. Aircraft parked on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The aircraft take off from the flight deck. Naval guns aboard the ship are fired. A signal man waves signal flags. A ship underway at sea. A smoking ship at sea. Naval guns are fired at a Dutch harbor. The Japanese flag flies aboard the ship.
U.S. Marines battle the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Marines train in the United States. They practice invasion tactics. The marines climb down a cargo net and get into a lading craft. They set up an operation post in the Pacific. Explosion in water. The marines get off from landing crafts at a beach. They unload tanks from a landing craft. An explosion at the beach and tanks move on the beach. The marines advance towards the beach. Anti aircraft guns mounted on the decks of navy ships underway. U.S. Marines seated on a deck. The marines in a landing craft underway. The U.S. flag on the landing craft. The marines walk forward. The marines along with U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Byrd are greeted by tribes. They marines unload supplies and use modern techniques. Trucks and jeeps loaded with supplies drive through mud.
Carrier-based airplanes fight Japanese airplanes off New Guinea, Australia during World War II . A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean prepares for attack. Aircraft parked on the deck. An aircraft takes off. Gunners ready the guns mounted on the deck. A Japanese aircraft in flight. Flaks burst in the sky. The gunners fire the guns. An explosion on the outer deck. The carrier crew runs on the deck and fires. A Japanese bomber aircraft drops bombs. A bomb hole on the deck. The gunners still fire. Crew members pull a hose and spray water on the bombed area. The carrier is set afire but remains afloat.
United States ship headed across the Pacific Ocean. Supplies being loaded onto a ship. Sailors fire guns aboard the ship. Sailors boxing in a ring. Spectators watch the boxing championship aboard the ship. Sailors being washed and cleaned during King Neptune ceremony. A priest prays along with the sailors aboard the ship. Aircraft in flight. Sailors disembark from the ship. Army trucks and equipment being unloaded from the ship. (World War II period).
United States Aircraft carrier anchored in the Pacific Ocean. Antisubmarine nets are deployed to protect swimmers from sharks. Crew members of the carrier relax. Many sailors swim. some sailors dive from the deck, 70 feet, into the water to swim. Some climb up the anchor chains. Later, aircraft are seen lined up on the flight deck. A destroyer that rescued three downed pilots, pulls alongside and returns the pilots to the Aircraft Carrier, via breeches buoy, while both ships are underway. Rescued pilots pose. The destroyer pulls away.
USS Lexington sinks in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Smoke rises from USS Lexington after being hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Coral Sea of World War II. Smoke rises from the ship. Rescued crew members of the Patten Family get off a train in Portland, Oregon. They greet each other as a large crowd gather to welcome them. The Pattens salute.