Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A sailor aboard USS Yorktown also called Fighting Lady. Sailor stands in the well of the elevator as a torpedo comes up on elevator to the deck level. A cartoon of Tojo on a torpedo head and a sign reads 'To Tojo'. Nose of the torpedo with a grinning Japanese face drawn on it.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. Racks with torpedoes in them aboard USS Yorktown. Propellers of the torpedoes. Men lift torpedoes from rack and being placed upwards. Torpedo being lowered into place on a rack.
Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A man guides the stern of torpedoes as it is being lifted from a rack. Torpedoes placed on a stand. A torpedo being lowered. Torpedo being lifted from a rack as a man guides the stern. A motor mechanic works on an electric motor. Men unfasten doors on a torpedo hatch. Hatch cover being lifted.
U.S. Marines of the 1st Tank Battalion aboard the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) headed toward Peleliu in the Palau Islands during World War 2. Marines work on their M4A2 Sherman tanks aboard ship. They use tar and tape to seal places on the tanks as they prepare them for amphibious assault.They clean a hatch on one. A Marine points out water proofing points on tank. A slate reads "motor trouble" on September 12th. Another reads: "Passing Army Convoy." Then a long line of ships is seen on the horizon in the distance.
The USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) in the waters off Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2. Officers reading orders and briefing Marines on deck. Closeups of marines and officer reading the orders. Sailors shooting the sun with sextants. Other invasion task force ships seen from the Gunston Hall
U.S. carrier-based aircraft attack Japanese targets in Philippines. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat taking off from the flight deck. Men remove chocks from aircraft. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver taking off from the carrier. Men on deck underneath an aircraft. Plane director on the deck. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger taking off. Gun camera scenes from U.S. Navy fighter aircraft attacking formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bombers. They shoot down a number of them, including one that loses its wing during the encounter.