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The USS San Francisco and several other U.S. warships in convoy underway in heavy seas during World War II

Opening scene shows glimpse from deck of the Heavy Cruiser, USS San Francisco (CA-38) underway in World War 2, with waves rolling over her bow from rough waters, then the scene shifts to view from the bridge. overlooking her pair of forward triple 8-inch guns. Her smaller gun emplacements at the bow are inundated by the waters as she plunges in and out of the waves. A Casablanca class Escort Aircraft Carrier (CVE) is seen to starboard. View of Curtiss SOC Seagull wing and pontoon on the San Francisco. A battleship seen in distance. More views from bridge of the San Francisco. A South Dakota class battleship is seen underway and a fighter plane above her in flight. Still more views from the San Francisco's bridge and then from her main port deck.

Date: 1944, December 18
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059675
Torpedoes aboard USS Yorktown with cartoon of Tojo on it during World War II.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059695
Torpedoes being placed in racks aboard USS Yorktown during World War II.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059696
Torpedoes being lifted from racks aboard USS Yorktown during World War II.

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.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059697
U.S. sailors attend a Catholic mass aboard a ship followed by sea burials in the Pacific during World War II.

Sea burials of American sailors during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Wounded men are carried off. Many dead bodies sewed up in canvas are ready for burial at sea, aboard a U.S. ship. A church flag flies above colors on the ship. Men attend a Catholic mass aboard the ship. A photographer stands behind his movie camera on a tripod. Burial crew carries bodies draped in American flag. Flags are removed and bodies are slid off the board into the sea.

Date: 1944
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053282
U.S. Marines land on an island and ships battle enemy during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

U.S. ships battle enemy during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The battleships fire rockets in distant background during a night battle. A landing craft moves through water between the ships. Marines go down a net into a boat. LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) loaded with marines ready to leave the side of a ship. American flag flies from LCVP. A photographer in the boat as itheads for a beach. Camouflaged destroyer underway. Main battery on the ship fires guns. Twin 5 inch gun barrels fire. Shells strike near the shoreline. The landing craft heads for the beach during invasion. LSMR (Landing Ship Medium Rocket) fires rockets at the beach. The island partially obscured by smoke arising from rocket explosions. Camouflaged cruiser class ship fires. Explosions on beach of island. Destroyer fires. Three planes in flight over water. Marines look skyward. Formation of aircraft in the sky. Rockets and bombs explode in the beach area. Destroyer underway is firing guns. Landing crafts underway in all directions in water. LCVP underway. The photographer in a landing craft takes pictures. An LCVP hits the beach. Marines disembark from the landing craft. They move inland past debris and hide behind dunes. 155mm howitzer is fired. Dead body of a Japanese soldier.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053284