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Battleships USS Colorado and USS Maryland in column with other ships at sea in Pacific during World War II.
Column of U.S. ships at sea in Pacific Theater during World War 2. Battleship ahead is the USS Maryland, BB-46, ahead of her are three destroyers. Sailors on the USS Colorado (BB-45) stand near 5 inch/25 caliber gun position during practice firing.
Several wounded British prisoners of war released (WW2)
Tribesmen carry wounded British soldiers in sedan chairs through jungle areas in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Soldiers walking through jungles while tribesmen with traditional weapons such as javelins or spears walk beside soldiers. Native tribal men carry baskets on their backs. British soldiers being released and providing statements into a microphone in turns. Several tribesmen and Japanese soldiers standing in background. (This is likely Japanese propaganda to showcase the purported humane treatment of Allied prisoners.)
Enemy ships endure strafing by U.S. warplanes in the Pacific.
Smoke rising from an Atoll. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Aircraft Carrier underway. Strafing aircrafts on enemy, on enemy airfield at Truk in Pacific Theater. Enemy ships being strafed. Destroyer ship being strafed. Small vessel being strafed. Vessel begins to burn. Enemy transport sinks. (World War II period).
United States Navy sailors clearing mines during World War II.
Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) sweeps water of mines in Pacific Theater during World War II. Three United States sailors wade through surf toward a mine. Men on board a boat at sea. YMS (Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper) underway in harbor. Men drop pig over the side of a vessel. A mine covered with moss adrift in sea. Tracers fired at the floating mines. Shoreline of Guadalcanal. Three United States B-25 aircraft in flight.
U.S. troops and their improvised movie theaters in combat zones during World War II
A U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 airplane carrying movies among its cargo bound from New Caledonia to troops stationed at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. Views inside the airplane cabin, where troops sit alongside the cargo. Glimpse from cockpit of aircraft on final approach to land on the airfield. Troops unloading canisters of movie films from the C-47. (Handing the movie reels out of the C-47 is Russ Laming of the 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, a.k.a the Thirsty 13th.) Army truck carrying mail bags and movie films driving away from the airfield. U.S. soldiers walk to their makeshift movie tent from foxholes and fortified positions. Sign on the tent reads: "Bougainville Roxy, Tonights feature." Movie projector seen inside the tent, as soldiers enter. Views of movie theaters made out of logs and other available materials at various locations in the Pacific theater of operations. They range from simple and rugged to more elaborate, at rear locations, away from the front lines. U.S. servicemen racing to get the best seats in a theater, as the doors open for a movie. Servicemen walking into an open air theater. They are called to attention as the unit commander arrives and takes his seat. View of wounded soldiers recuperating in a hospital,where a movie camera is being set up in the ward. They are tended by a French nurse wearing a "flying nun" hat (possibly North Africa). Servicemen and women being seated in an outdoor theater, and other places, waiting to watch movies. Allied troops join Americans to watch U.S. movies. A theater sign announcing the week's movie program at a Royal New Zealand Air Force post in the jungles. Courier carrying film canister from a jeep into a jungle theater. Soldier mounting the film on projector. U.S. troops watching a movie outdoors, during rain storm.
TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers land on the deck of 'The Fighting Lady' in the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sign reads 'US Naval Communications'. Women work in a room on typewriters. TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out towards the carrier. Aircraft in flight with insignia of the United States. A ship 'The Fighting Lady' underway. Crewmen stand on the deck. A plane lands on the deck. Planes in flight in background. Wire barriers on the deck in case the plane fails to land on the resting gear. A landing signal officer on the deck. The plane lands on the ship's deck. People stand on the deck. The planes are to be rearranged for a take off. The skipper of the ship stands on the deck. The crew stand on the deck. The skipper reproofs the flight deck. He asks the deck crew to arrange the planes properly. A diagram of the carrier and an account of the hangar deck. A structure on the mid ship.