Survivor of U.S. Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) float in a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean, approaching rescue by the USS Register (APD-92). Landing craft vehicle, personnel (LCVP) comes alongside the man in raft. Survivor in LCVP with boat crew. PB-1 in flight. Group of three ship rafts floating in water. APD-92 at sea.
Two survivors from U.S. Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) on raft as the USS Register (APD-92) comes alongside at sea in the Pacific Theater. Two weary sailors floating on a raft are rescued. Several survivors are carried on deck on stretchers. Survivors on USS Indianapolis transferred on stretchers from deck of APD-92 to LCP alongside.
A World War II U.S. army war training film on Identification of a Japanese Scout 95 seaplane and United States Curtis SOC seaplane in Japan. Japanese Navy scouting 95 seaplanes in flight. Other planes flew nearby. High altitude view of the city. Animation shows the structure and the working of the plane. The prominent features of the plane are shown. Silhouette of plane from all angles. The wings and tail of the plane are described through the animation. Information about the pontoon of the plane. The plane consists of two cockpits. The comparison between United States Curtis SOC and the Japanese Navy Scout 95 is made. The wings compared which are almost the same. The difference lies in the open cockpit of the Japanese plane and the covered cockpit of the United States plane. The difference in the tail pattern is shown. The Japanese plane consists of a smaller tail.
Holland type submarine of the Plunger class tied up at the Electric Boat Company at New Suffolk, Long Island , New York circa 1902. Civilian technicians standing on deck of the boat.. They load a torpedo aboard, using a block and tackle.. It goes down into the hull of the submarine. The Holland type submarine running at periscope, fires the torpedo. The torpedo runs just below the surface, leaving a visible wake. The submarine rises and runs along a conning tower depth. It dives again and rises again.
Holland type submarine of the Plunger class undergoing trials at the Electric Boat Company, New Suffolk, Long Island, New York. Submarine running along at periscope depth. Periscope of the submarine. Several times the boat disappears below surface and rises again (porpoising). It makes way on the surface. Civilian testing crewmen in business attire climb out of conning tower and walk on the deck. They start back down into the conning tower. Men on the deck as the submarine runs along the surface. Submarine tied up at the pier, men walking around on deck and using a plank to walk to the pier..
USS Mississinewa burns on horizon at Ulithi, Pacific. An airplane taxies off from a flight deck. Heavy columns of smoke arise from the burning of ship. Destroyer on patrol drops depth charges. They explode. (World War II period).
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