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Hitler Youth members conduct a wintertime torchlight ceremony on skis in Germany, during World War II
Opening nighttime scene shows two Hitler Youth skiers descending a snowy hill. Each carries two flaming torches. They converge at a prepared fire site and light a large bonfire with their torches. View of numerous burning torches held by other Hitler Youth members on the hillside. Glimpse of flags and the large bonfire. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)
Views of Midway Island before, during and after the first Japanese bombing attack there in World War II
Japanese bombing attack on Midway Island in World War 2 (Battle of Midway). Opening scene shows map with Midway Island in context .of the Pacific Ocean. A Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat is seen among clouds. Closeup of the plane from another in formation with it. View of gunner with machine gun in blister of a PBY. Views from the PBY of Midway Island, from above and from low over the water. Two PT boats in the harbor. A PBY seaplane lands and is next seen being towed tail first up an incline, by sailors using lines. A U.S. Marine Corps color guard leads a contingent of Marines marching in formation along a pier, where some submarines are docked. F lock of white sea birds photographed against blue sky and Gooney birds on the white sands of the Island. Marines silhouetted in front of a beautiful sunset. The are relaxing. One plays an accordion. Sentries are alerted by some thunder from clouds in the distance. Next, B-17E bombers are seen near sandbagged positions on the airfield. Air crews gather for briefings. Camera pans over several B-17s being loaded with bombs and refueled. Glimpse of a railroad engineer who served 38 years on the Ironton railroad, standing next to a steam locomotive.( He is ostensibly related to one of the flyers.) Brief views of the flyer’s mother and sister. B-17 taxiing on number 1 and 4 engines (unusual). Several B-17Es taking off. One is Number 41-2524. Others with readable numbers are 41-2611, 41-2632, 41-2648, and 41-2437. Suddenly, several Japanese aircraft are seen in loose trail formation overhead. Marine fires machine gun from a defensive position. Black flak clouds form from exploding U.S. antiaircraft rounds. One Japanese aircraft falls burning toward the sea. Several U.S. Marine Chance-Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft take off to engage the Japanese bombers. The U.S. aircraft maneuvering overhead. More machine gun fire from defenders on Midway. A bomb explodes close to the camera, sending debris flying. More machine gun fire, and another bomb strikes near the shoreline with a huge explosion. Explosions on other areas of Midway. A hangar burning. Another bomb strike close to the camera. Marines running past burning and destroyed aircraft, and raising the American flag, as fires burned and the bombing continued.
New York Yankees and New York Giants baseball teams train in the north during World War II
The New York Yankees train at Atlantic City New Jersey for the 1944 baseball season, during World War 2. Yankees players, wearing long sleeves, jog around the infield. Manager Joe McCarthy addresses the club. Players warm up with throwing and batting drills. Outfielder Ed Levy (#9) swings in batting cage. Second baseman Stuffy Sternweiss (#2) takes a swing. Manager McCarthy clowns around with movie camera. Action shifts to New York Giants spring training camp in Lakewood, New Jersey. Catcher Gus Mancuso takes part in camera tricks. Manager and Hall of Fame slugger Mel Ott looks over his squad. Shortshop Billy Jurges hits a ground ball. (Note: Spring training for all Major League Baseball clubs was in the north that year because of travel restrictions during World War II.)
U.S. Navy aircraft in exercises and a review of aircraft in service at the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific
Wide-ranging review of U.S. Navy aircraft operational in 1941. Formation of U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight. One enters shallow dive and emits smoke as a screen for warships during training exercise. Nine U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers peel off from echelon formation and dive toward the sea, as the Douglas SBD Dauntless emitting smoke skims over the water. A glimpse of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) is seen in the background. The TBDs launch their attack under cover of the smoke screen. They drop their torpedoes low over the water and climb out past the USS Enterprise. Her deck is empty. Large formations of U.S. Navy SBD and TBD aircraft fly overhead. TBD and SBD aircraft are seen landing on the Enterprise. Deck crews and signal officers, with paddles, are seen at work. An F4F lands on the flight deck. Deck crews position the aircraft, after landing, and chock their wheels. Plane captains attend to their aircraft, including refueling them. Scene shifts to land base, where mechanics work on various aircraft, including a PBM Mariner flying boat. At TC: 03:13, a U.S. Navy JRS-1 flying boat is seen in flight. (This is a Sikorsky S-43, Baby Clipper. The Navy had about 15, or so, of these, just prior to World War 2.) A mechanic is sitting on the nose of this aircraft performing some task, while in flight. (Clearly, the aircraft is capable of very slow flight.) Next seen is a Navy N3N trainer plane; an SNJ (North American T-6 Texan); Several Consolidated PB2 Coronados; PBY amphibian; Vought Kingfisher;Grumman F4F Wildcat;formation of Douglas TBD Devastators;formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless; and closeup of SBD with canopies open and pilot and rear gunner visible. Brief view of Lexington-class aircraft carrier.
Flight operations on the USS Lexington during World War II in the Pacific
Flight deck operations aboard U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16) in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. F6F Hellcat fighters,numbered 4,24, and 2 of Squadron VF-16 (Fighting Airedales) taking off from flight deck of USS Lexington (CV-16). Three F6Fs, of VF-16, with engines running. Aircraft numbers 19 and 7 taxi forward. a Douglas SBD dive bomber, number 32, taxis forward as rear seater adjusts his machine gun.
German propaganda film excerpts: German He-111 bomber is attacked by British P-36 Mohawk fighters after bombing British convoy
Excerpt from German propaganda film directed by Hans Bertram, released during World War 2, entitled "Kampfgeschwader Luetzow." Dramatizations feature authentic German aircraft and scenes include: German air attack on British convoy in European Theater during World War II. German officers receive report of bomber strike against British ship and plot results of bombing in headquarters. British crew abandoning burning British transport. Crew in cockpit of German aircraft Heinkel He 111. Formation of British P-36 Mohawk fighter aircraft. they attack the He-111 and hit it with many bullets. German machine gunner fires at P-36. Clouded, horizon in the background. P-36 falls streaming smoke. Another P-36 attacks and kills the German bomber pilot. Gunner runs to cockpit and takes control, shooting down the P-36. A third P-36 attacks and disables the bomber's number one engine, which the crew feathers and shuts down. The He-111 seen flying on number 2 engine only. View of Number one feathered. With bomber in and out of clouds, crewman attempts to keep it straight and level using artificial horizon instrument. With voice radio inoperative, German crewman uses modulated carrier wave (morse code) to send distress message which is received in German Headquarters.
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