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General George S Patton chatting with other generals on roadside in Sicily, Italy.
General George S Patton, Major General Gillem, Major General Middleton, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Major General Allen and Brigadier General Coltet, stand on roadside and chat in Sicily, Italy.
U.S. Paratroopers are briefed with sand table in Nadzab, New Guinea.
U.S. Paratroopers are briefed with sand table in Nadzab, New Guinea. Paratroopers prepare ammunition for machine guns. Equipment is checked. Men put on their chutes. Long convoy of trucks loaded with Paratroopers moves out of the area. Paratroopers at the airport put on their parachutes and equipment. They board planes.
Paratroopers seated for jump signal in Nadzab, New Guinea.
Planes in flight in Nadzab, New Guinea. Paratroopers seated for jump signal. They get up. Hook their static line and jump out of the door. Ground covered with paratroopers. Smoke seen in background.
General George S Patton leaves headquarters in Palermo Sicily, Italy (WW2)
Lieutenant General George S Patton leaves headquarters in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. He climbs into his custom-armored M3A1White Scout Car, equipped with two machine guns, and accompanied by staff, drives off. General Patton standing along roadside waving as his troops drive past in vehicles. General Patton, Major General Geoffrey Keyes and Colonel Campanole seated in jeep in one of the cities and look at maps while Maj Gen. Lucian Truscott stands next to the jeep. The generals ride through the streets and enter a building.
Story of "Black Cat" -- PBY Catalinas used as night bombers against Japanese convoys in World War II
Convoy of Japanese supply ships in the Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Mysteriously, two explode. One sinks and one is left burning. Narrator describes similar losses of Japanese cargo vessels and Japanese reports attributing the losses to new superior American aircraft. View of Japanese Military High Command buildings in Tokyo, Japan. An Imperial Japanese Navy Night Fighter (QHAFMFA6) seen taking off. Japanese admiral boards warship to plan Imperial Navy strategy and tactics. Attacking aircraft is shown as a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina Flying Boat. Several views of Catalina flying boats in flight, painted black for night flying (called "Black Cats"). Aerial view of islands with small harbors where a PBY can hide during daylight. Base personnel gather at a catalina base awaiting an overdue returning PBY. She appears and buzzes base to announce successful mission. The PBY then lands in nearby harbor, taxis toward shore and is met by sailors in boats who attach a tow line to winch the PBY ashore, tail first. Squadron Commander meets the plane as the crew disembarks. Commodore Thomas S. Combs, Commander Aircraft 7th Fleet, arrives by jeep with Group Commander, Captain Peck. Crew gives quick accounting of mission. Corpsmen take wounded combat cameraman from the PBY on a stretcher. Tow pulls the PBY to area of ramp for servicing and repairs. Maintenance personnel note crew report of problems and begin corrective actions. They count 8 bullet holes in starboard wing.They find hole in fuselage from shrapnel that wounded the cameraman, and repair it. They repair a gas tank leak and refuel the PBY. View of 525lb and 1000lb bombs in Squadron dump. Armorers assemble belts of 50cal machine gun ammunition.They rearm the PBY with bombs under one wing and a torpedo under the other, and machine gun ammunition. They remove two black cats (animals) from inside the airplane. PBY crew plays water polo with a coconut. View of officer's quarters. Pilots prepare for next mission and go to intelligence briefing
U.S. Navy PBY Catalina (Black Cat) night mission against Japanese shipping during World War II in the Pacific
U.S. Navy Aircraft Seventh Fleet PBY Catalina operations in Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Pilots and navigators of six PBY Catalina crews are seen planning the night's operations at a table in a flight planning hut. (These Catalinas are called "Black Cats" because they were painted black for night operations.) The Black Cat mission is to interdict Japanese supply ships at sea. Intelligence officer is seen briefing about locations of Japanese convoys and cautions that Japanese night fighters are stationed only 60 miles away.The pilots look at pictures of the type of warships that might accompany the Japanese convoys.They are briefed on Japanese antiaircraft batteries near harbor where convoy ships might anchor.And they are briefed on the weather. Ground crew pass a large box of foods to a PBY crewman.The aircraft taxis into the water. The weather is getting stormy.Ground crew remove landing gear. The PBY takes off. Views from inside the aircraft as it leaves the water and becomes airborne. Views from inside a PBY as lightning strikes outside in a storm. Crew members in their positions.Approaching the harbor where Japanese vessels may be anchored. Navigator plots position with dividers and calculates course using E-6B computer. Waist gunners ready at their stations. Crew member is posted as a lookout at an open bay in the PBY nose. There are no Japanese ships seen in the harbor. But the PBY is sighted by Japanese antiaircraft batteries that begin firing. They are also being hunted by Japanese night fighters. The pilot dives low towards the water to hide. Japanese fighter plane passes overhead. They resume search for convoy and lookout spots it. Radio operator informs other Black Cats via CW signal. As the Catalinas converge on the convoy, Japanese warships open fire on them.The "Cats" attack and hit a Japanese Cruiser, 2 freighters, and a tanker. One of the Catalinas is destroyed during its bomb run.
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