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Torpedo attached to TBF plane on board United States Navy aircraft carrier Independence in Pacific Theater

Three sailors lounge on the deck of United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22). A torpedo attached to a Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo plane. Crew stands on the flight deck as an officer speaks and cuts a cake. Men push torpedo on the deck and attach it in the bomb bay of the plane. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, April 19
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058372
American sailors on board United States Navy aircraft carrier Independence in Pacific Theater

Vessels in the ocean, American sailors on board the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) during World War 2. A barrage balloon flies over head the carrier. A crane on the carrier.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058373
American sailors work at steers on board United States Navy aircraft carrier Independence in Pacific Theater

Vessels and a submarine underway. Two planes fly overhead. Sailors work at steers on board the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22) during World War 2.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058374
Ships underway and planes fly overhead as small craft are towed by a larger boat as seen from the carrier Independence

A ship and boats underway in sea. Two planes fly overhead. Planes in formation overhead s seen from the United States Navy aircraft carrier Independence (CVL-22). A line of smaller craft being towed are also seen. World War 2 period.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058375
Views of planes dive bombing coast line as seen from Navy aircraft carrier Independence in Pacific Theater

A ship underway in sea as explosions occur at the coast. Planes fly over the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVL-22). Planes are seen dive bombing the coast. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058376
Film about Difficulties of amphibious Assaults in World War II. Montage of invasion scenes.

Opening scene shows large stores of military supplies needed to support invasion forces in various areas during World War 2. An American C-47 transport airplane taking off from a field in a desert area. Local people with a donkey and cart in foreground. View from within a formation of U.S. B-17 flying fortress bombers flying above clouds. View shifts to the bombers silhouetted against clouds below. Complete change of scene to amphibious forces in action. Two American Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft fly just above the water at high speed to attack enemy shore positions in the Pacific. Close-up of one as it appears above the camera. Sections of a city separated by a body of water, somewhere in Europe. Huge quantities of war materiel stored on a beach in Italy, with mountains in background. Truck convoys transporting supplies away from the area. Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) sit at water’s edge with their bow doors open. One is American LST-350. Large mountain in background. Small multi-masted boats without sails, at an inlet in background. Soldiers are busy unloading equipment and supplies from the LSTs. View from above of cranes on barges loading landing craft with supplies at an established pier. Close-ups of LSTs being offloaded by American soldiers. Troops look out portholes of a transport ship. A number of Higgins Boats pulled up to the shore where trucks are lined up. Solders on a DUKW (amphibious truck 6x6) equipped with an A-frame crane. More views of the port showing a caterpillar bulldozer pulling trailers of supplies, and trucks. A large transport ship tied up at an established port, where it unloads a British Crusader tank. View into the hold of the ship where a number of Crusader tanks are stowed next to one another. Ships of an invasion task off Italy, silhouetted against a sunrise (or sunset). Views from a ship, of Allied minesweepers at work, in the flotilla. A twin funnel P2-SE2-R1 class troop transport ship is seen in the background. A formation of landing craft approaching the beach. Close-up view from beach of one beaching through surf and soldiers charging ashore. A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft flying low over the landing craft. Another landing craft (Higgins boat) hitting the beach and soldiers charging ashore. Next, several USAAF Curtiss P-40 aircraft fly low over the beach. A dog accompanying troops leaving a Higgins boat, has trouble walking across the cross-hatched ramp on the boat. More views of loaded landing craft speeding toward the beach and soldiers running ashore. Soldiers digging foxholes in sandy soil of an orchard of trees. At one point, they all take cover in their foxholes as air attack threatens. Glimpse of troops crouched in a ditch as explosion occurs nearby. (Note: Some of the later scenes in this film show troops in training exercises.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058393