Several U.S. Navy planes experience landing mishaps on USS Enterprise (CV-6) while she is underway in the Pacific as part if the Task Force to launch the Dolittle B-25 bombing raid against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Flight deck crew gather around SBD light bomber that fell partway off the side of flight deck. One U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter goes over the side of deck. Other aircraft going around because of landing mishaps on the deck.
Start of Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. Ship's lookout silhouetted against sun. B-25 taking off from the USS Hornet (CV-8) in overcast weather. Choppy seas. Admiral William F. Halsey in foul-weather gear on bridge. B-25 takes off from the Hornet. Admiral Halsey's face framed by foul-weather gear. Many B-25"s taking off from the Hornet. Army sergeant sending a salute to the planes aloft as Army private (wearing earphones) stands by. Sailor (in peacoat and watch cap) waving goodbye to Doolittle fliers.Two mess attendants waving goodbye and good luck. Two sailors waving goodbye; one carries signal flag.
Reconstruction shows Japanese kamikaze suicidal aircraft attacking U.S. task force ships underway in the Pacific during World War II. Japanese pilots in a torpedo aircraft. Japanese aircraft fly through anti-aircraft barrage and searchlights. Twin-engine aircraft in flight, one engine is hit, and results in fire. A carrier and several other vessels playing searchlight through sky. The aircraft releases torpedo which crashes into hull of carrier. The aircraft crashes into a vessel. More ships are attacked. Japanese aircraft in flames crashing on a ship. The ship sinks.
Reconstruction showing a Japanese Admiral at headquarters on a Pacific Island during World War II. A Japanese four star Admiral and Staff Officer in headquarters listen to war results on radio. Admiral hears of kamikaze suicide of 43 Japanese aircraft, he stands up and bows to shrine.
"Crossing the Line" initiation ceremony on a cruise ship. Shipboard ceremony marking the equator crossing. Passengers who have never crossed the equator before are "pollywogs" and initiated into the Kingdom of Neptune, by being messed up and tossed into the ship's pool, by members of "Neptune's Court" who wear masks and costumes and make fun of the whole event. A woman and a man are seen being dunked in the pool. Men play instruments.
In 1943, Higgins boats from the USS Callaway (APA-35) practice maneuvering in a circle, in waters off San Diego, California. A M3 Stuart light tank being lowered from the ship onto Higgins boat number PA35-1. View of two marines riding on top of the tank as the boat proceeds toward shore. Higgins boat (PA26-23) from the USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) churns the waters during training activities in waters off Algeria, North Africa. Boat No. 23 flies a striped flag of maroon and gold, which seems to identify it as a supervisory boat. Other landing craft, including Boat PA26-11, execute training maneuvers.
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