Men seen at the U.S. Navy's Pre Flight School. The men sit in rows and do physical exercises and learn to work in difficult conditions. They climb on wooden structures and swim in water. Fire and smoke seen in water. (World War II period).
United States PBY Catalina flying boat seen. U.S. flag seen. U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boats alongside dock. Sailors working on a PT boat. PBY Catalina flying boats take off. A torpedo is slipped from a tube. Sailors cleaning 50 caliber PT guns. Officer examines torpedo and takes pressure. A 50 caliber turret seen. A Lewis Gun disassembled.
United States flag seen. U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boats seen. Sailors on a PT boat. The PT boat approaching the dock. Man seen with phones.
A sign reads 'US Navy Sub Section Base' and insignia of PT Squadron is seen. (The mosquito insignia design was created by Disney animation studio artists for the "Mosquito Fleet" of PT boats -- squadron RON 3 stationed in the Philippines). U.S. Navy PT motor torpedo boat passing from repair dock. Man paints keel. A bridge and turret seen. United States flag seen. PT boat along the dock.
U.S. Navy officers inspect captured Japanese Mitsubishi A6M, the infamous "Zero" fighter plane. The captured enemy aircraft has been painted over with U.S. markings and tested at Naval Air Station in Anacostia . A test pilot prepares to fly the captured plane. The captured Japanese Zero taxiing out for take off. Japanese Zero in flight. (World War II period).
Map depicting area of conflict in Crimea during World War 2. It shows Crimea and Kerch peninsula, with Black Sea to South and Azov Sea to North. Kerch, Yalta, and Sevastopol are highlighted. Antiaircraft guns firing tracer bullets in the dark. German artillerymen firing heavy field piece. German infantry moving into and out of a deep trench. German troops hunkered down defensively in a trench. Artillery shell exploding in field. German officers conversing in a trench. German infantrymen in a trench, adjusting their person gear. One of them looking skyward as he chews a morsel of food. German Ju 78 Stuka dive bombers in flight, and diving on ememy targets. German tanks and trucks moving along dirt roads. Truck maneuvering around knocked out vehicles at side of road, containing ammunition. Knocked out heavy guns and tanks. Hatless German soldiers walking toward the rear. German soldiers using horses and wagons to move supplies through muddy terrain. Ju 78 Stuka dive bombers taking off in formation from farm fields. Dornier Do 17 bombers in formation and bombing Soviet targets on the Kerch Peninsula. Smoke rising as bombs explode on the ground. German troops riding on a truck, and setting up defensive positions. German infantry moving through a town. One German soldier firing a captured soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun from behind a parked car. A German soldier placing a hand grenade inside a building and taking cover as it explodes. A StuG III tank destroyer on a street at a seaport with German infantry walking behind it. Soviet troops being taken as prisoners.
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