A U.S. Army training film on Rifle Marksmanship with an M-1. An officer instructs soldiers about calm handling of an M-1 rifle which comes with practice. An instruction board in the background. The officer instructs and a soldier demonstrates the prone, sitting and kneeling firing positions. Soldiers demonstrate: Prone position rapid fire with counts in 9 seconds. The officer talks about the importance of time and smooth movement while taking firing position. He talks about the need to get into a firing position in a hurry. Soldier demonstrates: Getting into position, aiming and firing with counts in 7 seconds. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sign reads 'US Naval Communications'. Women work in a room on typewriters. TBF Avengers, F6F Hellcats, A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out towards the carrier. Aircraft in flight with insignia of the United States. A ship 'The Fighting Lady' underway. Crewmen stand on the deck. A plane lands on the deck. Planes in flight in background. Wire barriers on the deck in case the plane fails to land on the resting gear. A landing signal officer on the deck. The plane lands on the ship's deck. People stand on the deck. The planes are to be rearranged for a take off. The skipper of the ship stands on the deck. The crew stand on the deck. The skipper reproofs the flight deck. He asks the deck crew to arrange the planes properly. A diagram of the carrier and an account of the hangar deck. A structure on the mid ship.
U.S. Navy Documentary highlights functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A sailor looks through binoculars and telescope. A sailor ties a rope. Sailors with various crew jobs stand in a group and talk. They work on instrument and equipment on the ship. The sailors load guns and fire during practice drills. Signal flags being hoisted. Sailors with headphones work on fire control of 5 inch guns. Smoke due to firing. A sailor paints the letter 'E' for "efficiency."
Functions, duties and crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Housekeeping activities aboard the ship. U.S. Navy sailors on the deck do exercises and lay under the sun. A man plays with a dog (the ship's mascot, named Scrappy). The ship leaves the Panama Canal. Reserve, specialists and pilots eat food. Non commission personnel stand in a mess line and serve themselves food. They sit at a table and eat food. One of the sailors smokes a cigarette. The non commission personnel peel vegetables like potatoes and cabbage. A navy butcher cuts slabs of red meat and a cook at work. A pharmaceutical unit and a hospital on the ship. A tailor, a cobbler and a dry cleaner work on the ship.
Crew activities aboard 'The Fighting Lady', the USS Yorktown, CV-10, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Sailors on board the day before attacking Japanese forces on Marcus Island. USS Yorktown underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. navy sailors drink coffee and play cards. They lie on bunk beds while listening to a crewman play an accordian. Men with tattoos on their legs and hands. Men play cards. A tanker comes to refuel the ship. Fuel lines between ships with rough seas. A weather balloon is released by a crewman. The skipper talks to the air group commander and view maps of Marcus Island. An animated map with large Japanese logo on it shows the path the USS Yorktown will take through the Marshall Islands to Marcus Island. The air group commander explains about the attack and shows with his hands some fine points in air dog fighting. The crewmen play games and write letters home before the strike. The radio plotting room. A lieutenant named E.T. Stocker plays cards with other officers. Sunset wide shot of USS Yorktown underway.
View of general quarters alarm as the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War II prepares for attack of Japanese forces on Marcus Island. Men run up and down stairs and close hatches and watertight doors while pilots gather in the flight ready room. The U.S. Navy fliers wear their flying suits and get ready for the attack. A sailor responds to an intercom call to flight ready room three and orders pilots to man their planes. The pilots board the planes. The fighter planes. A radio plotting room to keep track of all the planes. The planes fly low and suddenly climb up. View of Marcus Island. The planes bomb Marcus island. Smoke due to bombardment. The bombing of the enemy boats and supply ships. A ship is destroyed. Smoke on the island. The planes in flight return back after the victory. A sailor nicknamed Smoky tracks the flyers to check that none of them is missing.