Workers work on USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-29 Superfortress bombers in an American aircraft factory during World War II. Two sections of fuselage are joined. Front view of partially completed B-29, men work on it.
Armorer's workshop in the United States during World War II. Man displays 16th century gauntlet body armor, and 15th century helmets. Various old style and present day helmets. Helmet with steel ear-flaps designed for pilots. A man puts on an armored suit. 16th Century Elizabethan 'Jack' or armored jackets with new type of armor for aviators. Man hammers a helmet. Headless mannequin dressed up with armored suit. Demonstration of how quickly aviator's armor can be released in case of bailouts over water. View of lock on new type of armor.
Gasoline drums in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. Drums of gasoline on dock in Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy USS North Carolina (BB-55) in the background. USS North Carolina moves in harbor. Drums of gasoline being hoisted from dock aboard merchant vessel. Workmen roll drums on dock and attach hoisting slings to them.
Salvage operations for U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. Salvage holds in overturned hull of U.S. Navy USS Oklahoma (BB-37). A diver wearing mask goes under compartment. Men work on hull of USS Oklahoma. Gasoline drums are hoisted by a crane. Men work on hull of USS Oklahoma.
Survivors of U.S. Navy USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after Battle of Midway during World War II. Sailors from dock wave to the arriving U.S. Navy USS Fulton (AS-11) with survivors on board. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Calhoun stand with other officers along the dock. Wounded men are unloaded from ship and taken to ambulances. Survivors of Yorktown leave ship via gangway.
Survivors of U.S. Navy USS Yorktown (CV-5) arrive at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in U.S. Navy USS Fulton (AS-11) after Battle of Midway during World War II. Survivors of U.S. Navy USS Yorktown leave ship via gangway. Survivors enter a bus at Navy Yard of Pearl Harbor. The wounded soldiers lowered over side on platform and placed in ambulances waiting on the dock. Survivors descend the gangway of U.S. Navy USS Fulton (AS-11).
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