USS Lexington (CV-2) passing through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal as she heads into the Pacific Ocean during World War 2, Her deck is full of aircraft. Sailors perform routine chores, mopping and cleaning. They stow propellers in the hangar deck. Sailors at mess in the dining hall and ready to sleep in their bunks. Officers in the ward room. Aviators discussing air navigation. Air crews receiving orders on flight deck. During an interlude crew members enjoy themselves swimming in tropical waters. They dive from the flight deck, from a lower section of the ship, and even from the ship's anchor. Sailors seen climbing the anchor chain. In an exercise of combat readiness, sailor sounds general quarters with bugle over ship's intercom. Aviators respond and are briefed about mission. Deck crews make aircraft ready for flight. Pilots run to F4F airplanes. Douglas Dauntless aircraft start their engines on deck.
An aircraft canopy manufacturing plant in the United States. Transparent canopies placed on a wooden table in the manufacturing plant. Women workers walk in a line. The workers carry transparent canopies over their heads. Men and women work in the manufacturing plant. Three women stand in transparent enclosures.
An aircraft canopy manufacturing plant in the United States. Several men and women stand in a group. The men close a wooden cupboard. Men and women workers work in the manufacturing plant. They work on the transparent canopies. A transparent canopy is tightened to a seat.
World War 2 airplane factory or manufacturing plant in the United States. Several men work in the war production plant. A man carries a plexiglass structure near machinery. Control meters of machines in far background. Plexiglass canopies and bomber aircraft gun turrets being manufactured and assembled. Thick and round structure is lowered and inserted into an open part. A worker solders the materials. Assembly of gun turret canopy.
An aircraft manufacturing plant in the United States during World War 2, focusing on manufacture and assembly of bomber aircraft canopies and gun turrets. Men and women war production workers work on transparent plexiglass gun turrets. Women workers stand behind the transparent canopies. They polish the turrets with machines and equipment.
An aircraft canopy manufacturing plant in the United States. Men and women workers work in the plant. A woman worker sits and observes. A man comes near a transparent enclosure. The woman looks at a rotating part. The transparent aircraft canopies are arranged in rows on the floor. A woman brushes them.
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