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Japanese General discusses first American air raid on Tokyo, Japan, in World War II. Captured American fliers in custody
Several blindfolded American fliers are seen being taken from an airplane. They are crew of the 16th B-25 comprising the famous "Doolittle"s Raiders." (Their aircraft was serial number: 40-2268, nicknamed: "Bat Out of Hell." Low on fuel, they were captured after bailing out near Japanese occupied Nangchang City, China, on April 18, 1942.) Captured American pilot, Lieutenant William .G. Farrow, is seen smoking a cigarette, while being escorted by Japanese soldiers, out of a building. With him are members of his crew: co-pilot, Lieutenant Robert L. Hite; Navigator, Lieutenant George Barr; Bombardier, Staff Sergeant, Jacob DeShazer; and Engineer Gunner, Sergeant Harold A. Spatz They pose for a group photograph on the steps, with the officer crew members on the top step and the two enlisted crew members a step below. (Lieutenant Farrow and Sergeant Spatz were executed by the Japanese on Oct. 15, 1942, at Kiangwan Cemetery, Shanghai, China.)
Auxiliary generators and Navy ship gears and turbines being built at a General Electric Plant in the, United States; also launching of battleships.
Workers in war production effort busy at a General Electric Plant in the United States during World War 2. Men wheel portable power generators used to power search lights. Search light spots an airplane above in the sky during testing. Various parts being manufactured for large U.S. Navy warships. Auxiliary generators provide heat, light and power to cruisers. Big reduction gears and turbines being finished in the factory and tested. Ships outfitted with GE turbines are launched. Narrator mentions the recent launch of several battleships. Two battleship launches are shown, including the June 13, 1940 launch of the USS North Carolina (BB-55), being christened by Ms. Hoey, daughter of Clyde Hoey, the Governor of North Carolina. Beside her in dress white U.S. Navy uniforms are Lt. Sampson and Lt. DeMetropolis. The battleship slides down skids into waters at New York shipyard.
Scenes of professional, working American women in the post-war early 1950s
Film "American Working Women" Clock above Exit sign in Sonotone factory. Women, including Hazel Kennedy, assembling hearing aids. Women in wash room checking hair in mirror and applying lipstick. Women clocking out at Sonotone factory. Wide shot workers leaving Sonotone hearing aid factory, 2269 Saw Mill River Road Elmsford, NY 10523. Bank teller at White Plains Federal Savings and Loan, 182 East Post Road White Plains, NY 10601 puts away money at end of day. Man in suit who is bank Vice President looks at his watch and says goodbye to his secretary as he leaves the office. Secretary Joan Morgan applies lipstick while looking into her compact mirror and then puts on her coat. A man paces outside bank building, looking at watch. He greets his girlfriend Joan and they hold hands. Cancer researcher Martha Hanson puts white mice into a cage in her lab at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Ave. New York, NY 10065. View of numbers on elevator at Sloan-Kettering as doors open. Martha passes through lobby at Sloan-Kettering. Wall engraving in background reads, "Within these walls a few labor unceasingly that many may live" Ann Maloney puts away Silver Slipper hosiery boxes at Marie's Lingerie shop. Sign on wall reads, "First Quality 54 Gauge Nylons". A tall model of a woman's leg is on the counter top. Ann puts money into cash register drawer. Woman (Hazel) driving her 1941 DeSoto Custom automobile. She picks up her husband in front of the hardware factory where he works. Husband and wife kiss in automobile. Close up honking car horn. Children run out of house and into car. Hazel parks car at 12 Curry Road Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 at the intersection of Curry Road and Ronny Circle and the family enters front door of house.
USS Wallace L Lind and USS Charles P Cecil "hunter-killer" anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises
DesRon 2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) "hunter killer" exercises of the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) and USS Charles P Cecil, (DD-835) underway in Guantanamo Bay. SH-3A helicopters in flight above water. Helicopter dips sonar in water. An S-2E Med Evac is seen in flight, flying toward signal flare in the water with its mad boom extended.
S-2E aircraft flies low over Guantanamo Bay and drops torpedo in water during ASW training exercise
SH-3A helicopter flying above Guantanamo Bay surface during DesRon2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) hunter-killer exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Naval Destroyer, likely either the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) or the USS Charles P Cecil, (DD-835) underway. An S-2E aircraft is seen in flight, flying low over the ocean surface with mad boom extended. It drops a torpedo which splashes into the water. Signal flare seen burning on water, with smoke rising upward.
S-2E aircraft on fly-by with MAD boom extended past USS Wallace L Lind during ASW exercises
Overlooking helicopter deck at USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay during DesRon 2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) exercises. Winch seen in the background. SH-3A helicopter in flight far off port quarter. Curved wake of USS Lind. Part of helicopter deck in the foreground. S-2E aircraft on fly-by with MAD boom extended past USS Lind. It flies towards flare burning on water. SH-3A hovers in the background while dipping sonar. S-2E making approach low over water on fly-by, MAD boom extended.
