Views of a British ship in sea, crewmen exercise on deck accompanied by band music and led by physical instructor. Activity on gun deck of the ship. sailors at work.
Antiaircraft guns mounted on British Naval ship at sea. Crewman instructing others about fire fighting. Crew members exercising emergency and damage control procedures. Views of interior Damage Control Headquarter, where crewmen refer to chart of the ship. A member of the medical staff lectures crewmen about first aid. Ship's doctor demonstrates precautions crew members can take for self-protection. Officers relaxing, off duty, singing and playing musical instruments. Sailors settling in hammocks for the night. Beginning of new day by swabbing decks.Views of engine room. (World War II period).
Firing of British warship's heavy guns. (Some crewmen sleep through it.) Nighttime firing of heavy guns. Captain (in movie about ship) addresses assembled crew on bow of ship about importance of watertight door discipline. (World War II period).
A flight of 4 P-51s seen from two angles, approaching the advance airfield at Criqueville (A-2) in France. They peel off for landing.Three of them are seen rolling out after landing. The only plane markings visible in this clip are on the last aircraft to land. It has a donkey painted on its tail, identifying it as belonging to the 356th Fighter Squadron (Red Asses) of the 354th Fighter Group.
The United States 9th Air Force airmen prepare to eat food in France. A chow line in progress. Tables lined in front of a tent. Containers of steaming food on the tables. The soldiers dish out food for themselves. Trees in the background. Two men in a field. A P-51 flies overhead. The plane does acrobatics in the distance. Pilots of the 354th Fighter Group give an aerial demonstration over their base at the new strip (A-2) just inside the Normandy beachhead in July '44. The town of Criqueville, France is nearby. (World War II period).
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).
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