Supplements from a film called 'Fighting Lady' during World War II. A man guides the stern of torpedoes as it is being lifted from a rack. Torpedoes placed on a stand. A torpedo being lowered. Torpedo being lifted from a rack as a man guides the stern. A motor mechanic works on an electric motor. Men unfasten doors on a torpedo hatch. Hatch cover being lifted.
Aircraft Carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-10) also called Fighting Lady, underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. At start, the film shows Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, Commander of U.S. Navy Task Force 58, on the bridge of the Yorktown, his Flagship. With him is his Chief of Staff, Captain Arleigh Burke. A sailor approaches, salutes, and presents a document on a clip board which the Admiral signs. The sailor salutes and leaves. Several closeups of Admiral Mitchner looking through binoculars. Captain Burke joins him again and they converse. The sailor, seen earlier, arrives with another document on a clipboard, which the Admiral also signs. The sailor salutes and departs. Film ends with more closeups of Admiral Mitchner.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War 2. American pilot gets up and puts on his socks as he sits on a bunk bed. Pilot brushes his teeth and gargles. Another pilot gets ready as he brushes his teeth. A tent in the background. A pilot puts on his pants. Another pilot brushes his teeth. An airman combs his hair.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. An American pilot brushes his teeth and gargles. Another pilot gets ready as he brushes his teeth. An airman washes and wipes his face. Another pilot in the background combs his hair. A pilot carries a jerry cane. A pilot in a tent. Men look at themselves in a mirror.
United States airmen in Corsica, France during World War II. Lieutenant Colonel Wymond gets up in the morning in a captured Italian General's trailer. Lt. Col. Wymond opens a tap and splashes some water on his face. Lieutenant Colonel Archie Knight smokes a cigar. French and American flags at half mast.
The Alto Air Base in Corsica, France during World War II. An observation tower at the airbase. U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft at the base. Men load ammunition aboard the plane. A man unloads bombs from a bomb service truck. Bomb shells in the field. A man rotates the propellers of the aircraft. A pilot gets into the cockpit of a P-47. A man climbs up the observation tower.
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