U.S. Cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) prepares to recover her scout floatplane while underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A recovery sled being towed in water. The Chester's OS2U Kingfisher lands in slick. hooks on to the recovery sled and is hoisted aboard the ship. Crew members stand up in their respective tandem cockpits, as the plane is hoisted up, and climb out when it is secured..
The U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester prepares to catapult a scout plane. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane OS2O Kingfisher on a catapult. U.S. sailors on the deck. Guns mounted on the deck in the background. A pilot in a the cockpit. The float plane is catapulted and makes a low pass by the ship. An island in the background. Several U.S. warships are seen including an Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC).
U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester (CA-27) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A Navy Chaplain, in ecclesiastic robes, conducts church services on the deck of of the USS Chester. The Chaplain stands at a star-covered podium and speaks into a microphone. U.S. sailors hold hymnals. Music is provided by a sailor at a piano accompanying a small choir. The Chaplin speaks into the microphone and the sailors listen to him. Sailors attending the service are seated on benches.
U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester (CA-27) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A bugler plays into the ship intercom loudspeaker system. A boatswain pipes into it. A sailor sends a message by semaphore with flags.
The Inter American Conference in Mexico. Officials and dignitaries seated around a table during the conference. Mexico Foreign Affairs minister Ezequiel Padilla Penaloza sign the pact. A dignitary from Brazil signs the pact. Representative of Cuba and Peru sign the pact. U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. signs the Chapultepec Pact. A finger points out at the signs on the pact. Edward shakes hands with a dignitaries after signing the pact.
The U.S. Navy task force underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The U.S. Navy planes take off from an carrier aircraft. U.S. sailors on the deck. The airplanes take off from the deck one after the other. A signal man gives a signal. Insignia of the United States on the airplanes. The airplanes in flight. The aircraft carrier underway. The airplanes in flight over the Tokyo Bay. The airplanes drop bombs on the Tokyo area. Explosions on the ground. Smoke rises due to explosions. Rockets are dropped at the Japanese War Installation on the field. The installation being shelled. Aerial view of the bombed area. An airplane in flight and drop bombs. The Japanese planes parked on the ground and are destroyed. The planes burn on the ground. An airplane in flight.
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