A United States Naval Training Film about the Battle of Coral sea. Film titled 'The Battle of The Coral Sea., Second Phase'. Moves of TF 17. Destroyers left behind, bad weather conditions, ship in rough sea. Both TFs in visual signal distance. Moves of Task Forces. TF 11 and 44 meet with TF 17 to form a combined Task Force 17 which includes Air Force, Attack Force, Fuel and Support Force. Order document shows search plan of U.S. U.S. forces move towards Tulagi. Japanese task force forwarding in range of TF 17. They try to move away to another point from attacking range of Japanese TF.
A United States Naval training film about the Battle of Coral sea. Animation shows Japanese Operation during the battle. Movement of F17 planes in the Coral Sea. Moves of U.S. and Japanese Task Forces. The U.S. TF moves into Japanese area by mistake.
A United States Navy Training Film about the Battle of Coral Sea. Air search conducted by Japanese commandant forces. Commander of 4th fleet analyzes the situation. Duties and work of a commander. Allied and Japanese forces in the Coral Sea. Position of Task Force (TF)-17 support force. Final phase of the battle. Destroyers included in TF-17. Wrong decisions taken by TF 17 discussed. Bombers and torpedoes included in battle. Pilot reports the position of Japanese TF after an air search. Air group in flight. Fighter planes and divers included in the battle. Torpedoes and guns fire at enemy airplanes. Increased air fighter group which includes air patrol group from New York. Time and radar showing the position of TF. Position of TF17's support group. Bombers encounter TF-17 support group. Flight of Australian planes and Japanese counter attack.
A United States Naval Training Film about the Battle of Coral Sea. The U.S. destroyers move to point RYE. Japanese change course. Japanese search area before proceeding. Japanese forces find U.S. Task Force. Japanese Air Group Commanders find carriers and attack the destroyers. U.S. ships positions disclosed to the enemy. Fight starts U.S. orders his air group to attack. Movement of Japanese and U.S. forces. Japanese search U.S. TF positions and make decisions for further proceedings.
A group of British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots wearing flight jackets gather. One of the pilots dances while another smokes a cigarette. RAF personnel look into the sky. A Gloster Meteor jet in flight over field. A Hawker P.1081 flies over air field and then into the sky. Hawker P.1081 banks right while flying over clouds.
A ruined and abandoned factory in a small village in Italy after World War II. A dead tree is seen in the foreground. Wind blows a tattered newspaper in front of the factory’s wire fence. The tattered newspaper is blown as far as the town center. A baker stands in front of a bakery or paneficio. A man leads a horse cart in front of the Italian bakery. Railroad track overgrown with weeds. Sign in abandoned glove factory gate reads “Proibito Entrare” (“Entrance forbidden”). Cobwebs and cogwheels inside an unused machine. A lathe, fabric rolling machine, and various machines are seen in abandoned factory. A dilapidated cashier’s booth with sign “CASSA” (“CASHIER”). Destroyed building of abandoned factory and an intact smokestack next to railroad tanker cars. A nearly abandoned Italian village street. A woman sits outside a shop. An Italian boy and his dog stand beside a booth of an abandoned carousel in deserted town square. A woman walks with a copper jug. Two women, one of them knitting, beside a stall. Other women are seen knitting. A boy plays with toy boat in a town fountain.