USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A man puts on a diving mask. He jumps into water. He removes the diving mask. U.S. Navy Captain Holland and Captain A.F. Loger at Japanese books. Holland thumbs through Japanese code books. The bow of USS Ortolan in the choppy sea.
USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Sea going tug USS Ortolan underway at sea. A two man Japanese tug alongside USS Ortolan. The conning tower of the submarines protrudes above the water surface. A diver with a diving mask surfaces alongside the Japanese submarine.
USS Ortolan underway off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. sailor aboard USS Ortolan catches a fish with the help of a fishing rod. The fish being pulled aboard. A sailor holds the fish. In a humorous moment, Navy sailors throw two of their fellow sailors into the ocean, while having fun.
The U.S. Task Force advances in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Two U.S. Navy torpedo bomber TBM Avengers in flight. A TBM with wheels down in flight. A Battleship underway in the background. A TBM coming in for landing over the flight deck. The bomber crashes into island aboard an unidentified carrier.
Landing Ship Tank, LST-831, carrying elements of the 2nd Marine Division, in amphibious assault rehearsal training in Northern Mariana Islands during World War 2. She displays red flag with white stripe, as a secondary control ship for Red Beach. (Later, in the Battle of Okinawa, they would be part of a demonstration Tractor Group making diversionary attacks on the Southeastern coast). She arrives at beach with bow doors open, lowers her ramp, and a landing vehicle tracked (LVT) exits onto the beach. A bright orange flag flutters on beach in front of the camera, where it has been planted to guide boats during the exercise. LST-831 then backs away from the beach to allow LVTs to get experience operating in deep water. Remaining footage shows LVTs making their way through the water, loaded with Marines. Closeup of an LVT.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. The PACAF (Pacific Air Forces) Jungle Survival School at Clark Air Force Base on Luzon Island, Philippines. USAF personnel outside a building. The School campus. Hills in the background. They walk across the School grounds. Officers, Staff Sergeants and Senior Airmen inspect thatched huts. A Senior Airman seated on the ground during the inspection. They walk away to inspect a white pole, part of a contraption. The airmen cross an enclosure with a thatched roof. An animal eats inside the enclosure. The personnel stand on various spots of the compound. An airman explains and demonstrates a hand made bamboo contraption. The others listen and watch as he talks about the various parts.
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