U.S. Navy sailor, Bugler , blows call over PA (Public Address) system. This film, taken from the heavy cruiser USS Louisville, CA-28, shows a battle line of U.S. cruisers and battleships underway in the battle of Peleliu, Palau, in World War 2. The first ship is the heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33; the second ship is the battleship USS Idaho, BB-42; at time 01:06 the third ship in line is the battleship USS Mississippi, BB-41. The Portland and the Mississippi display camouflage paint.
U.S.Marines of 3rd 155mm Howitzer Battalion, Baker Battery, in operation during battle of Okinawa, during World War 2. (For this campaign, they have been assigned to the U.S. Army 419th Field Artillery Group.) Camouflage netting is stretched over gun position. Crew fires many rounds. The operation appears routine: shell placed, propellant powder placed, breech closed, piece fired, crew uses pole to swab barrel, and the process is repeated. The Marines are stripped to the waist as they work. They pause after a session of firing. Gunner wearing headphone speaks into telephone. Gunner, in a tent, cutting bag charges of propellant. He reties sacks containing correct amount and gives them to another gunner.
Kamikaze plane crashing into Pacific Ocean during Japanese suicide aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy ships during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in low fast approach toward USS Saratoga (CV-3) is hit, but continues on and strikes the Saratoga, causing huge explosion, smoke, and fire. Smoke columns rise. Japanese plane explodes as it is hit by anti aircraft fire from U.S. Navy ships. U.S. Navy fire crews fighting fires. Kamikaze plane crashes in sea.
View of flak filled sky with tracer shells during Japanese kamikaze aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy warships in Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several kamikaze planes are hit and crash into sea. Scenes of U.S. Navy task force. Smoke columns rise.
Officers on bridge of USS Missouri Japanese flags painted below during Japanese surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay. Coast line of Japan. Allied officers gathered on deck of USS Missouri. Japanese delegation. General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz and Halsey walk across deck. Japanese delegation at attention. General MacArthur speaks over a microphone. Allied delegation on the right. Photographers in background. (World War II period).
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
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