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Formation of U.S. Air Service Keystone B-3 single-engine bombers in flight. Crew of airplane drops bomb on a target ship.

A squadron of U.S. Army Air Service Keystone B-3 bombers in formation. Interior view of a compartment. Pilots seen from behind as they sit side-by-side in open cockpit. Corrugated panels on upper fuselage behind them. Pilot manipulates controls to release a bomb. View of bomb falling and striking target ship.

Date: 1925
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044869
U.S. Navy T4M-1 aircraft, from VT-2B Squadron, torpedo a target ship at sea.

Montage of scenes from U.S. Navy exercises involving aircraft carrier and T4M-1 aircraft of Navy Squadron VT-2B. Crew on deck of Carrier fasten a torpedo under the fuselage of T4M-1 number 2-1-7. . The aircraft has logo, of dragon astride a bomb, painted on its side. The aircraft takes off from the carrier flight deck. Views of Navy cameraman and one from universal News hand cranking their movie cameras. View from aircraft, of explosion and smoke below and behind.Views from rear cockpit of aircraft in flight. View of Navy photographer in rear cockpit. View from rear seat of aircraft diving down towards warship underway. Views of the T4M-1 aircraft number 2-1-2 flying low over the water and releasing its torpedo. The torpedo leaving a wake as it heads toward the target ship (a single-stack freighter).Torpedo strikes target ship amidship with huge explosion.

Date: 1930
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044870
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat bursts into flames during landing on USS Randolph. Another F6F gets caught in the flames

U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat fighter aircraft, from Squadron VF-12, with the number 59 painted on its fuselage, bursts into flames during landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Randolph (CV-15), in the Pacific near Okinawa. The F6F, piloted by Ensign Lowell Rund, experienced engine problems soon after takeoff and returned to the Randolph. As his F6F snags an arresting cable on the deck of the carrier, his centerline drop tank shackles fail and the 150 gallon fuel tank flies forward into the propeller, bursting into flames that engulf the aircraft. F6F-5 number 58, from the same squadron, gets caught in flames sweeping part of the flight deck of the Randolph. Firefighters carrying hose, respond. Other fire on flight deck seen in the background. They successfully rescue the pilot of number 58, who is seen on deck, as crew members help him remove his flight gear. (Not shown: Ensign Lowell Rund of number 59 was also rescued. He suffered third degree burns on his face and arms.) (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 22
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044901
Grumman F4F, of U.S. Navy Squadron VF-5, runs off end of flight deck while attempting to land on USS Saratoga (CV-3).

A Grumman F4F, Wildcat, from the U.S. Navy Squadron, VF-5, lands on the flight deck of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and runs off the end of the flight deck, crashing into a parked airplane and falling into the sea, during operations against the Japanese in the Pacific.

Date: 1942
Duration: 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044902
U.S. Navy Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft from VT-15 in formation flight over the Pacific during World War II.

A flight of three U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft from VT-15 on USS Essex are seen in formation flight in the Pacific theater during World War 2. (Note: sequence ends with extraneous narration and glimpse of bomb burst at night over German target in World War II, Europe.)

Date: 1944
Duration: 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044903
Admiral Halsey's U.S. Naval Task Force 8 raid against the Marshall Islands, February , 1942. in World War II

Task Force 8, on Mission Number VI, the first U.S. offensive naval action of World War 2,against Japanese forces in the Pacific, conducted during January and February, 1942. This film was taken from the heavy cruiser, USS Northhampton, CA-26, of the Task Force en route to attack Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands of Wotje, Taroa and Maloelap. It begins with close-in portside view of the aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, Admiral Halsey's Flagship, underway, followed by a distant starboard view of the Enterprise. The USS Enterprise, CV-6, is seen preparing to launch air strikes. From time 00:27 to 00:43 the Enterprise's starboard side is shown with the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, in the background. Aircraft are launched and SBD Dauntless dive-bombers are forming up over the fleet in several flights of three aircraft.each. The port side of heavy destroyer USS Balch, DD-363, is shown. The starboard side of destroyer USS Dunlap, DD-384, is shown in heavy sea wave swells. Bomber formations fly overhead and a flight of three F4F Wildcat fighters joins in. A TBD Devastator torpedo bomber flies over a Craven Class destroyer as more aircraft form up overhead.

Date: 1942, February
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044983