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U.S. Navy pilots return after bombing Marcus Island and report to the combat intelligence officer aboard USS Yorktown.

USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. U.S. Navy fighters, bombers and escorts return after bombing Marcus Island. including the SBD Dauntless, TBF Avenger, F6F Hellcat, A-25 Shrike, SB2C and SBF Helldiver land on the carrier. An officer supervises the deck activities. Crewmen signal and guide the planes. An aircraft lands with a ruptured tire. Landing officer warns the crew to keep away on the stern. The pilots go below to report to the combat intelligence officer. The officer and a crewman seated at a table with documents and photographs. The pilots provide statistics regarding bombs dropped, ammunition fired, and targets. They report on shore installations, radio stations, gas dumps, hangars and ammunition dumps set on fire due to their bombardment. Smokey, the radio plotting room in charge, tracks the remaining aircraft over the radio. Crewmen signal on the flight deck as a plane crash lands. Officers and pilots in a meeting.

Date: 1943, August 30
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021558
Crippled U.S. Navy bombers and fighters return and land aboard the USS Yorktown near the Mariana Islands in World War 2

'The Fighting Lady', pseudonym for the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The U.S. Assault Force battleships including USS Yorktown, USS Colorado, USS Tennessee and USS Pennsylvania advance towards the Mariana Islands. 'The Fighting Lady' crew watches as crippled U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft make landing attempts on their return after bombing the Tinian Island. The Landing Officer signals. Wrecked planes land on the flight deck. The flight deck emergency crew, fire fighters, rescue details and medical foremen rush towards the plane on fire. A torpedo plane on fire lands. Officers and crewmen watch as the emergency crew tries to DOUZE out the fire. Intelligence officers question the pilots in a Ready Room. Radio operators in the Radio Plotting Room send news about approaching Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers from enemy aircraft carriers. The alarm sounds, crew activity on flight deck, sailors rush to their battle stations. Activity in the engine room and boiler room as USS Yorktown advances on guard. Commander Dixie Kiefer gears himself for action. The ship dog mascot named Scrappy is seen wearing a life jacket.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021565
American correspondents visit cemetery in Opijnen, Gelderland, the Netherlands for Memorial Day ceremony honoring U.S. B-17 crew

American correspondents in Netherlands to mark 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A steamer underway in a canal. Views in the village of Opijnen, in Gelderland, the Netherlands. A correspondent and his wife come out of a house. American correspondents near a bus. Houses along a road. An American flag at the walled cemetery in Opijnen, beside its 17th century Dutch Reformed Church, where the crew members of an American B-17 bomber from the 323 Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force are buried; shot down July 30, 1943 by the German Luftwaffe. Gravestones bearing the names of American soldiers who lost their lives when their crippled B-17 was shot down, including: Mike Anthony Perrotta, Hermon Daines Poling, Harold Royce Sparks, Robert Urquhart Duggan, Douglas Victor Blackwood, Americo Cianfichi. U.S. Color Guard marches from a town building toward the cemetery. A woman correspondent takes pictures. An American flag flies at half mast. Men, women and children at the cemetery. Dutch children carry flowers in their hands. The mayor of Opijnen speaks into a microphone. He and a woman place flowered wreaths at the graves of dead American soldiers. Two groups of four U.S. Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft fly overhead followed by four F-104 Starfighters of the Royal Netherlands Airforce. Children walk past the graves. Additional propeller aircraft pass overhead honoring the airmen.

Date: 1969, May
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022088
Captured Japanese submarines being sunk by United States Navy near Sasebo,Japan.

United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner flies over Japanese submarine during Operation Road's End. Destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)seen nearby. Two Admirals and a Captain observing from bridge of the USS Chicago (CA-136). Japanese submarine explodes. View of captured Japanese submarines sinking. U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson in the background.

Date: 1946, April 1
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022289
USO Troupe is ferried by helicopter to the Aircraft Carrier USS Hancock, during the Vietnam War.

Various scenes in unedited mix covering arrival of USO troupe aboard the USS Hancock. View of pilot in the cockpit of H-46 Sea Knight helicopter approaching the aircraft carrier USS Hancock ( CVA-19) as seen through the cockpit window. View from hovering helicopter as sailor crosses deck to assist landing. Sailors securing the chopper. Sailors gathered around USO Troupe members, and H-46 Sea Knight helicopter of HC-3 "Packrats.". Sailors and USO troupe members on flight deck overlooking open hangar deck below. Carrier island in background. Vought F-8 Crusader of Navy Squadron VF-24 on the flight deck. Douglas A-4F Skyahawk aircraft is seen displaying Logo of Squadron VA-212 ("Rampant Raiders"). USO troupe members walk about on deck. H-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands on the USS Hancock.

Date: 1972
Duration: 4 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022329
Mechanics of the 99th Aero Squadron on Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft in Dogneville, France in World War I.

World War 1 mechanics of the U.S. Army Air Service 99th Aero Squadron sitting and standing beside parked Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft in Dogneville, France. Lt. G C Khale wears his flying helmet. Lt. G C Khale and Lt. F A Hill climb into cockpit of Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft. Lt. Hill puts ammunition canister on twin machine gun in rear cockpit. Ground crewman hands an aerial camera to Lt. F A Hill. Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft taxiing and taking off.

Date: 1918, August 11
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022378