U.S. Navy planes aboard carrier off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy personnel run with stretcher on deck of carrier. Sign reads 'Air Intelligence Office'. Flight deck crewman releases hook. Planes land on carrier deck. Photographers mount aerial camera in plane. Pilot enters U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane.
Navy personnel work in a photo lab aboard ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy personnel examine camera in photo lab. Officers dry aerial negative. Smith dryer in operation. Men operate Smith developing tank. Man removes aerial camera from U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter plane.
Navy personnel aboard ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Man carries aerial camera on deck of ship. Navy personnel at work. Officers dry aerial negative. Smith dryer in operation. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter takes off from flight deck of carrier. Man examines aerial camera in photo lab.
U.S. ships under Japanese air attack in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Inside hangar bay of USS Hornet (CV-12). Nose of U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter in the foreground. Two men on stage planting Japanese flags on scoreboard. South Dakota class battleship under Japanese air attack. Japanese planes explode in air. Plane takes off from Hornet.
Liberation of American prisoners in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. U.S. personnel wave as LCVPs (Landing Crafts, Vehicle, Personnel) loaded with released American prisoners leave a dock. A Japanese guard on the dock. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighters pass over LCVPs underway. A group of released prisoners of war on the dock waiting for transportation. A crane in the background. Released POWs in an LCVP underway towards hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) anchored off the coast. Litter patients are hoisted aboard USS Benevolence from the LCVP. The LCVP comes alongside, men are assisted aboard USS Benevolence.
Large crew of Hurricane Hunters board a WC-121N Lockheed Super Constellation of Airborne Early Warning Squadron FOUR (VW-4). The aircraft takes off flying directly over the camera at U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Aerial view of the WC-121N in flight. Aerial view of storm clouds. A dropsonde being launched from the aircraft. View of cabin interior with crew members at their stations. Radio operator keying message. A sailor annotating a weather map with latest data. The USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4), reversing course due to weather warning. Two F9F-8 aircraft deploying to avoid storm. Commercial store fronts at shore boarded up for protection. Women and a boy boarding up their home in Puerto Rico for a 1960 (likely) or 1961 (possibly) hurricane storm. Men placing ropes across their roof to lash it down against wind. Water and wind driving across a city street. Several cars driving through heavy winds and rain. Trees bending in hurricane winds. Coastal flooding occuring. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of WC-121N Hurricane Hunter aircraft. Crew coping with turbulence back in the cabin. The VW-4 Logo.
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