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Montage of scenes showing American civilian mobilization on the home front, life in the Navy, war scenes and demobilization after war.
View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.
Bridgetown, Barbados as seen by visitors on a Hamburg-Amerika line steam ship during a cruise.
Life of people in Barbados as seen by passengers visiting on an ocean liner of the Hamburg-American line during a cruise of the South Seas. Boys and girls row boats and dive for coins thrown by passenger aboard a visiting ocean liner anchored in the bay. A small sailboat glides through the group of row boats. . Boys in the boats dive for coins. Group of German tourists motor by, with a Nazi swastika flag mounted at the stern of their boat. The Horatio Nelson Monument in Bridgetown. The native police officers (Bobbies) walk past buildings. Sign for "Henry" street visible. Shops visible including "R.S. Nicholls" and "Collins". A vertical sign "Candy, Cigars, Drugs, Kodaks". Civilians on streets. Cars parked in the background. A police officer on horse back. A cart drawn by a donkey hauling wood. Man walks beside the cart. Sign on cart includes word "yearwood". Another donkey cart with wood and sign includes words, "James Blunt" and "St. Michael". Ships and people at a harbor. Women carrying goods for sale upon large trays on their heads. The Bridgetown Parliament building and clock tower. A view of coral Island, beach and tropical sea of Bath and Conset Bays from the Hackleton's Cliff and St Johns Church. Brief glimpse of Hamburg-American line passengers in a tender, returning to their ship.
An army aircraft assists in the removal of injured from a tornado hit area in Texas and flood victims in the United States.
A tornado in Texas, United States. Ruined villages in Texas. A stretcher case being carried out to a U.S. Army Air Corps Cox-Klemin XA-1 ambulance aircraft. The XA-1 taxis and takes off. A large red cross painted on the side of the fuselage and on the tail of the aircraft. A flood in the United States. The flooded areas. A small island of land protruding out from the water surface. Cattle and people are gathered on it.
King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah of Iraq, visit the Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany in San Diego, California
King Faisal II of Iraq, and Prince Abdul-Ilah, visiting the USS Oriskany (CV-34) in the United States. The King and Vice Admiral Harold M. Martin, Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, look at U.S. Navy carrier-based F9F Panther, jet fighter aircraft, on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. (Prince Abdul-Ilah is briefly seen, as well.) The King talks to a pilot, Lt. John L. Stiles. F9F aircraft of VF-103, and sailors in the background. Lt. Stiles climbs into cockpit of an F9F. The King looks at Lt. Stiles in the cockpit. Lt. Stiles puts on flight helmet and looks out of the cockpit, talking to King Faisal II. Iraqi National Flag displayed on the ship's island. Sailors and pilots, including Lt. Stiles, on the deck. Prince Abdul-Ilah conversing with Admiral Martin in background. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah on the bridge of the Oriskany. The King looks through a telescope while, below, on the flight deck, a F9F Panther of Fighter Squadron VF-781 taxis past. Several U.S. Marines in dress uniform stand on deck as a helicopter lands. A sailor with a motion picture camera joins them. King Faisal II walks, with Admiral Martin and another Admiral, across the deck. He carries a small motion picture camera and wears a white covering on his head. King Faisal II and Prince Abdul-Ilah, on the bridge. Officers crowd around, obscuring the King, as they observe a demonstration. Explosion and bullet splashes are seen in water behind the ship.
8th Fighter Group fires guns at a Japanese 'Jill' aircraft and shells explode in the Philippine Sea.
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group aboard a ship underway in the Philippine Sea during World War 2. Soldiers fire guns from the deck of the ship. Shells explode in water and flak in the sky. The ship approaches Leyte Island at sun rise. American forces in a landing craft underway at sea. A gun crew fires at Japanese Nakajima B6N Tenzan ("Jill") aircraft which is diving towards the ship in a kamikaze suicide attempt. The shells explode in water.
8th Fighter Group lowers trucks with supplies into an LST and a ship lays a smoke screen in the Philippines Sea
U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group aboard a ship underway in the Philippines Sea during World War II. The deck of the ship. A ship convoy underway at sea. Leyte Island in the background. A Landing Ship Tank ( LST ) is lowered from the starboard side. A ship lays a smoke screen to cover the convoy. Soldiers lower the LST into water. The soldiers lower a truck over the starboard into the LST. A hoist pulls a truck from the hold of the ship. GIs in a lading craft anchored to the ship. Lowering of a truck over the side into a landing craft. A truck loaded with supplies is lowered into the LST. Trucks and soldiers in the LST. Another truck with supplies is lowered into the LST. The soldiers cover the trucks on the LST. Soldiers aboard the LST underway towards Leyte beach.
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