Aerial formation of B-17s over English countryside. Formation of B-17s at relatively low altitude. .Views from gunners' positions and from pilot's position in the cockpit of one aircraft.
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from no.3 gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) with dead and wounded lying on the deck. A cruiser with dead and wounded U.S. sailors lying on the deck covered with blankets. A Tug (ATF) alongside the USS Savannah (CL-42). The dead are wrapped in blankets. The wounded are removed from gun turret on Savannah which was hit by a German bomb. An entrance to the gun turret. Damage control men with gas masks on, come out. (World War II period).
Removing wounded and dead U.S. sailors from the gun turret of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. Several ships underway at a sea. The USS Savannah with hose laid out around the deck. Men fight fire on the turret which was hit by a German bomb. A sailor removes a blanket from the body of a dead sailor lying on the deck. Men work with dead and wounded on the deck. A wounded sailor on a stretcher is lifted over the side of the ship and is lowered on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Dead bodies on deck, some covered and some uncovered. Men carry another body in a blanket in background. Superstructure of Savannah. A DD (destroyer) at anchor in the harbor. (World War II period).
Treating wounded U.S. sailors on the deck of the USS Savannah in Salerno, Italy. A Hospital Corpsman gives artificial respiration to a wounded sailor. Several other men help him. A wounded sailor on the deck. A corpsman comes over and loosens his belt, raises his eye lid and looks into his eyes. The turret section where a German bomb was dropped. 20 mm gun crews in background. The hole where bomb went in on top of the turret. A captain wearing a steel helmet. Men play hose on inside of turret. (World War II period).
View from boat in the water as a U.S. F6F Hellcat aircraft takes off from Torokina fighter strip, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, during World War 2. The aircraft climbs out directly overhead. A small boat is seen at the beach and military vehicles move along the airfield roads. A P-39 aircraft taxis onto the runway and takes off in the opposite direction from the just-departed F6F. Military engineer equipment is seen working on the airstrip. A number of P-39s are parked beside the runway, close to surrounding trees. An F4U Corsair aircraft takes off towards the water (and camera), passing directly over a construction tractor working on the field. Another Corsair takes off over the heads of two armed sentries, and yet, another takes off immediately afterwards. View from the water, as an F4U flies low overhead toward the field for landing.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) in the South West Pacific Theater of World War II. A CL (Light Cruiser) underway at sea. Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft on the deck of a ship. CL fires guns in background. 5 inch AA guns fired. The USS Helena & St. Louis underway. SOC on a catapult. Two CLs in a column. Stern of a ship in foreground. Men lounge aboard a ship.
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