A United States Army Air Forces B-17E Flying Fortress taken out from a ditch in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. The Flying Fortress named 'Galloping Gus' stuck in the ditch while taking off. Men working near the airplane to take it out. They try to lower the wheels of the airplane on a trailer bed. A bridge is made from steel mats. The airplane is towed out of the ditch.
A gunnery training for U.S. gunners in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. A man in the model of a turret. Other men watching the training. The gunners are trained with a powerful stream of water. A revolving scale model of a Japanese aircraft. A gunner practicing.
A documentary on the occurrence of tropical cyclones. Men working at the Naval Weather Service Command. Weather satellites detecting the earth's surface. An insignia on a wall. Exterior of the building of the Fleet Weather Central in Guam, Mariana Islands. A man working at a machine. Other man talking over a phone. A weather reconnaissance aircraft in flight overhead. A pilot in the cockpit. Observations which were made are collected and transmitted to a weather station. Men working on data and recording it. A warning message being typed. Positions are plotted immediately on a map as a message is received. Danger area is plotted on the map. A warning bulletin is updated as more information is received.
The USS Honolulu (CL-48) underway at a sea around Kolombangara Island. Sailors rest on the deck of the ship. Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull aircraft catapulted from the USS Honolulu (CL-48). Gunner in cockpit of SOC-3. A ship in background.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) and other Light Cruisers fire at Kolombangara Island. CL (Light Cruiser) underway at a sea. Sailors aboard the USS Honolulu (CL-48) clean 6 inch guns. Stern of the USS Honolulu. Several CLs underway. SBD Dauntless aircraft flies low over water. Three CLs underway. 5 inch gun fired from the USS Honolulu. CLs fire guns. Flak overhead. (World War II period).
USS Honolulu (CL-48) and other Light Cruisers fire at Kolombangara Island in the Pacific. Baker's flag on the USS Honolulu CL-48. SOC Seagull aircraft catapulted from it. CL (Light Cruiser) underway in background. A sailor looks out of the turret. The sailor looks through binoculars. Signal flags on the CL. The SOC approaches. Sailors on deck of the USS Honolulu. View of the nearby USS Helena (CL-50) underway as part of the task force. Sailors on the deck of the USS Honolulu. One sailor gets a hair cut. A sailor operating a film movie camera on a tripod, positioned above the gun turret. (World War II period).
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