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U.S. Navy task forces combat Japanese fleet in battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway in World War II
Animated map shows Japanese massing for attacks against Australia, Midway Island, and the Aleutians in World War 2. U.S. naval forces prepare for the battles of Coral Sea and Midway. U.S. warships seen underway in the Pacific Ocean. Crewmen on the aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-5) push a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft with folded wings. Senior officer on the carrier looking through binoculars. Ship's flight operations personnel are alerted by bugle over intercom to report to their stations. flight deck operational crews assemble on deck. Aviators assemble in ready rooms. They are told a Japanese carrier has been sighted and they are to attack its aircraft. Ready rooms are notified of enemy contact at 125 miles. The pilots scramble up stairs to the flight deck and their airplanes. They climb into cockpits Douglas SBD Dauntless planes, start engines, taxi, and take off one at a time. They form up in flights of 3 aircraft each and fly overhead. View of the Island on the Yorktown, as they wait for aircraft to return. Antiaircraft gunners wait in readiness for possible Japanese attack. A formation of Japanese Aichi D3A (Val) aircraft is sighted. They dive at the Yorktown, as her gunners fire away at them. Black flak clouds fill the sky. An explosion as a bomb strikes the Yorktown. She lists and burns and is wracked by another explosion. An SBD dauntless rocks loose near the end of flight deck. USS Yorktown along with other ships in the task force battling Japanese aircraft. A Japanese torpedo plane is downed on the surface of the sea. Flames and smoke at forward port area of Yorktown's flight deck. Gunners hit wings of attacking airplane. Firefighters on Yorktown set up hoses on her deck. More U.S. aircraft airborne to attack Japanese force only 15 miles away. U.S. dive bomber dropping a bomb. An SBD dauntless lands on a carrier deck. Navy aviators pose on deck. Closeup of a Dauntless landing. "Scorecard" compares U.S. and Japanese losses in the two engagements.
Life rafts are hoisted aboard Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) in the South China Sea.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. A launch coming up alongside a ship tows a covered raft. Survivors in the launch. The covered raft is tied to the launch with launch up to the gangway of HMAS Melbourne (R-21). The launch and a life raft alongside. Australian personnel fold a raft after deflating it. Another raft being raised and hoisted out of water. The raft is placed on a deck. Australian crew stands around. Several of the Australian crew on the flight deck look down over the side. Debris from USS Frank E. Evans on the deck. Australian personnel work with covered gear on the flight deck. They carry wreckage across the flight deck. The personnel use push brooms and sweep the deck.
Australian and United States Navy officers on the deck of Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) in the South China Sea.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) dead in water, close to floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. Australian personnel talk on the deck of HMAS Melbourne. Two Australian officer move down the deck towards U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopter in the background. Crewmen on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy officer talks with an Australian officer on the deck. The Australian officer escorts the USN officer towards the SH-3D helicopter. The officers exchange salutes. The USN officer boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts up. Australian officers on the deck. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans.
Survivors of destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) arrive at a U.S. carrier in the South China Sea.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. HMAS Melbourne (R-21) rests on water. Secured gangway of a carrier. The ship's crane hangs over a utility boat on the deck edge elevator. Crewmen in the elevator. Boat crew in a boat receives a crane hook. The utility boat being lowered into water. It pulls away. The utility boat with survivors approaches rapidly. The utility boat skids on the deck of the ship. Crewmen seen nearby. The boat crew in the boat. Crewmen seen in the foreground on the deck edge elevator. Hospital Corpsmen walk from the elevator to the hangar bay in the background. Tables set up in the hangar bay. Survivors sitting in chairs nearby.
Rescue of survivors from collision between HMAS Melbourne and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. A utility boat arrives with survivors from USS Frank E. Evans. The utility boat comes up to the gangway of USS Kearsarge (CV-33). The survivors of USS Frank E. Evans in the hangar bay of USS Kearsarge (CV-33). U.S. Marine sentries and officers in the foreground. The survivors in the hangar bay for processing and questioning. High ranking U.S. Naval officers nearby. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) rests in water. An Australian launch comes up alongside with more survivors.
Rod Laver and Margaret Court of Australia win U.S. National Singles Championship titles in tennis in Forest Hills, New York.
Players of Australia win U.S. National Singles Championship of tennis in Forest Hills, New York. Margaret Court of Australia, plays tennis match with Darlene Hard and wins the U.S. National Women's Singles Championship title. Spectators watch the match and cheers the players. Rod Laver of Australia plays tennis match with his opponent Roy Stanley Emerson. Rod Laver wins the U.S. National Men's Singles Championship title. Spectators give standing ovation to Rod Laver. Rod Laver holds the trophy and smiles.
