Conditions in Quemoy, China during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Western press and media representatives climb up a mountain in Quemoy. The newsmen at a beach. They examine damaged buildings destroyed due to the Communist Chinese firing. Damaged roof of a building. Explosions occur on a nearby island. Chinese children take shelter in the underground of a building. A damaged building.
The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. U.S. 6th Army soldiers aboard the ship talk. Ships in the background. A silhouetted soldier looks through binoculars towards a coast. A naval gun being manned. A man at the controls in the engine room of the ship. An officer briefs the troops before the invasion of Los Negros, Admiralty Islands. An officer speaks on a wireless. Naval guns and rockets bombard the coast at night. Smoke rises due to the bombardment.
United States aircraft come aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States Navy Task Force underway at sea. Aircraft on the deck of the ship. An aircraft takes off as a signalman waves. The aircraft in flight. The fighter bomber aircraft return to the carrier after striking Japanese positions in China, Formosa and islands off the coast of Japan. The aircraft land and taxi on the flight deck. An aircraft lands and falls over the side of the aircraft carrier while taxing. The pilot is rescued and carried away on a stretcher. An aircraft takes off from the deck.
Gun crew,on the USS New York (BB-34),wearing steel helmets, check out her 3-inch antiaircraft gun on the stern deck, as she departs from U.S. Argentia Naval station, Newfoundland, during World War 2. Sailors are dressed in winter clothing. Snow-covered hills in background. As they are underway, a large transport ship is seen astern. Scene shifts to warmer, sunny weather at sea. Sailors play a game with quoits on the deck of the USS New York. Others relax in a warm sunny spot. Sailors stand on the deck. An island visible nearby. Sailors download a bomb from a Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard the battleship New York. International maritime flags displayed near the bridge.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A motor whale boat along the side of USS Guadalcanal as a patient in a stretcher being hoisted aboard the ship. Island of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. A motor whale boat heads towards the ship. The motor whale boat along the side the ship as a German U boat-505 crew member climbs up a Jacob's ladder. German crew comes down a catwalk on the deck of the escort carrier. The motor whale boat underway. It is alongside USS Guadalcanal as men climb up a Jacob's ladder. The bridge of USS Guadalcanal with five German flags marked on it. Three destroyer escorts underway. A motor whale boat underway. A destroyer escort on the horizon. The captain of USS Guadalcanal leans over the side of the flying bridge. German U boat-505 underway at sea. Bow and conning tower of the U boat. USS Guadalcanal attempts to come along side the U boat. Men on the signal bridge of the ship. U boat -505 and a motor boat at sea.
USS Guadalcanal escort carrier captures German U boat-505 while underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors on the bridge of USS Guadalcanal. German U boat-505 under tow. U boat underway with the American flag on its conning tower. Pilots gathered on the deck of the ship as they talk. The U boat underway. Island of USS Guadalcanal. A motor whale boat alongside USS Guadalcanal as German prisoner of war climb up a Jacob's ladder as they come aboard the ship. A wounded on a steel stretcher being hoisted aboard the ship. USS Guadalcanal underway with a U.S. Navy TBF Avenger flying overhead. German prisoners on the main deck of USS Guadalcanal.
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