United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) returns POWs (Prisoner Of War) to Naples, Italy after World War II. USS Wasp underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The hangar deck is used as a movie hall. View of crew members seated in hall to watch a movie. Corner of motion picture screen in foreground. Next scene shows a catholic religious service on the ship. A view of the choir and altar during service. Audience seated during the service. A nude painting is being presented to the Executive Officer of USS Wasp Commander Joseph C (Jumping Joe) Clifton. The men seated on chairs. Men laugh as the painting is being presented. Commander Clifton speaks on the podium.
United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the Atlantic Ocean. POWs (Prisoners of War) are being returned to Naples, Italy after World War II. Interior of the washroom of the USS Wasp. Men stand on opposite side of rows in front of bowls in the washroom. They scrub themselves. Men shave aboard the ship.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp after torpedo attack by Japanese B1 Type submarine I-19 at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. USS Wasp burns. Heavy black smoke rises up. United States Navy officers and crew on deck of a different ship that is watching the USS Wasp. A man with a radio telephone. A destroyer ship. A bi-plane passes over the ship. USS Wasp enveloped in smoke from damage by torpedoes.
The aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) underway in the South China Sea. Lieutenant General Chiang Kai Shek of Taiwan visits the aircraft carrier. U.S. helicopter HO3S Dragonfly lands on the flight deck. Men rush towards the helicopter. Two Chinese civilians wearing jackets disembark from the helicopter. United States officers stand in formation. Men salute on the flight deck. Spectators stand in the far background on the flight deck.
Russian Cossacks on horseback. Mounted Soviet cavalry officers ride past marching troops. More Cossacks on horseback. Scene changes to a protest gathering and parade in Britain. Crowd involved in civil unrest demonstrating in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and demonstration somewhere in China during the May Fourth movement, with a mass of Chinese people in the streets. Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier putting down unrest in streets. Germans raising Imperial German flag at park on Unter Den Linden in Berlin, Germany. More scenes of unrest in European streets.
The Armistice Treaty marks the end of World War 1. United States soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division, AEF, celebrate, in a large group, at their base, in France. They cheer in unison. The soldiers talk and laugh. The soldiers receive their pay. A soldier keeps his payment in his pocket and takes out a document. The soldiers shake hands and bid farewell. They carry their belongings.
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