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The USS Enterprise (CV-6) in Battle of the Eastern Solomons, with 75 Seabees aboard, making emergency repairs

Animation shows shadows of U.S. B-17 bombers flying from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, to attack Japanese targets. F4F and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft take off from the USS Enterprise (CV-6) which had been sent into battle with 75 Seabees, from Company B, 3rd Construction Battalion, still on board making emergency repairs. Scenes of the battle between U.S. and Japanese fleets in the Eastern Solomons. U.S. warships fire antiaircraft weapons at attacking Japanese aircraft, and fire heavy guns at Japanese warships. View of damage to flight deck of USS Enterprise. A U.S. warship on fire billowing black smoke. Black puffs fill sky from U.S. antiaircraft flak, as Japanese aircraft attack. Fire burning at edge of flight deck on USS Enterprise, as crewmen stretch long hoses to fight the blaze. Views of heavy damage sustained by the USS Enterprise during the battle. (World War II ; World War 2; WW II; WW 2).

Date: 1942, August 24
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044968
King George V visits the British hospital ship HMHS Plassy during World War I

King George V of Great Britain visits the Royal Navy's Hospital ship, HMHS Plassy, at Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys, on June 23, 1917, during World War 1. The original Lascar (Asian) crew of the P&O (Peninsular and Oriental) ship , is seen lined up, in whites, on the deck of the Hospital ship, as King George walks past them, slowly ,accompanied by captain, Edward de Walrond Wells Bruce, and officers of the ship's company. On another deck, the King and his party stop to greet the uniformed medical staff, including nurses. An aide introduces each medical staff person by name, and the King shakes hands with each and converses briefly with some. The King visits wounded in the ship's medical ward. He converses with one patient, before proceeding to visit others.

Date: 1917, June 23
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049922
U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the commanding officer of USS Williamsburg on the navigation bridge in Bermuda.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda during his holidays. Truman wearing a cap stands on the bridge of USS Williamsburg. A view of Bermuda landscape. The President and the commanding officer of the ship on the navigation bridge. A naval air station in Bermuda. Men man a rail on a rescue tug. Bermuda in the background. A motor launch with canopies on it. A small boat underway. A floating dry dock in the background. Three U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner aircraft in flight.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068988
Harry S. Truman leaves USS Williamsburg and meets the Governor of Bermuda in Bermuda.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda. A boat of the Governor of Bermuda Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham approaches USS Williamsburg. The Governor's boat approaches a gangway and comes alongside. Men disembark from the boat. A naval air base in Bermuda. The mast of USS Williamsburg in the foreground. USS Malabar tied up to a pier at the naval air base. A horse drawn carriage approaches the Governor's house. Truman drives in the horse drawn carriage. Truman's boat comes alongside a pier. He disembarks from the boat followed by two high ranking officers. Truman walks past accompanied by the officers. Truman and Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham. The Governor's mansion. USS Williamsburg approaches the pier. Line handlers on the pier. Truman's boat alongside the gangway of USS Williamsburg. Truman and party get into the boat. Truman in a boat chair with a rod and reel. The boat pulls away from the gangway.

Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068989
Harry S. Truman with his guests on a boat goes fishing in the Great Sound and swims in Bermuda.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda. A fishing party boards a boat and pulls away into the Great Sound. The boat underway in the Great Sound. Another group boards a boat and pulls away. Men on the deck wave. Men of the fishing party come back and board USS Williamsburg. Truman in water. He hangs onto a platform on a gangway and then swims around a bit. Truman and other men swimming. USS Williamsburg leaves Bermuda. A blinker signal comes from port director's shack.

Date: 1946
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068990
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh are greeted by civilians during their visit to Bermuda.

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Bermuda. Aerial view of Bermuda. A sign reads 'Long Live The Queen'. The flags of Bermuda hanging on a building. Officials, dignitaries and soldiers at an airport. Two officials talk. The Queen and the Duke gets off from an aircraft. They are greeted by the officials. The Queen and the Duke review the soldiers. A close up of the Queen. Children in the streets greet her. Civilians carrying the Bermuda flags greet her. The Queen and the Duke in a horse drawn carriage and people crowd on either side of a street. People at a dock. The mast of a ship. The Bermuda flag on the ship. A sign reads 'God Save The Queen'. The Queen and the Duke along with other officials. Children wave to them. Queen Elizabeth and the Duke with officials on the deck. They wave to the civilians. The ship underway.

Date: 1953, November 26
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069100