A space capsule is recovered over the Pacific Ocean. Discoverer XVII Satellite is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The space capsule is released over the Pacific Ocean. It is snatched and recovered from the sky by a United States Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar. The C-119 Flying Boxcar lands and the airmen unload the space capsule.
Allied troops aboard a ship underway in the Pacific Ocean heading towards Manus Island in Papua New Guinea during World War II. Silhouette of men at the rail of an LST (Landing Ship Tank). LCMs (Landing Crafts Mechanized) and ships of a convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. A convoy of ships at anchor. Soldiers on the deck of a ship load ammunition boxes. A sailor scans the horizon with binoculars. A sailor uses a sextant. Men on the bridge of the ship. Soldiers play chess, sleep, play harmonica, rest, play cards and read magazines.
German troops land in Japan during World War II. German cruiser Thor in the Pacific Ocean. Sailors on rail. The sailors stand at attention. Seaplanes are catapulted from the ship. A seaplane taxis on water. An Allied freighter underway in the Pacific Ocean. The cruiser captures the freighter and later docks in a Japanese port. Japanese naval officers come aboard. German and Japanese flags. German crew visits military graves near Mount Fuji.
Japanese attack on United States battleship Franklin (CV-13) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States destroyer ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Fire burns furiously on the hangar deck of the USS Franklin after the Japanese attack. Fire fighters spray water to extinguish the fire. Smoke billows up as a result of the fire. The firefighters spray water with hoses to extinguish the fire.
United States aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) being attacked by a Japanese bomber in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States convoy underway in the Pacific off the coast of Japan. A naval gun being fired and smoke rises. A Japanese aircraft explodes in mid air and spins as it tumbles toward the ocean. Flak bursts in the air. A Japanese dive bomber descends and drops bombs over USS Franklin. Huge explosions and smoke rises from the ship. Crew aboard the ship fight fire as they spray water from hoses. Chaplain Father Joseph O'Callahan prays over a mortally wounded sailor. Injured being transferred onto another ship. A dead American sailor. Rescue ships take away wounded. Smoke rises from the ship. Sailors being transferred onto another ship and the ship pulls away.
USS Joseph T Dickman underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States attack transport ships and Amphibious cargo ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Men at the bridge rail of USS Dickman. A cameraman with eyemo on searchlight platform. A man with headset looks through binoculars. Crew men converse near a 20 mm gun aboard the USS Dickman. A coxswain at rail, at the stern of a boat underway at sea.
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