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A Japanese task force sighting enemy in Pacific Ocean.

Japanese Ships in Pacific Ocean. A Japanese task force sighting enemy. Man see through binoculars. Guns firing from ship. Planes flying. Navy officers in ship. Animation of battleships, submarines,destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers sunk by Japanese. (World War II period).

Date: 1942, November 12
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675034748
Crew members of United States aircraft carrier relax in the Pacific Ocean.

United States Aircraft carrier anchored in the Pacific Ocean. Antisubmarine nets are deployed to protect swimmers from sharks. Crew members of the carrier relax. Many sailors swim. some sailors dive from the deck, 70 feet, into the water to swim. Some climb up the anchor chains. Later, aircraft are seen lined up on the flight deck. A destroyer that rescued three downed pilots, pulls alongside and returns the pilots to the Aircraft Carrier, via breeches buoy, while both ships are underway. Rescued pilots pose. The destroyer pulls away.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053958
Crew members of USS Lexington arrive in Portland, Oregon after the ship was sunk by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean.

USS Lexington sinks in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Smoke rises from USS Lexington after being hit by Japanese torpedoes during the Battle of Coral Sea of World War II. Smoke rises from the ship. Rescued crew members of the Patten Family get off a train in Portland, Oregon. They greet each other as a large crowd gather to welcome them. The Pattens salute.

Date: 1942, June 29
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057754
Activity aboard a convoy of United States ships headed across the Pacific Ocean.

United States ship headed across the Pacific Ocean. Supplies being loaded onto a ship. Sailors fire guns aboard the ship. Sailors boxing in a ring. Spectators watch the boxing championship aboard the ship. Sailors being washed and cleaned during King Neptune ceremony. A priest prays along with the sailors aboard the ship. Aircraft in flight. Sailors disembark from the ship. Army trucks and equipment being unloaded from the ship. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043905
A Japanese bomber aircraft drops bombs and a carrier is set afire but it remains afloat in the Pacific Ocean.

Carrier-based airplanes fight Japanese airplanes off New Guinea, Australia during World War II . A U.S. aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean prepares for attack. Aircraft parked on the deck. An aircraft takes off. Gunners ready the guns mounted on the deck. A Japanese aircraft in flight. Flaks burst in the sky. The gunners fire the guns. An explosion on the outer deck. The carrier crew runs on the deck and fires. A Japanese bomber aircraft drops bombs. A bomb hole on the deck. The gunners still fire. Crew members pull a hose and spray water on the bombed area. The carrier is set afire but remains afloat.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069143
Task Force 16 with Doolittle raiders underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II

U.S. ships of Task Force 16 underway in the Pacific Ocean carrying the Doolittle Raid crews of World War 2. The bow of the USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, as it goes through heavy seas. Water breaking over the bow. Various ships of a task force on the horizon. The bow of the same cruiser receives another breaker. The camouflaged Gleaves-class destroyer USS Meredith (DD-434) seen off the starboard of CA-25. A signalman raises flags. He sends blinker signals to carriers. A single stack destroyer of the Benham Class comes up alongside the cruiser. The task Force including USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, destroyers and two tankers underway. Aviation detail on the well-deck preparing to catapult a U.S. Navy SOC Seagull aircraft. The SOC aircraft is catapulted. A signalman sends a semaphore message. Signal flags on the ship. Several SOC scout planes are launched.

Date: 1942, April
Duration: 3 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065474