Japanese Yokosuka D4Y1 torpedo bomber in attack against U.S. warships, as seen from the USS Lexington (CV-16). The aircraft flies through heavy antiaircraft fire, at low altitude and releases a torpedo. It continues to fly through heavy fire and is struck and ends up in the water. A momentary silhouette view of SBD aircraft on deck of the USS Lexington. (World War II period).
Activities aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors,relaxing on deck, drink near island of carrier. U.S. navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft on deck of carrier. FDO (Flight Deck Officer) gives signal and F6F takes off. F6F makes arrested landing. Plane director signaling. F6Fs parked up forward on the flight deck. Pilots walk down the flight deck. TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and F6Fs parked in the background. Two flyers climb out of TBF and jump onto the wing of the plane. Numerous miniature bombs painted below the cockpit.
A film based on the problem of getting supplies to China from Calcutta, India during World War II. An aerial view of ships docking at a harbor in Calcutta, India. Civilians walk on the streets in Calcutta. Cargo ships and boats docked at a harbor. A crane hoists containers. Native laborers at a U.S. jeep assembly line. U.S. officials instruct the laborers. Assembled jeeps lined up in Calcutta Park. Lack of storage facilities shows outdoor storage area with large crates stacked after unloading. Army trucks move along a road to U.S. Army Air Force 28th Air Depot near Calcutta. Trucks and vehicles lined up outside the 28th Air Depot.
A film based on problems of getting U.S. supplies to China from Calcutta, India during World War II. U.S. trucks and jeeps parked at U.S. 28th Air Depot in Calcutta. Indian laborers unload supply crates from the trucks. The supply crates are transported to a dock. A barge at a dock in the Hooghly River. The laborers unload crates from a truck onto a rail road car. A train heads for Santahar. Native laborers unload supplies from the train in Santahar. Heavy trailers on flat rail road cars. The laborers carry gasoline drums on poles. They work around railroad tank cars. The laborers load boxcars with supplies.
A film based on getting U.S. supplies to China from Calcutta, India during World War II. An animated map highlights Calcutta in India, Santahar and Parbatipur in Bangladesh. A train loaded with U.S. jeeps and trucks. The trucks and a jeep driven onto flat railroad cars. A train moves on a track. U.S. troops board boats on the banks of the Brahamputra River and are ferried to Pandu. A barge loaded with railroad cars moves towards the ferry point of Pandu. An animated map connects Parbatipur with Dhubri, Pandu and Chabua. Chabua is ultimately connected to Kunming in China. U.S. troops sort and unload supplies at Chabua satellite field.
A film based on getting U.S. supplies to China from Chabua, India during World War II. A dummy antiaircraft emplacement at Chabua airfield. Gun crew around artillery gun at the field. Drums are rolled out from railroad cars. Fuel is poured into containers from the drums. Indian laborers at work. Bombs at a munitions dump. Native laborers unload crates from a truck and load them into U.S. Army Air Force C-46 Commando transport aircraft parked at Chabua airfield. A trainer plane and an ambulance are loaded aboard a C-46. The laborers roll bombs into the aircraft. C-46 taxi on the airfield for take off. Fuel barrels at Chabua airfield. A USAAF C-87 Liberator Express transport plane lands at Chabua airfield. Supply crates loaded aboard the C-87.
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