Smoke rising from an Atoll. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Aircraft Carrier underway. Strafing aircrafts on enemy, on enemy airfield at Truk in Pacific Theater. Enemy ships being strafed. Destroyer ship being strafed. Small vessel being strafed. Vessel begins to burn. Enemy transport sinks. (World War II period).
Ex-German cruiser Ostfriesland taking direct bomb hits by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Smoke seen. Four bombers in flight over USS Alabama. USS Alabama enveloped in smoke from direct bomb hit. Ship completely obscured by smoke. Plane lays smoke curtain. Plane continues over water. Plane continues laying screen.
USS Virginia takes direct bomb hit on after part. Hit tumbles main mast. Ship enveloped in black smoke. Extensive damage seen. Ship starts sinking and flips over. The keel is exposed. Portion of bow seen as it plunges below surface. A ship seen in background.
Officers of AAF(Army Air Force) with Chinese soldiers pose in front of a building. An AAF officer wearing bush jacket and pith helmet walks past a Flying Tiger Curtiss P-40 known as Warhawk. Mechanics working on P-40 fighter plane. An officer patting the nose of a P-40. Chinese laborers pulling a rope which is attached to a large roller across airstrip. Cumulus clouds seen. Shark's mouth and eyes painted on P-40's. Bombs drop through scattered clouds and smoke rises. (World War II period).
A large two storied building with typical Indian architecture with minarets and domes. A bay with small Indian craft, with a single sail and destroyer vessels seen. A large ship on an Indian city harbor. A Street is seen. View of a large Indian temple. A row of four P-66 Vanguards are parked on strip. Pilot is visible in the first plane. Two B-25s are parked in an open field. A P-38 parked in a grass field. Members of American Army Air Force Flying Tigers in China pose for pictures, in group as well as individually in front of a P-40.
First Lady of the Nation Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower receives the 'Mother of the Year' award at White House in Washington D.C. Members of the committee 'Mother of the Year' are seen. Mrs. Jane Maxwell Pritchard has a chat with Mrs. Eisenhower.
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