A 1950 United States Naval Training Film about the 1942 Battle of Coral Sea in World War II. Film titled 'The Battle of The Coral Sea'. Diagram shows the location of Coral Sea on the globe. Phase I of the battle from 1st to 4th May described. II Phase from 4th to 7th May explained. III Phase 7th to 11th May, of the battle that saw double action from both sides discussed. Animation shows the area captured by Japan after the battle. Japanese cut communication between United States and Australia. Japanese battleship at sea. Japanese troops in field. Doolittle raid on japan, U.S. plan described through animation. Bombing of Tokyo. Japanese Commander in Chief Admiral Yamamoto on ship. Location of Commandant 4th Fleet. Japanese Commander gives information about U.S. planes. He talks about plans and strategies of U.S. for war. Allied forces on Japanese land. United States submarines in Japan. Japanese plan of defense explained. Two invasion forces of Japan, Moresby and Tulagi described through animation. Allies counter attack Japanese targets. Allied TF 17 and TF 11 in Japanese province. Allied attack on Tulagi, Japanese counter attack.
San Francisco Security conference of representatives of four powers meets in Washington DC prior to the United Nations San Francisco Parley. United States Secretary of States Edward R. Stettinius Jr. meets British ambassador to U.S. Edward Wood (Lord Halifax), Russian ambassador to U.S. Andrei Gromyko, and Chinese ambassador to U.S., Dr. Wei Tao-ming. Assistant Secretary Archibald MacLeish speaks on a microphone. Chinese ambassador speaks. Assistant Secretary of State, Archibald MacLeish, poses and talks on a microphone.
Floating dry docks for repairs shown in the Pacific Ocean. Panels of dry dock carried in a ship. U.S. Navy Floating dry dock in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A U.S. Naval officer salutes. Sailors salute as U.S. flag is hoisted at the dock. At time 00:33 to 1:00 light cruiser, USS Cleveland, CL-55, arrives at floating dry dock and is raised out of the water. A fleet oiler(AO)is shown raised out of the water in the floating dry dock.
U.S. Marines write personal messages on a bomb in Guam, United States. A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress parked. Two navy hospital vans approach the bomber plane. U.S. Marines get off the van. An airforce officer gives a chalk to the marines to write their personal messages on a bomb. The bombs are attached to the right wing of the bomber. A U.S. Marine writes 'Happy Birthday Charlie' on the bomb. Another marine writes his message on the bomb. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off for bombing in South Vietnam. Contrails come out of the aircraft. The B-52 in flight. Marines and officers stand in a group and look at the bomber plane in flight. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Air Force bombers attack Germany during World War II. View of U.S. P-51 Mustang aircraft in flight line at U.S. Air Base in England, United Kingdom. Aerial views of a formation of B-17 Flying Fortress planes and P-51 aircraft in flight over Germany. Bombs fall on German aircraft plants. Ruins of German aircraft plants after facing the bombings. Scene changes to show German war production workers building new Focke-Wulf aircraft (e.g., Fw 190) at production factory in Germany.
View of Italian Dehavilland DH-100 Vampire jet planes parked on a flight line at Wiesbaden Air Force Base, in West Germany, during Allied forces Exercise Jupiter, in September, 1951, A U.S. Air Force A U.S. Air Force pilot, in flight suit, is perched on the wing of one, looking into the cockpit. Italian aircrew members are standing nearby. Closeup of the U.S. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the Vampire jet. Closeup of him in the cockpit. He wears a side cap with Captain's bars insignia. He smiles as he peruses the controls and instruments in the aircraft. Several Italian Air Force officers stand and converse next to a Vampire Jet plane. One wears a flight suit. Another man joins them and gets ready to smoke a pipe.
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