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U.S. Aircraft carriers in action during World War II in the Pacific Theater
Various scenes of U.S. Aircraft Carrier action in the Pacific during World War 2. Heavy flak from defending U.S. Navy ships. Explosions occur in the ocean. Two ships underway at sea as explosions occur. A U.S. escort carrier underway at sea. F6F makes a crash landing aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Flight deck personnel lie prone as explosions occur near the ship. A Japanese torpedo plane is shot down with tail ablaze, near the side of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) . Another aircraft lands on the flight deck.
U.S. amphibious forces practice at Slapton Sands, England before the Normandy invasion in World War II
View from port side of a U.S. landing ship tank (LST) underway in the English Channel during World War 2. Ahead is another ship and three landing craft vehicle personnel (LCVPs) on the horizon. Scene shifts to stern of a boat in which two U.S. Coast Guard officers are seen, with Slapton Sands in the background. One smokes a cigar. Next, another view from the port side of the LST shows two officers standing on the deck. The ship approaches the shore and beaches at Slapton Sands. Targets and guide flags are seen on the sand along with a large sign designating Beach "B." A huge hill dominates the background. Closeup of the Coast Guard officer smoking his cigar. Next, a landing craft tank (LCT) number 140 and a Higgins Boat from Troop Transport PA-25 are seen hitting the beach. Closeup of U.S. Coast Guard officer observing through binoculars. A truck driving out of a landing craft utility.
Italian submarine Balbarigo attacks U.S. freighter Staghound off coast of Brazil during World War 2
Italian submarine Balbarigo on patrol off the coast of Brazil, in South Atlantic waters during World War II. The Balbarigo cruising on the surface and then submerging when it observes several U.S. warships. View from periscope of a U.S. warship firing heavy gun. View, from conning tower of surfaced submarine Balbarigo, of the U.S. freighter Staghound, alone in the waters off the coast of Brazil. The Balbarigo fires its deck gun. View of the freighter Staghound struck in port stern area, burning and sinking.
U.S. Battleships of Sixth Battle Squadron with the British Grand Fleet in Scotland,during World War One
U.S. Battleships serving as part of the 6th Battle Squadron, British Grand Fleet, in World War 1. View from a circling motor launch, of the U.S. Battleship, New York (BB-34) and a British Invincible-Class Battlecruiser, at anchor. U.S. Battleships, Florida (BB-30), Arkansas (BB-33), and Texas (BB-35) are partially obscured in mist, in the distance. The steel cantilever railroad bridge over the Firth of forth, is seen dimly in background. A British Invincible-class battle cruiser is seen closeup as are British aircraft carriers Furious and Argus, both in camouflage paint.
American soldiers and clean up crews search for casualties amidst the bombed U.S. marines barracks site in Beirut, Lebanon.
Events related to the barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. U.S. soldier stands beside a fenced wall. Debris and rubble scattered at the bombed site. A bulldozer clears the area. Search and rescue operation carried out by soldiers and clean up crews at the bombed site. Soldiers stand on guard behind a wall. U.S. Soldier mounts gun on an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). A crumpled U.S. flag covered in mud on the ground.
Demonstration of the use of war paint to camouflage or disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in Asia (WW2)
A World War II U.S. Army training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in jungles against the Japanese. View of civilians from many different Asian countries, with skin tones that the narrator describes as ranging from almost black to light tan. Faces of different races of men found in the Burmese are such as Korean, Kachin, Chinese, Burmese, Nagas, and Japanese. Their skin tone is compared. Dramatization shows a Japanese sniper observes from behind a tree. He takes aim with his rifle on an oncoming group of American troops. He views a soldier with obvious white skin and fires a shot at him. The soldier falls. The narrator says that the soldier with an obvious white facestands out like a bulls eye, making him an easy target. Hand of the downed soldier. Stream of blood flows near the hand. Paint powder on a table. War paint is put in a mortar and mixed properly using a pestle. A parachute trooper descends into jungle terrain. Soldiers dissolves color powder between his palms and rubs it quickly on his hands. Other men, who are native student agents watch him apply the paint to darken his white skin. The agents are working with the OSS (Office of Stragegic Services, which was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) to assist American OSS agents and soldiers in the jungle.
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