U.S. Philippine Department Air Force personnel assembling new Seversky P-35A pursuit planes at Nichols Field in the Philippines prior to World War II in the Pacific. These have Swedish roundel markings with 3 yellow crowns on a blue circle background, identifying them as J 9 aircraft for the Swedish Air Force. They were initially sold to Sweden as Republic EP-106 aircraft and redesignated as P-35A by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Because of imbargoes in place due to World War 2, in Europe, these aircraft were diverted to the U.S. Army. Mechanics push a Seversky P-35A (J 9) fuselage on the tarmac outside a hangar. Mechanics work on P-35 engine in the hangar. A sign reads 'Headquarters 17th Pursuit Squadron' at a tent bivouac area. Airmen talk outside a tent. Views from a car driving through nearby residential neighborhood of Ramaville. Two men in white suits with a woman on porch of a house Several P-35A airplanes flying low over the area. Airmen loading a car with baggage.
Activities of U.S. intelligence agency the Office of Strategic Services in China Burma India Theater during World II. A U.S. aircraft lands on a dirt strip at a large U.S. military installation. Allied troops fire an artillery gun. A soldier talks into a walkie-talkie. Soldiers seated and looking over a chart. (World War II period).
A film covers chemical warfare defense training received by U.S. airmen at George Air Force Base in California, United States. U.S. airmen respond to a simulated chemical attack. The airmen in special clothing leave a van and board a U.S. Air Force ( USAF ) F-4D fighter bomber parked at the air base. The aircraft taxis.
A 1943 film about the December 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Film blends dramatized scenes with actual historic footage from the event. Formations of Japanese bombers approach Pearl Harbor. USS Arizona (BB-39) bombed. U.S. personnel aboard USS Arizona as the ship is bombed. Smoke billows up from the explosion. U.S. sailors aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37). USS Oklahoma and USS California (BB-44) are bombed by Japanese aircraft. U.S. troops fire machine guns at Japanese aircraft. USS Cassin (DD-372), USS Downes (DD-375), and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) bombed in the dry dock of Pearl Harbor. Ships in flames. USS Oglala CM-4 sinks after being attacked. Air raid alarms sound in Honolulu. Japanese people in Honolulu as the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor continues. A Japanese man being interviewed after air raid says he cannot think that Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor.
U.S. sailors at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. A dock shows Norfolk Naval Shipyard buildings. Battleship at the dock. U.S. Army personnel aboard a ship and on the dock. A U.S. official speaks to a group of servicemen. Sailors march along a road. The sailors come to a stop and march again. Two navy officers talk to each other.
A U.S. Navy training at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. U.S. sailors signal a ship. A sign on a raised structure reads 'Exhale'. A sailor turns over the signboard. U.S. Navy Nurse Corps women take part in a drill.
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