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U.S. Navy warships of Task force 51 bombarding Japanese positions on Iwo Jima prior to invasion during World War II

U.S. Navy warships of Task Force 51, Joint Expeditionary Force, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, bombard Japanese positions at the start of the campaign against Japanese-held Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Mount Suribachi visible at end of the island. The Eldorado (AGC-11), Vice Admiral Turner's flagship is seen. At time 00:20 to 1:04, the heavy cruiser USS Chester ( CA-27 ) is seen in camouflage Measure 32, design 9d, following another unidentified heavy cruiser, shelling the island of Iwo Jima. Time codes 1:05 to 1:12 show the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43). In time codes 1:14 through 1:31 the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City ( CA-25) and the USS Vicksburg, CL-86, a Cleveland Class light cruiser, in camouflage (measure 33, design 6D), are seen shelling Japanese anti-aircraft gun emplacements around the east side of Motoyama airfield. The battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) is seen in time codes 1:32 to 1:53. Other, unidentified U.S. warships are also seen bombarding the Island.

Date: 1945, February 18
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040331
U.S. marines recreational activities on board naval ship during Operation Crossroads.

U.S. marines indulge on board a U.S. navy ship on Able Day during Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll. Group of sailors indulge various activities on the ship deck. Two officers set up camera equipment for recordings. Marines seen talking and looking towards the sky. A marine observes the sky through binoculars. Army officers play cards and read a magazine. Film cameras can be seen in the background. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane with cadets in the foreground on the ship deck.

Date: 1946, July 1
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040333
U.S. Navy fighter plane FM Wildact crashes on flight deck of USS Guadalcanal during World War II

Slow motion pictures of carrier operations on flight deck of the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) during World War 2. U.S. Navy aircraft F-4U makes a normal landing aboard USS Guadalcanal. U.S. Marine fighter FM Wildcat comes for a fast landing and fails to catch arresting cables. The FM Wildcat hits barrier, and flips over, up-side-down. Sailors rush to the site and attempt to right the aircraft by raising the tail. But the plane falls back down. Then they right it by rolling it over on its nose and right wing.

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040339
Landing of U.S. Navy jet fighters on flight deck of air craft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42)

Pilots in the cockpit of U.S. Navy jet fighter flying. Officials in different colored uniforms on flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt(CV-42). Officers get ready to guide pilots. Landing Signal Officer instructs landing of jets. Arresting cables used to help in landing on the small area. Planes land safely. A jet breaks the cable and blew a tire while landing. Cable repaired. Officers set the location and status of jets. Landing Signal Officer reviews performances of pilots.

Date: 1964
Duration: 9 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040347
U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D taking soldiers of First Infantry Division in operation area in Vietnam

Pilot at controls of U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D Huey. Helicopter lands near smoke from signal grenade. U.S. Army soldiers of First Infantry Division get-off and move ahead through a grass field. UH-1D Huey takes off. A soldier communicates through radio. Soldiers take cover in tall grass and move through dense palm trees and bushes. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968, August 30
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040361
U.S. Navy warships on maneuvers in Pacific Ocean during Fleet Problem XIX in 1938.

U.S. warships maneuver during Fleet Problem XIX, in 1938. Among ships in the exercise were Colorado, New Mexico and Tennessee class battleships. A Tennessee class battleship at anchor and a Chicago class cruiser underway. Stern view of U.S. Lexington class aircraft carrier underway at sea. The Carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3) underway in line of warships, with aircraft on their flight decks. A Mahan class destroyer passes in front of the USS Lexington.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040382