A film on rescue work by the U.S. Coast Guard. A ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The bow of the ship. A man and a woman aboard the ship. A man at the controls of the ship. Other boats and ships underway. The woman gets injured. The man at the controls establishes a contact with a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft for help. The aircraft in flight overhead. A man gives a red flare signal to the aircraft. The aircraft in flight over the ship. A man presses a button of a rescue alarm and alerts Coast Guard crew. Coast Guard crew board a helicopter. They inspect the helicopter. The helicopter takes off and is in flight. The helicopter hovers over the ship. A line is dropped from the helicopter to the ship. A stretcher is dropped with the help of the line. A man places the injured woman on the stretcher and she is taken aboard the helicopter. The helicopter in flight. It lands. The woman is taken out from the helicopter and is placed in an ambulance. The ambulance leaves the area. The helicopter in flight overhead.
U.S. carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A "jeep carrier" (Escort Carrier) on the horizon. The sun sets in the background. Aircraft being recovered on the Escort Carrier, USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) while underway in the Pacific during World War 2. FM-2 Wildcat fighter number 13, of U.S. Navy Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) makes a routine landing on the flight deck. Another one approaching is waved off and goes around. FM-2, number 14, makes a routine landing. But it is next seen surrounded by deck crewmen, because it has sustained battle damage. The upper skin on its left wing is seen to be blown away,exposing the internal spars of the wing. The pilot steps from the cockpit and briefly examines the left side of his airplane for other damage.
U.S. Navy carrier operations off Iwo Jima during World War II. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger aircraft in formation flight. Aircraft in flight over water. Amphibious landing craft circle in water prior to invasion assault. Landing craft head towards a beach. Three TBMs in flight in close formation. Landing crafts circle. Several TBMs in flight. Invasion ships and landing crafts off the coast of Iwo Jima. Hits made on the beach. Landing crafts in water. Smoke rising up from Mount Suribachi.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A camouflaged aircraft carrier underway. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat airplanes parked on the flight deck. Guns being fired from the aircraft carrier. Smoke arises due to the firing. Aircraft parked on the deck.
U.S. Navy aircraft in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless in flight overhead. Small islands. Landing field on a small island.
U.S. aircraft in flight over the Philippines during World War II. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless and F-6F Hellcat in flight. The aircraft fly in formation and en route for attack on Manila. Aerial view of the target area.
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