U.S. ships under Japanese air attack in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Inside hangar bay of USS Hornet (CV-12). Nose of U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter in the foreground. Two men on stage planting Japanese flags on scoreboard. South Dakota class battleship under Japanese air attack. Japanese planes explode in air. Plane takes off from Hornet.
U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 on Elk Hills in California.. Mr. R.C. Patterson, Supervisor Oil and Gas Operations, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, with his assistant Mr. J. D. Gerkel comes out of Naval Field Office. Both of them with charts in hand walk alongside field office. Oil wells shut down to conserve the Naval oil reserve. Patterson and assistant converse, derricks in the background. Chart shows Naval Petroleum Reserve Number No. 1. Naval undeveloped lands. Patterson and assistant talk to each other. Patterson and assistant drive up to the shut-down wells for inspection. Sign reads 'US Navy - Well No. 8'. Patterson and his assistant enter and come out of building.
Office of Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Interior in Taft, California. Interiors of office show an officer and other worker at desk. Officer examines U.S. Naval Reserve charts and take down notes. Engineer attached to Naval Reserve Survey going up steps with tripod.
U.S. Army Air Forces bombardment group bombs Nagoya, Japan during World War II. U.S. 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bombardment Group B-29 Superfortress bombers fly in formation en route to target on Nagoya, release bombs. Aerial views of smoke rising from targets.
U.S. Army Air Forces bombardment group return to West Field, Tinian after bombing missions over Nagoya, Japan during World War II. U.S. 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bombardment Group B-29 Superfortress bombers land on runways 1 and 2, West Field. B-29s taxi after landing.
Defense positions, U.S. Security Platoon of Regimental Headquarters in Sui-ri, Korea during Korean War. Tents set up in area. U.S. 24th Division, 19th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion soldiers stand around. Tracked vehicle with sandbags on either side of it. A soldier with a gun ready in dugout flanked by sandbags and log top.
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