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Story of "Black Cat" -- PBY Catalinas used as night bombers against Japanese convoys in World War II

Convoy of Japanese supply ships in the Southwest Pacific during World War 2. Mysteriously, two explode. One sinks and one is left burning. Narrator describes similar losses of Japanese cargo vessels and Japanese reports attributing the losses to new superior American aircraft. View of Japanese Military High Command buildings in Tokyo, Japan. An Imperial Japanese Navy Night Fighter (QHAFMFA6) seen taking off. Japanese admiral boards warship to plan Imperial Navy strategy and tactics. Attacking aircraft is shown as a U.S. Navy PBY Catalina Flying Boat. Several views of Catalina flying boats in flight, painted black for night flying (called "Black Cats"). Aerial view of islands with small harbors where a PBY can hide during daylight. Base personnel gather at a catalina base awaiting an overdue returning PBY. She appears and buzzes base to announce successful mission. The PBY then lands in nearby harbor, taxis toward shore and is met by sailors in boats who attach a tow line to winch the PBY ashore, tail first. Squadron Commander meets the plane as the crew disembarks. Commodore Thomas S. Combs, Commander Aircraft 7th Fleet, arrives by jeep with Group Commander, Captain Peck. Crew gives quick accounting of mission. Corpsmen take wounded combat cameraman from the PBY on a stretcher. Tow pulls the PBY to area of ramp for servicing and repairs. Maintenance personnel note crew report of problems and begin corrective actions. They count 8 bullet holes in starboard wing.They find hole in fuselage from shrapnel that wounded the cameraman, and repair it. They repair a gas tank leak and refuel the PBY. View of 525lb and 1000lb bombs in Squadron dump. Armorers assemble belts of 50cal machine gun ammunition.They rearm the PBY with bombs under one wing and a torpedo under the other, and machine gun ammunition. They remove two black cats (animals) from inside the airplane. PBY crew plays water polo with a coconut. View of officer's quarters. Pilots prepare for next mission and go to intelligence briefing

Location: South Pacific Ocean
Date: 1943
Duration: 9 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035339
Views inside a U.S. Navy PBY aircraft on Patrol during World War II

View of gunner inside a U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft on patrol in World War 2. He demonstrates firing his 50 caliber machine gun, rotating it through various angles. The wind from the open canopy blows his clothing. Change of scene shows bombs dropping from under a PBY. The sequence shifts again, back to the gunner at his station.

Location: Pacific ocean
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035341
Navigator and radio operator working inside a U.S. Navy PBY aircraft on Patrol during World War II

Navigator, aboard a U.S. Navy PBY aircraft on patrol during World War 2, prepares to take Sun line readings with a sextant. A radio operator, wearing a headset, types a message, and hands an incoming message to another crew member.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035342
U.S. Navy Grumman J2F and Vought OS2U land plane in flight during World War II

U.S. Navy Grumman J2F Duck amphibian biplane flying in trail with a land version of Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft (fitted with fixed landing gear and tailwheel). The aircraft are flying over land, during World War 2. Altocumulus clouds are visible in background behind them.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035343
Navigator and pilots at their stations aboard a U.S. Navy PBY aircraft on patrol during World War II

Navigator aboard U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY aircraft lays out an over-water course on a navigation chart during World War 2. He refers to a mission folder containing orders for the flight. View of the pilot in cockpit, taken from the floor below him. View of copilot from same vantage point, as he looks through binoculars, and then passes them to the pilot, who speaks to crew on intercom. Scene shifts back to navigator at his plotting table.

Location: Pacific Ocean
Date: 1942, July
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035344
Martha Raye as Honorary Marshall during Loyalty Day parade, show support for U.S. action in Vietnam, in New York.

People march during the Loyalty Day parade, showing support for U.S. action in Vietnam, down Fifth Avenue in New York. Man in uniform salutes. Children band play flute. People show banners. Comedian Martha Raye in military uniform as Honorary Marshall.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1967, May 2
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035369
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