Attack on Wotje Island, February 1, 1942. Crew members move F4F-3 Wildcat's and Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft across crowded flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) during raid against Japanese positions in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, by Task Force 8, of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr, during World War 2. Oversize U.S. stars are evident on the aircraft, at this early stage of the war (1942). Crewmen roll bombs, on dollies, across the deck. F4F Hellcat aircraft sit with engines running as some Douglas Dauntless aircraft commence take off. The destroyer USS Gridley, DD-380 passes abeam the Enterprise at time 00:37. A Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane catapults from the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26. Several U.S. aircraft seen in flight. View from stern of a U.S. heavy Cruiser as a destroyer crosses her wake, behind. The heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26 and the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, in background (time 1:09 to 1:11) bombard Wotje island. Black smoke billows from a ship burning close to shore. Brief glimpse of the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26's triple battery of 8-inch guns. The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25 fires a broad side. Scene from the stern of heavy cruiser with fires burning on Wotje Island in background. Formation of Japanese aircraft attacking U.S. ships are fired upon by antiaircraft guns. Black flak bursts seen in the sky. Vice Admiral Halsey consulting with other officers aboard his flagship, USS Enterprise.
Lieutenant General George S Patton talking with Brigadier General Otto P. Weyland and officers of the XIX Tactical Air Command staff, at an airfield in England, prior to the Normandy invasion, in World War 2. He is seen walking across the airfield; standing beside cars; looking at propeller and engine of P-51 aircraft, and watching P-51 aircraft landing.
A railroad train being pulled by a U.S. Army Alco S-2 locomotive, immediately followed by an Alaska Railroad ventilated refrigerator car and several other freight cars. The ground is snow-covered. A tall power pole is seen beside the track. Another take shows train stopped for a soldier, dressed in cold weather gear, who climbs aboard the locomotive. The train begins moving while he is on the steps. The freight cars in the train are seen to display Alaska Railroad labels. A flat car carries shipping containers.
Austrian Red Cross horse carts passing by a bridge during the 2nd Balkan War. Mountains in the background. Men walk and take the horse carts with their ropes tied on their mouths. Men take water in vessels at a pond. Washed clothes are put on the rocks to dry.
An AJ Savage aircraft lands on the USS Midway (CVB-41). Another is seen in a landing pattern around the ship. Two F2H banshee aircraft land on the carrier. One is seen taxiing on the deck after landing.
Change of Command ceremony aboard USS Midway. HUP-2 helicopter lands on flight deck of USS Midway. Staff Officers greet Vice Admiral Kivette. He is also greeted by Rear Admiral Clark. Helicopter arrives on deck. Vice Admiral Beakley gets off the helicopter and is greeted by other Officers. Vice Admiral Beakley reviews Marine Honor Guard.
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