Outtakes from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. U.S. troops of the 27th Infantry Division and a group of natives talk. Soldiers and natives walk in a jungle. A wrecked thatched house as a soldier stands guard in the background. A jeep comes down a road as it pulls a small caliber gun.
Outtakes from a film called 'Fighting Lady' about the United States campaign against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Dead Japanese soldiers in an anti tank trench that also has some water. Soldiers, of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, carry remains of a Japanese soldier on a stretcher and unload the body into the burial trench. A column of U.S. soldiers walks along a sand path, past destroyed Japanese built structures. Views of destroyed buildings.
U.S. Navy Captain J. J. "Jocko" Clark (Joseph James Clark) is seen walking across a wharf cluttered with aircraft parts and boxes of supplies during World War 2. He looks skyward. Scene changes to view from a small boat underway in the water, with two officers aboard, conversing. The USS Yorktown (CV-10) is seen in the background. Change of scene to the bridge of the Yorktown, where Captain Clark in steel helmet labeled "Captain," looks through binoculars. Series of closeups of Captain Clark looking skyward with binoculars.
Aircraft Carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-10) also called Fighting Lady, underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. At start, the film shows Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, Commander of U.S. Navy Task Force 58, on the bridge of the Yorktown, his Flagship. With him is his Chief of Staff, Captain Arleigh Burke. A sailor approaches, salutes, and presents a document on a clip board which the Admiral signs. The sailor salutes and leaves. Several closeups of Admiral Mitchner looking through binoculars. Captain Burke joins him again and they converse. The sailor, seen earlier, arrives with another document on a clipboard, which the Admiral also signs. The sailor salutes and departs. Film ends with more closeups of Admiral Mitchner.
Troops and sailors lining the the decks and rails of a U.S. Navy transport ship in the Pacific at start of naval bombardment campaign agaist Iwo Jima in World War 2. A collection of nautical flags displayed on the ship. Antiaircraft gun position at top of ship. Formations of U.S. Army Air Force aircraft overhead headed toward Iwo Jima. Deck area covered in gunpowder storage containers (each holding 3 bags of powder for 8-inch guns). Sailors offloading the gunpowder storage tanks by means of a slide from the ship. A triple battery of 8-inch naval guns firing at Iwo Jima.
Carpenters of the 302nd Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) at work constructing shipping containers in the Philippines, during World War 2. One uses a power circular saw. View of a fan placed in a new wooden container. A native being instructed by a Seabee. Stacks of finished containers.
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