U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in San Francisco, California. U.S. Army Air Corps P-12s, LB-6s, B-2s and A-3s in flight as they pass in review during the training. Aircraft in formation flight over the Mather field in California. Aircraft come in for landing at the field. P-12 aircraft land on the field and taxi along.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Marines stand outside a damaged building. The U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Division hospital building. A Marine seated on the bonnet of an ambulance jeep. Marines get off the jeep. Another jeep towing a trailer arrives at the hospital. A Marine seated at a desk inside a tent. Marines outside the tent. Men around a jeep. A sign outside the hospital reads 'Receiving'. A jeep ambulance driven away. A jeep ambulance backs up. A wounded Marine on a litter being carried into a first aid tent.
United States forces in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Wounded U.S. Marines outside a tent at the 2nd Marine Division Hospital. Soldiers in a chow line served food. Injured Marines in chow line. Tents in the background.
United States Marines in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Two Marines examine a DUKW (an amphibious truck) named Betty Jane on the beach. Severely damaged DUKW with shrapnel holes on it. Field Howitzer battery in position at the beach. A 2nd Battalion Marine loads shells into the battery. The howitzer being fired. The shell cases spread on the ground and Marines in the gun emplacement in the background.
A dramatized film about the training of U.S. Navy recruits at various naval training centers in the United States. The training and life of United States Navy recruits at U.S. Navy training center in Bainbridge, Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois and Naval Base San Diego in California. The sailors watch a movie which depicts historic navy sailors on old masted sailing ships as they fire naval guns at another ship. The reenactment is of a 18th century or 19th century naval battle. The ship being hit by the enemy begins to sink. Sailors from the two ships in combat aboard a ship. Men jump into the sea and try their best not to give up the ship. A tall masted ship sinking. The naval gun canons aboard a ship being fired on another ship. Scene shifts to a mix of both authentic footage and several dramatized World War 2 combat footage scenes in the Pacific, circa 1943, 1944, or 1945, with U.S. Navy sailors on board ships firing at incoming Japanese aircraft. The enemy aircraft being shot down and they fall into the sea. A sailor clicks a picture of Japanese girls against a statue of Buddha. Narrator speaks about Navy recruitment. Sailors lined up on an open field during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy.
A U.S. Navy film titled ‘Docking and Undocking Large Flying Boats’ giving details about large flying boats in United States. A Martin XPB2M-1flying boat in water moves towards U dock for docking. Animation gives top view of a flying boat docking. U-dock shows sanders of slip which protects hull of boat. Main docking line extends from end of the slip to the boat. Inner buoy lines extend to anchor buoys and the flying boat. Outer buoy lines extend from winches to boat. Member of the crew handles lines from bow of the flying boat. Dock crewmen in a boat moving around flying boat and connect buoy lines. Officer signals for docking from dock. Dock crewmen handling lines at winches. Flying boat moves in. Tail of flying boat enters slip. Dock crewman handle lines at bow of flying boat. Crewman hooks up flying boat. Crewman releases the hook during an undocking procedure .
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