Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Men running on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) after it suffered a Japanese air attack on 14th May, 1945. It was hit by a kamikaze Zero, piloted by Lt. J.G. Shunsuke Tomiyasu, destroying her forward elevator, killing 14 and wounding 34. View of damage to number one elevator from the suicide airplane attack Fire fighters try to douse the fire. Burned aircraft on the deck. On hangar deck, fire fighters plays hoses on bulkheads. Ammunition and damaged airplanes are jettisoned over the side. An aircraft on its nose on the deck. Debris strewn all around.
A film titled 'Campaign in Sicily' on the campaign of Allied forces to invade Sicily, Italy during World War II (Operation Husky). Animated map shows the target area of the Allies. British Army General Alan Gordon Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder , British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, U.S. Army General George Smith Patton and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant General James Harold Doolittle plan and discuss during the campaign. Lt. Gen. Doolittle and some officers stand near an airplane. U.S. airplanes bomb Pantelleria. Aircraft in formation flight over the target area and drop bombs. British infantry goes ashore. Masses of Italian prisoners of war march along. Rubbled buildings in the area. Axis airplanes bomb an Allied supply ship off an island. British engineers repair an airstrip on the island. Allied bombers strike target areas in Italy. Troops transports assemble in a harbor at Alexandria, Egypt. Ships being loaded at the harbor. Generals Eisenhower and Patton aboard USS Monrovia. Ships underway at sea. U.S. Navy sailors receive a briefing over a large table map conducted by U.S. Navy officers. Animated map shows target areas and Allied strategies and invaded areas. Allied troops, following a night naval bombardment, land in Sicily using amphibious vehicles and floating causeways. Landing ships are unloaded. Steel mash mats are laid down. Bulldozers are taken ashore. General Patton and 3rd Infantry Division units land. Axis airplanes attack the convoy. They drop bombs over target areas. An ammunition ship is exploded. Heavy columns of smoke rise as ships and landing craft explode. Soldiers advance along a town. Artillery and tanks advance along. Wrecked airplanes and equipment in the area. Dead bodies of soldiers on the ground. A medic treats a wounded. Aircraft in flight overhead. Officers in the balcony of a building. People gather outside the building. Animated map invasion by Allied forces. Prisoners of war are marched along a field. Soldiers advance.
A film on maneuvers of the U.S. Navy in the United States. USS Lexington (CV-2) aircraft carrier underway at sea. Several aircraft parked on the flight deck of the ship. A clock shows 8 o'clock. Pilots of the Lexington air group man the aircraft. The aircraft take off and in flight overhead. Airplanes being catapulted from battleships and cruisers. A formation of seaplanes in flight overhead. Airplanes take off to assist in maneuvers of a U.S. fleet. A formation of airplanes in flight over Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. A torpedo installed on an airplane. The airplane takes off. A formation of three torpedo airplanes in flight. Torpedo squadron drops the torpedoes during the fleet maneuvers. Gun crew of 6" guns of a battleship man the guns and fire them. A line of battleships steaming in formation and firing turrets. A torpedo airplane with a torpedo in flight. A dive bomber during dives on USS Utah (BB-31). USS Lexington steaming at sea preparing for the landing of an airplane. Undercarriage of the airplane approaches the aircraft carrier for landing. Airplanes land aboard the carrier. A large formation of airplanes in flight. Aerial view of a U.S. Navy dirigible airship in flight.
A film on the development of air power of the United States. Five United States Army Air Service Martin MB-1 bombers in a formation flight. Wilbur Wright talks to two men. The flight of an early model glider down the side of a hill in Europe. A group of spectators watch the flight.
A film on the development of air power. The use of aircraft for aerial combat in Europe. French Nieuport aircraft parked on an airfield. Men stand near an airplane. Bombs are loaded into an early bomber, with bombardier's compartment in the nose of an open cockpit. A machine gunner in the open cockpit of an aircraft in flight. Takeoff of a U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss JN-4 aircraft.
An air service field near Belrain, Meuse in France on 19th October, 1918 during World War I. U.S. Army Major General Mason Mathews Patrick decorates First Lieutenant E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Cross (4th Oak Leave cluster). Air Corps officers on the parade field. Captain James Armand Meissner and Lt. E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Crosses. Seven bi-wing airplanes flying overhead. An observation balloon in distant foreground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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