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[WWII - 1943, Pacific: USA Naval Carrier Activities]
Main titles.
14:52:45 1920s battleship launching / catapulting biplane.
14:52:57 Biplanes landing / taking off from early anchored aircraft carrier.
14:53:21 Launching of USS Lexington, CV-16; views of activity. Other carrier activity. Sailors boarding up gangway to hanger deck. Officers & sailors on deck; marines. People on shore wave goodbye. Four carriers anchored.
14:55:01 Unid. carrier thru Panama Canal to Pacific; planes massed on deck.
14:55:29 Sailors scrubbing / cleaning decks, washing clothes, working below deck; eating at canteen / mess; in bunks.
14:56:05 Pilots briefing interior & on deck. Lookout. CV underway.
14:56:30 Sailors dive from carrier, swim. Sailors pose on anchor chain, diving; others underneath hull & diving.
14:57:08 Planes overhead (brief); sailor blowing horn into microphone & sailors run to battle stations. Planes readied & pilots to planes. Planes taking off. POV from plane to carrier. Ship's gun crews down several Japanese planes in a raging battle at sea. Much flak
15:00:12 Lone sailor / crewman running on carrier platform under fire. Battle footage.
15:01:01 Planes land on carrier.
15:01:26 Drawing of many aircraft carriers & animation of planes towards Japan. Actual planes in flight (opticals?). Four carriers underway
15:02:08 03:02:06 The End.
WW2 Naval Battle;
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