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Salute to the Navy 2024
Salute to the Navy 2024
by Castle Films
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favorite 6

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U.S. propaganda newsreel from World War II (WWII) featuring amazing footage of the air sea battles that raged near the Marshall Islands. Featured ships are: the battleship USS Texas, the submarine USS Wahoo, the cruisers USS San Francisco, and USS Boise. Also includes footage of fleet manuevers of PT Boats, destroyers, aircraft carriers, battleships and L1 and G1 blimps on anti-submarine patrol.
Topic: World War II (WWII) propaganda film.
PeriscopeFilm
WWII GERMAN NEWSREEL UBOAT U-29 CREW AWARDED FOR SINKING HMS COURAGEOUS TYPE IX U-BOAT 2035a
WWII GERMAN NEWSREEL UBOAT U-29 CREW AWARDED FOR SINKING HMS COURAGEOUS TYPE IX U-BOAT 2035a
by German Newsreel
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eye 5,257

favorite 10

comment 3

This German newsreel was sold for the home market to civilians who wanted to track the progress of WWII. This particular film celebrates the German U-boats, and especially the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous by submarine-launched torpedo on 17 September 1939.  Footage of the crew and Captain Otto Schuhart of the U-29, which sunk the ship, being congratulated by the fleet and Adolf HItler at the port of Wilhelmshaven at 2:19.  The commander of the German submarine force,...
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Topic: German World War II (WWII) Propaganda film.
PeriscopeFilm
Life and Death of USS Hornet
Life and Death of USS Hornet
by U.S. Navy
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eye 1,680

favorite 5

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One of the U.S. Navy's industrial incentive films, the Life and Death of the USS Hornet traces the valiant career of CV-8. Footage includes the launching of the Doolittle Raider B-25s on their mission to strike Tokyo in 1942, including White House reaction by President Roosevelt that the planes came from "Shangri-La." Also on this film, is footage of the ill-fated Torpedo 8 Squadron which was sacrificed at the Battle of Midway. The carrier USS Hornet was sunk during the Battle of...
Topic: U.S. Navy propaganda film.
PeriscopeFilm
U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDING MISHAPS & CRASHES Training Film 9002
U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER LANDING MISHAPS & CRASHES Training Film 9002
by U.S. Navy
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eye 24,447

favorite 18

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Landing a plane on the deck of aircraft carrier is one of the most dangerous and amazing daily activity facing pilots and deck crew. This amazing training film graphically depicts various aircraft landing disasters.  It also instructs pilots how to avoid them and what emergency ejection or ditching procedures to follow in case they do occur.  A barrier landing, called for when a pilot has a landing gear problem, is shown as is the set-up of the barrier.  Many crashes in this film were...
Topic: U.S. Navy Training Film
PeriscopeFilm
The Japanese Army and Navy
The Japanese Army and Navy
by U.S. War Department
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eye 2,785

favorite 9

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Although this film was made by the War Department, the fingerprints of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) are all over it. In thirty minutes, the film details the background of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, and attempts to assess the character and make-up of its footsoldiers and leadership. The movie discusses the feudal origins of Japan, and the rise of the Samurai, contextualizing modern Japan's militarism with its earlier history. The history of Japan's imperial conquests is also...
Topic: Army training film.

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