This film is most likely from mid-1941 with USS North Carolina (BB-55) being commissioned 9 April 1941 from 10:01-10:29. Other observations are as follows: from 03:42-03:45 Porter-class destroyer USS Porter (DD-356) sunk by torpedo 26 October 1942 at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; from 04:55-05:00 and 05:08-05:10 Grumman F3F fighters 8-F-1 and 8-F-2 from USS Hornet (CV-8) which was launched 14 December 1940 and commissioned 20 October 1941; from 05:00-05:03 USS Saratoga (CV-3); at
05:50 Farragut-class destroyer USS Hull (DD-350); from 06:07-06:11 floatplanes being catapulted with USS Omaha (CL-4) markings ; from 10:01-10:29 North Carolina-class battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55) possibly during her commissioning ceremony.