1940-1949MILITARY
CHRISTENING SHIP. LAUNCHING OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER BY THE NAVY. SAILORS ON BOARD. BLOWS BOATSWAIN WHISTLE. CHECKING LINKS OF ANCHOR WITH HAMMER. PAINT LINK WHITE. ANCHOR COMES UP. CAPSTAN TURNS. AMERICAN FLAGS. ESSEX CLASS. INITIAL TEST AND TRAINING OF SHIP. WAKE OF SHIP. SHAKE-DOWN CRUISE. "WEIGHING" ANCHOR. PHALEM COUNT. ANCHORS AWAY! ENGINE ROOM. TRANSMITTING ORDERS. CAPTAIN ON BRIDGE. PLANE WITH WINGS FOLDED UP, GOES UP ON ELEVATOR LIFT. HANGAR DECK. FLIGHT DECK. LOTS OF PLANES ON UPPER DECK. LOADING BULLETS ON BELTS. PUSHING BOMB TO LOAD INTO PLANES. SAILORS DRAPED WITH BULLETS. ARMING UP PLANES. ORDINANCE MEN. NAVIGATION ROOM, PLOTTING MAP. SQUADRON COMMANDER GIVES ORDERS TO PILOTS. THEY RUN OUT OF ROOM AND THROUGH SHIP. BRIEFING. AIRPLANE BOMB BAYS. 80 LBS OF AMMUNITION PER MAN AS THEY ARM FIGHTER PLANES. "READY ROOM". PILOTS AND SAILORS RUN ONTO DECK TO READY PLANES. CHECK SHEET SIGNED BY PILOT. AIR OFFICER. SAILORS LOWER GUARD RAIL. FLIGHT BRIDGE, OFFICER WITH CB RADIO, PLANES START UP. SIGNALS SET. WINGS FOLD DOWN. PLANE DIRECTOR DIRECTS DIRECTION OF PLANE. PLANE TAKES OFF FROM DECK. PROCESS REPEATED. AIRCRAFT GO DOWN ON ELEVATOR. PLANES PARKED BELOW DECKS. REMOVE PROPELLER & OTHER PARTS OF PLANE. MACHINE SHOP. METAL SMITH. SAIL MAKERS MAKE PARTS OF PLANE. SEWING MACHINE. TYING KNOTS. RECREATION ROOM. RELAXING, WRITING LETTERS. WRITING MUSIC. READING BOOKS, GAMBLING, PLAYING CARDS. GALLEY KITCHEN. HUNKS OF MEAT. HUGE VAT OF STUFFING, CHOW LINE. SAILORS SERVED FOOD. CHURCH MASS ON HANGAR DECK. RELIGIOUS SERVICE. WEATHER BALLOON SENT UP. WEATHER INSTRUMENTS. WIND DIRECTION. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN SHOOT UPWARDS. DISCHARGED SHELLS FALL OUT OF HUGE GUNS. SIGNAL BRIDGE. BINOCULARS. SIGNAL FLAGS. FLAK IN SKY. MACHINE GUNNERS. SHIP TURNS. FLYERS RETURN TO SHIP. LANDING. SIGNAL OFFICER WITH FLAGS. PLANE LANDS ON DECK, GETS HOOKED ONTO CABLE. SAILORS PUSH WINGS AND THEY FOLD BACK UP. COMMANDER GIVES "NO GO" SIGNAL.
