WW2 US Navy "Fighting Lady" Outtakes

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #6583. National Archives description "No. 6583 itself Subject: SUPPLEMENTS TO "FIGHTING LADY" (MN-5298) Prod.: USN Length: 81" AV Tracers strafing island; bomb bursts; fires along coastline. AV Tracers strafing airstrip; huge columns of smoke; planes parked on strip. AV Strafing and bombing attack on island; bomb bursts. AV Strafing attack on radio station; part of airfield under attack in FG. AV Gun emplacement under strafing; fires. AV Island under strafing attack. AV Japanese vessel under attack. MS Officers making radar plot. MS Same; enlisted men talking in F CU Officer talking into phone. Old No. 1852 Subject: BOMBING OF WAKE ISLAND Prod.: USN (VD-3) Length: 104" AV Coast of Wake Island; bomb hits on island; columns of smoke. AV Bomb blasts along beach area of Wake Island. AV LS Coastline of Wake Island; explosions on airstrip on beach. AV Same as above; aircraft in FG (jumpy scene). MCU F6F** upside down on flight deck of carrier. MS Two F6F"s smashed on deck of carrier; other crashed planes in BG. MS F6F with one wheel over side of ship; flight deck crew working about plane. MS F6F on its side. MS F4F upside down on flight deck. MCU Flight dec…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, Avenger (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Hellcat (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, World War II, USS Yorktown, USS Yorktown (CV-10), Wake Island, Battle Of, Wake Island, 1941, Fighting Lady, 1945 Academy Award Winner For Best Documentary, Features

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