World War II Naval Footage

Archival black-and-white footage shows naval activities during WWII, highlighting ship movements, repairs, and military actions in various theater operations.

Aerial view , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District
Aerial view , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District
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An aerial view of the rugged Ramu Valley in New Guinea where Australian troops are fighting a bitter day-and-night battle against the Japanese. General Sir Iven Mackay reports that AIF veterans have now driven the enemy from the Kunai plains into the mountains. A picture taken from a U.S. Fifth Air Force bomber of the rugged Ramu Valley in New Guinea, where Australian troops are fighting a bitter battle against the Japanese. The A.I.F. have driven the enemy from the Kunai Plain (centre foreground) into the mountains. November 18, 1943. (Photo by Fifth U.S. Air Force).
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March 1915. The War in Eastern Europe. Graphic of the passage of the Dardanelles when the Franco-English squad began the bombardment of those Forts.
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Aerial photo of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet entering San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA, 12/8/1934.(Photo by US Army Air Corps/GG Vintage Images)
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Big Philippine Iron Mine -- This is one of the mines of the Philippine Iron Mines Company at Larap-Mambulao, on the principle island of Luzon in the Philippines. Rich iron ore deposits abound here and on the island of Cebu to the south. It was at Leyte, near Cebu, that U.S. General MacArthur's troops, at least 250,000 strong, landed from the greatest armada ever assembled in the Pacific, to begin the final liberation of the Philippines. The landings were announced by the General on Oct. 20, 1944. November 23, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).
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Photo collection Government information service. Battle in Tunis. undated. Tunisia, Tunis
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The text box reads: Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee's Action off Falkland Islands Dec 8 1914. This plan shows the track followed by HMS Invincible (Flagship Capt P T H Beamish) and HMS INflexible (Capt R F Phillimore) during an action which started at 1.0 pm and finished at 6.0 pm resulting in the sinking of the German armoured cruisers Scharnhorst (Flagship of Vice Admiral Count Von Spee) and Gseisnau. The Leipsig was engaged and sunk by HMS Cornwall (Capt W M Ellerton) and HMS Glasgow (Capt John Luce) in the near vicinity, also the Nurnberg by the HMS Kent (Capt J D Allen). HMS Carnarvon (F
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H. S. Vanderbilt, Mrs. HSV, Winthrop Aldrich, T. Taylor, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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Untitled, July 1938, New Zealand, by Eric Lee-Johnson.
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Navy Yard Annex , Naval yards & naval stations, Navy Yard Annex. Photographs of the First Naval District
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The Kurabu Cape Airdrome Is One Of The Enemy'S Strongholds On The Tip Of Paramushiru In The Kurile Islands.
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DN-SN-88-06422. Base: Portsmouth State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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world war two, Allied propaganda publication, showing the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, and in South Asia.
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