General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980SUPPLEMENTS TO "NAVY IN THE AIR" . ​(PSL-719)

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General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980SUPPLEMENTS TO "NAVY IN THE AIR" . ​(PSL-719)

1947-1980

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1) LS Mrs. Frank Knox christening the USS HORNET.2) LS USS HORNET underway.3) LS Deck of the USS HORNET; has been bombed and is afire.4) MS Sec. Knox giving a speech on the launching of the new HORNET.5) LS Chinese making an airstrip by hand power.6) LS Bombs & trucks to be loaded and sent.7) DS Bombs are released from plane, Bouganvillea Explosions.8) LS Loading skip bombs.9) LS Demonstration of the skip bombs at Orlando, Fla., by A-20"s.(SV).10) LS Soldiers going aboard LCI, en route to Lea, a Japanese base.11) DA Soldiers go ashore at Australia, en route to New Guinea.12) CU Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Ge Kenny.13) CU Paratroopers being loaded into planes, to go over New Guinea territory.QUALITY(FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE OTHER SIDE)14) AV Paratroopers lighting from plane. Opening parachutes fill the sky.15) CU Supplies are parachuted from planes.16) LS Plane (bomber) landing with front wheel and two motors dead.17) CU Asst. Sec. War Patterson confers with Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Knutson.18) CU Gen. MacArthur.19) AV Tarawa Island.20) MCU GV King Neptune ceremonies aboard CV (MV).21) AV US attack on Wake Island (MV).22) AV Gun camera: Scrapping Japanese shipping and combat flying, shooting down Japanese planes (SV).23) GV US Army air attack on Germany by B-17s and P-47s (MV).

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Knox, Frank, 1874-1944

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William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American politician, newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. On December 7, 1941, Knox flanked by his assistant John O’Keefe walked into Roosevelt's White House study at approximately 1:30 p.m. EST announcing that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor. Knox was mentioned by name in Adolf Hitler...

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

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Lawyer, jurist, and U.S. secretary of war. From the description of Papers of Robert Porter Patterson, 1940-1951 (bulk 1940-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74984701 ...