This black & white film “Carrier Operations at Sea” details the life of the crew aboard a fleet aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific during WWII in 1944. Includes footage of aircraft operations including Grumman TBM Avengers, Curtiss Helldivers and Hellcats, maintenance, take-offs and landings, and the mundane side of crew life. For whatever reason the aircraft carrier shown in the film has its identifying number painted over. It appears to be an Essex-class fleet carrier, possibly one on a shakedown or training cruise.

Opening titles: U.S. Navy Presentation – Carrier Operations At Sea (:06). Flight deck on a Essex class carrier (:15). Planes including Hellcats parked (:37). .50 caliber ammunition belts (:41). Moving bombs by elevator (:58). Men carry shells for the fighter’s wing guns (1:24). Ordnance men (1:44). Carrier at sea (1:53). Ship’s navigation staff on bridge (2:04). Pilots sit and listen in ready room (2:17). Sailors and pilots get ready (2:33). Pilots enter their cockpits (3:00). Pilot signs check sheet (3:21). Carrier turns into the wind to launch aircraft (3:40). On the flight bridge (4:00). Plane propellers start (4:05). F4U Corsair plane’s folding wings extend (4:32). Engines start for the planes (4:57). Plane captain instructs planes and they start to take off (5:03). Avengers take off (5:45). Down to the hanger deck where aircraft are stored (6:28). Planes are maintained (6:48). Work done down below deck (7:05). Relaxation on the ship (7:41). Inside the cruise quarters (7:58). Cooking in the kitchen (8:21). Men eat (8:44). Church (8:55). Weather measurements (9:10) by launching a weather balloon. Anti-aircraft drill, as guns fire (9:38). Watching our planes return to the ship with binoculars (10:10). Ship turns into the wind (10:38). Landing signal officer uses flags (10:56). Navy Avenger Planes land on a carrier (11:13). Landing signal officer makes a lot of motions and waves off a plane from landing (12:30). Planes in the sky (12:49). Carrier at sea (13:11). End credits (13:19).

Details the life of the crew aboard a fleet aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific during WWII in 1944. Includes footage of aircraft operations including Grumman TBM Avengers and Hellcats, maintenance, take-offs and landings, and the mundane side of crew life.

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