USS Enterprise - Flight Deck Operations

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Synopsis: Flight deck operations of the Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise during WWII with launch and landing of F4F Wildcat fighters, SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers, SOC Seagull Scout Observation Plane, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey and scenes of other task force warships protecting the Carrier...(read more)

Date: 1942
Duration: 00:13:17
Sound: No
Color: Color
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Pacific Theater

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USS Enterprise - Flight Deck Operations

USS Enterprise - Flight Deck Operations

LS Port side of USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier underway. SOC “Seagull” Scout-Observation plane lands alongside cruiser. SOC aircraft is hoisted aboard. MS Cruiser North Hampton (CA-269).

Destroyer (DD) underway.

F4F Wildcat lands aboard carrier. SBD Dauntless diver bomber lands on USS Enterprise. Destroyer underway cuts across carrier wake. Plane handlers push SBD Dauntless onto elevator to be lowered to hangar deck. SBD Dauntless takes wave-off. SBD Dauntless warms up on flight deck. CU F4F Wildcat parked on deck. LS Ships underway, aircraft in flight overhead. Several scenes of planes landing on USS Enterprise, plane takes wave-off. Various shots of planes landing on aircraft carrier.

Destroyer (DD) underway. Silhouette of man on watch looking through binoculars at sunset. Admiral William “Bull” Halsey wearing rain gear on bridge of USS Enterprise. Flags flying from carrier superstructure. CU of signal halyards aboard the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-2528). Repeat scenes of planes landing on aircraft carrier. Admiral William “Bull” Halsey wearing rain gear on flight deck of USS Enterprise. Crew members work around SBDs parked on flight deck. LS aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) underway, weather apparatus in FG. Bow of cruiser underway. AO & CV refueling at sea. Two marines, one wearing earphones, one holding binoculars, on watch. LS CL & AO refueling at sea. Lookout silhouetted against sunset at sea. Heavy seas breaking over bow of heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). LS USS Enterprise (CV-6) silhouetted at sea (SV). Officers and enlisted men of USS Enterprise gathered on hangar deck for burial at sea ceremony. Flag draped casket is moved onto elevator. Note: disposal of body into ocean not shown.