Out With The Us Pacific Fleet (1942)

Titles read: “OUT WITH THE US PACIFIC FLEET“. In the Pacific, we see several shots of aeroplanes of the United States Pacific Fleet flying over islands and the ocean. Air to air shots of the planes . View below shows aircraft carriers. An aircraft lands on a carrier. Having heard of the presence of Japanese bombers, the gun batteries on a warship swing into action; good footage of the guns being fired. M/S of a warship on the sea at dusk. Below decks we see naval men at a briefing. Commentator talks of the ’Devastator’ and ’Vindicator’ aircraft that are based on the carriers, the latter being a dive bomber. Good shots of planes taking off from a carrier and in flight. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which in