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U.S. Navy WW2 Naval Aviator Training Film “This Is It” Reel 1 33064

Aviator Training Film In this first reel of the U.S. Navy training film This Is It, likely from the early[…]

Abandon Ship – US Navy A wartime US Navy training film, narrated by Mike Wallace, that demonstrates techniques for emergency[…]

A History of Hospital Ships Hospital ships have been used as far back as antiquity to treat wounded soldiers and[…]

USS Silversides It’s 1942 and the USS Silversides, a U.S. submarine submerged in the Pacific, is frantically trying to dodge[…]

Secret Weapon invented by the Italian Navy During the Second World War British warships in Gibraltar and Alexandria were attacked[…]

Air Patrols While U-boats were able to evade Allied warships, the odds were much lower with Air Patrols. Aircraft could[…]

Invention and Development of Submarines Submarine warfare is one of the lasting impacts of World War 1. Especially the unrestricted[…]

When Biplanes Crippled a Fleet The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the[…]

U-89 The German U-boat U89 was on active service during WW1 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland.[…]

Raising Steam Government official film uploaded as “fair use.” Naval instructional film. Raising steam aboard Royal Navy destroyer. Detail for[…]