The Fighting Lady (1944)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036823/
The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea
Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947)
ARC Identifier 12834 / Local Identifier 80-MC-5298. This film is a military documentary told from the point of view of the crew of the aircraft carrier the Fighting Lady -- a pseudonym for the Yorktown. Scenes highlight the functions and duties of The Fighting Lady and crew activities, and maps illustrate the movement of the Pacific fleet and its engagement with the Japanese in 1943 and 1944. Footage shows the following: A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and other aircrafts as they flew out to the carrier, and the August 30, 1943, strafing and bombing mission over Japanese - held Marcus Island -- from preparation on the carrier to debriefing. Later scenes cover 1944, when the U.S. forces took Kwajalein Island, the Marshall Islands, Truk Islands, and Caroline Islands through air assaults and troop landings. Mitsubishi Zero-Sens (Zekes) engaged the U.S. Navy assault force and the ship squadron returned to the Marshall Islands for repairs, munitions, and rest and recreation. En route to the battle area, the Fighting Lady encountered and downed a Japanese reconnaissance plane. On the eve of battle, sailors attended church services. Prior to the U.S. assault, the Japanese attacked the U.S. squadron and U.S. planes took off for the Marianas and the Guam Islands where they successfully fought at the Tinian and Mariana Islands. The Japanese and U.S. task forces then fought in the Philippine Sea, where planes engaged in dogfights while ships performed evasive maneuvers. Final scenes show U.S. casualties buried at sea.

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[fozzillo]

Thanks!

This was very, VERY, interesting!

[Fastbikkel]

Just one word to describe this video; wow.



[captainumbnuts3]

@jtsaiatsfu

Nobody cared back then, because the idiot nips attacked the US but missed their carriers in the initial attack and then realised the US could out produce them a million times in armaments...to late. What kind of numbnuts ran a country like that? Dead ones....

[1990fleet]

This certain carrier is USS Yorktown II,flag ship of Task Force 58(1st Division) and Admiral Joseph Clark.Howerver Fleet Commander Adm.Michell's flag ship is USS Lexington II,another Essex class carrier

[TheNavyman53]

@Tony6309 The carrier in this video was't the same carrier suk at Midway. This is a Essex class carrier named for the Yorktown that was sunk.

[jtsaiatsfu]

How many people (mostly Japanese) do you think died during the shooting of this film?

[fergster11]

@indo83gmail

You've got the wrong guy, I did'nt make any comment on your particular subject.

[indo83gmail]

@fergster11 what u mean??? there are no records that the US attack japan in Indonesia. the only records of history that exist is the US and their allies tried to captured the morotai island in Indonesia, which they use the island for the base for support the liberation of the Philippines.

[fergster11]

@Tony63909

Also this film is of the Essex class Yorktown, Ballard found the original Yorktown that went down at Midway.

[fergster11]

@indo83gmail

Great ship, but the USS Enterprise, CV 6 was in it from the opening gun, and has the most prolific combat record of any ship, let alone carrier of the war.