WWII - Color, 1943/44, Government Documentary: Fighting Lady, The R1 of 2 Pt. 1 of 3

Pt. 1 of 3 US Government Military Documentary: highlights functions & duties of USS Yorktown (CV-10) aka the Fighting Lady, and crew activities. Maps illustrate movement of Pacific Fleet & engagement w/ the Japanese in 1943 and 1944. 00:10:08 CU: U.S. Naval Communications; secretaries typing on teletype machines; CU: The Fighting Lady Is A True Story Photographed In Zones of Combat by the United States Navy under the supervision of Commander Edward J Steichen, USNR. Other credits. 00:11:06 Air to air of A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and A-25, SB2C and SBF Helldivers fly out to the carrier and land. Aerials of carrier w/ empty flight deck. 00:12:18 View from deck of landings; arresting gear; signalman. Planes taxiing w/ wings folded. 00:13:29 Skipper watching; reprimands flight deck crew assembled, listening. Men moving planes. 00:14:27 Diagram of carrier & account of hangar deck w/ men working. Elevators & men on watch; working ropes, signal flags. Inside carrier - sailors lounge about, prepare equipment & weapons, practice firing, using instruments. Ship underway. GOOD. 00:17:15 Sunbathing on deck, playing w/ dog. Going thru Panama Canal. 00:18:06 Pilots sit down at dinner w/ white linen. CUs. Queuing up for chow & eating. 00:19:38 Housekeeping & chores, cooking, cutting meat, peeling potatoes & baking bread in kitchen. Laundry; sick bay; barber; cobbler; laundry. WWII: WW2; Sailors Daily Life; Military Aviation; Airmen;