Landings & Take-Offs Aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) WW2 (full)

United States Naval Photographic Center film #2704. National Archives description "LS Units of the fleet (cruisers or destroyers) underway (very dark).GV Scenic shot of evening sky; nice clouds (SV).MCU LSO signaling, USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6).GV TBD takes off.GV SBD takes off (SV).MCU LSO signaling as F2A"s pass overhead. LSO signals F2A to come in for landing. LSO signals SBD to cut engine (rear view). LSO signals wave-off to SBD. LSO signals SBD to cut engine.GV SBD takes off (3 views).MS DA SBD starts to warm up on carrier deck.GV DA F2A unfolds wings to take off.GV DA SBD takes off (SV).GV Dawn take-off"s of F2A"s and SBD"s (SV).GV Formation of SBD"s in flight (SV).GV LSO signals TBD to cut engine.QUALITY FAIR LSO signals SBD to land.GV Stern section of the ENTERPRISE as F2A lands.GV F2A"s landing (SV).GV DA SBD landing.LS Aircraft carrier-probably the USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)-underway. Pan picks up cruisers, and follows SBD coming in for landing: LSO gives him the signal to land.GV SBD takes off at dawn (SV).MS DA SBD warms up on stern section of the ENTERPRISE.GV SBD"s taxi into take-off position.GV TBD coming up on elevator and being pushed aft (2 views).MS F2A warming up.CU CMDR Officer on bridge with binoc.ECU CAPT"s face.GV SBD taxiing for take-off.GV TBD takes off.GV CA"s and DD"s in formation. LS DE stern to the ENTERPRISE; BG, an. LS Air group of F2A"s returning to shi [description ends]" National Archives Identifier: 76520

[@whirlybird3189]

May 15, 1942, red removed from aircraft markings. The planes are not armed, so it must be pre- midway. Devastator planes are still flying. A significant historical film!

[@patrickcannady2066]

The presence of TBDs suggests pre-Midway, too, as the Devastator was pulled from frontline service following that battle.

[@artrausch506]

One of the SBD"s shown in this film is probably my dad's, ENS Art Rausch. He was assigned as a pilot to VB-6 from 12/16/41 to 6/23/41. His assigned plane was 6-B-18, or 6-B-17 (definition is too poor to see the cowling numbers). He participated in in almost all raids up to and including the battle of Midway. I will make sure dad's grandsons and great grandsons see this film.

[@Daapse]

Thank your dad for his service. He must've been brave to be a NAVY pilot

[@davehopping7212]

Art,your Dad probably knew my great-uncle LCDR Halstead Hopping,aka "Spike",who was flying SBD's off the Enterprise at the same time.Spike was lost to ground fire at Roi Feb 1,1942.

[@tsmgguy]

In the months after Pearl Harbor it was thought that the central red dot could be mistaken for a Japanese Hinomaru from a distance and in May 1942 it was eliminated. On aircraft in service they were painted over with white. So the aircraft here were filmed between May, 1942, and the advent of white insignia "bars" in late June, 1943.

[@Atomsk102]

@@tsmgguy Actually, the time-frame is much narrower. The TBD Devastator torpedo bombers shown in this film were replaced by the TBF Avenger, in the summer of '42. The TBD was obsolete by this time, and of the three squadrons that participated in the Battle of Midway, only 4 aircraft survived. The presence of TBDs here probably means this was before Midway (first week of June, '42).

[@artrausch506]

@@davehopping7212 My dad was not in LCDR Hoppings VS6 squadron and did not fly with VB6 on the Roi raid. I'm sure dad saw and possibly talked to your great uncle during Jan 1942. I do remember dad telling me he, and other young Ensigns, watched your uncle and other pilots make some "interesting" landings those first months of the war. Your uncle was also a very brave pilot.......check out the book "Pacific Payback"

[@Chilly_Billy]

Those aren't F2A Buffaloes. They're Grumman F4F Wildcats.

[@patrickcannady2066]

I was going to say...yeah, those are definitely Wildcats, probably F4F-4s since they have folding wings and what appears to be six 50 cal guns, 3 in each wing.

[@LoftusRoadLad]

The choreography of carrier operations--wonderful!

[@BwoahBwoahBwoah]

Too bad it will never be like this again 😔

[@mikegillihan4546]

It's good to see F4F's, SBD's and TBD's

[@AgentCircus007]

Wow, must be before Midway....(no red dot in the insignia)Thanks!!

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

6:16 that dude on the left running turned into a fucking cheetah

[@pattykuvshin]

Greatest ship EVER

[@artrausch506]

need to correct the year my dad left the Enterprise he left 23 June 1942

[@MBSLC]

Skipper looks as if he's not sure about his laxative...

[@robertstill2442]

Im glad to see some footage from that era, makes u appreciate what they went thru and endured. I salute them and thank god for them. They didnt want to go to war,but they did what they had to do. These we have to fight against our own government for our freedoms.

[@johnkamm8886]

So right on.........just did what we had to do.....no big deal And such great stories they can tell, wise to listen

[@MrScottmoad]

Why are there flames coming out of the exhaust ?

[@dazzagong]

Any ideas when or where this was taken? Looks like early 1942.

[@metsoneredsoxtwo]

Darren Large: I would say, April or May of 1942, Right before and I mean Right before the Battle of Midway!!!. :-)

[@davidwinbigler3092]

@@metsoneredsoxtwo I agree, On The Way to Midway! Note the whole row of 20mm at deck edge. Shot of Hornet briefly. Do you know who that is with the binoculars? Don't reconize him.

[@midnike8783]

@@davidwinbigler3092 Capt. George Murray, I believe.

[@midnike8783]

@@metsoneredsoxtwo Yeah! Because of F4F-4's with still factory sealed MG ports.

[@michaelfraering8604]

In some scenes the aircraft lack ordnance so I would say that they are not Midway strike aircraft. The TBDs have the insignia that came into use between Coral Sea and Midway. Mid May? When the Enterprise and Hornet were on their way back to Pearl after they aborted run down to the Coral Sea?

[@Cloud-StrifeFF7]

The planes at the start appear to be SBD Dauntless dive bombers.

[@mdeluco4675]

Who are the guys running and leaping behind the aircraft when it lands and what are they trying to do?

[@taysenjumawan4766]

they are trying to see if there is any wounds on the pilot or gunner.

[@ariquitarapa5149]

Minute 2:53 it is a Douglas SBD Daunless.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

There are Dauntlesses all over the footage. Not only at 2:53.

[@paulosilva-dm1qb]

That´s so melancolic.. I wonder how the families of those ones who were there have been felling and even more I wonder why humans use so much knowledge for killing their own specie. I´m not blaming one country or another. After all, we are all human beings...

[@fredfletcher1370]

Sad - but true Paulo.............be nice - wouldn't it - if there was a perfect world

[@landenpalmer1045]

My great grandfather was there

[@ruffian2952]

Ask the emperor.

[@commentatron]

Humans, starting at the most basic level, considered only survival essentials: food, shelter and physical security. Wandering about in togas, thinking deep thoughts and considering feelings would come, but took a back seat, at first, to survival. So, being a social species, and understanding strength and security in numbers, humans worked in small groups, in small geographic areas. Eventually, the groups encountered adjacent groups that had run into hard times (disease, crop failure, poor or corrupt leadership etc.), and were desperate to survive. If the well-off group had wise, benevolent leaders, with a surplus of food, an offer was made to take them in. Rinse and repeat, and peaceful civilizations emerged. Over time mushrooms were eaten, religions were formed and civilizations sometimes clashed if the disparity of wealth, dissimilarity of moral viewpoints and/or depravity of leadership was too great. In the end, the strong - physically and mentally - tend to survive, so there's that.

[@paulosilva-dm1qb]

So this is the natural end....Only the stronger survive...It reminds me of a song .Natural selection...In this case not natural, the stronger rules.@@commentatron