https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/96679d9f-dcf9-49e1-b6f5-30b115db113d Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film "Sailors with Wings", which apparently was released in 1944 or 1945, profiles the U.S. Navy with a focus on the "flying fleet" of aircraft. At 2:55 a PBY Catalina is shown on anti-submarine patrol in the Atlantic. At 4:16 the U.S. Navy Department in Washington, D.C. is shown featuring Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. At 4:47 the Bureau of Aeronautics is shown, with planners studying aircraft designs both foreign and domestic. At 5:35, airmen recruits are shown at Pensacola, Jacksonville and other facilities being trained. At 6:29 the film looks back on some of the history of U.S. Naval Aviation. At 7:00, the 35mm film vault is shown where millions of feet of film preserve Navy history including footage of WWI naval seaplanes (7:49). At 8:03 the NC-4 is shown flying the Atlantic via Lisbon. At 8:45, the first flights from the USA's first aircraft carrier USS Langley are shown. At 9:21, the technique of dive bombing is shown. At 10:14, a shore station is shown -- probably San Diego -- with torpedoes being moved and cadets and airmen shown. At 10:55 Sikorsky S-42 flying boats are shown. At 11:45, modern aircraft carriers possibly USS Lexington or the USS Saratoga are shown, with their complement of aircraft including Wildcat fighters, TBF dive bombers, and torpedo bombers (14:40). At 16:46, scout planes are seen being launched from a battleship. At 17:40 a new aircraft carrier is launched down the ways. At 17:55, Navy recruits are shown in training. At 18:16 the huge Martin JRM Mars flying boat is shown. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yDinSDD_TI Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:57:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/96679d9f-dcf9-49e1-b6f5-30b115db113d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.