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U.S. THIRD FLEET AIR ARMADA OFF JAPAN'S SHORES. More than 1,000 carrier-based planes of the U.S. Third Fleet stage an aerial show off the coast of Japan on August 22, 1945. A mighty air and naval armada moved into Tokyo Day before the signing of Japan's capitulation documents aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri on September 1.

The Home Fleets Summer Exercises. H.M.S. Vega, the attending destroyer to H.M.S. Furious phorographed from H.M.S. Furious. Her duty is to pick up the crew of any aircraft that may need assistance.

Allied invasion of Palau. This is a glimpse of the U.S. Navy's mighty Third Fleet at anchor off a Pacific island. Guns of this fleet have supported many U.S. landings in the Pacific.

Preparing the fleet for Royal review. Sailors at work on H.M.S. Resolution at Portsmouth. In background are H.M.S. Curaçao (left) and H.M.S. Revenge on right.

Rocket burst, Peleliu One of the Pacific Fleet's landing craft launches an attack against the beaches of Peleliu in the Palau group on D-Daay, September 15, 1944, preceding landings by troops of the First Marine Division. Army troops landed at the same time on Angaur, while other troops tackled Morotai Island, north of New Guinea.

C-47 'American helps supply the United Nations' War materials are unloaded at an air base in China from a fleet of American transport planes. Large numbers of American and Chinese transport planes fly into China each day with supplies, returning with cargoes of Chinese raw materials to be processes in the U.S. and other Allied countries.

U.S. Marines attack Japanese base insouth Pacific. A fleet of U.S. Coast Guard landing craft carrying U.S. marines moves into Empress Augusta Bay on the west coast of Bougainvile in the Salomon Islands at dawn of November 1, 1943, to open a new offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific. The marines fought their way ashore in the face of fire from Japanese strongpoints and established a beachhwad. ...

Repulse leaves for Mediterranean after 3,5 years refit costing £1,400,00. Now most up-to-date ship in battle fleet. H.M.S. Repulse leaving Portsmouth for the Mediterranean watched by a cheering crowd.

First of Germany's beaten U-boat fleet, the U.1009, arrives at North Scotland surrender rendevous an May 11. British Frigate Byronstands by U-boat flying black surrender flag aproaches Royal Naval escort ships.

First Sea Lord visits Mediterranean and Home Fleets at Gibraltar. A general view of the inspection of the R.N.U.R. at the officers hockey grounds, Gibraltar, during the official visit of the first Sea Lord, Sir Bolton Eyers Monsell.