The Fighting Lady (1944)

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 newsdrama narrated by Lieut Robert Taylor USNR Bataan and photographed in zones of combat by the US Navy The film follows one of the many new aircraft carriers built since Pearl Harbor known as THE FIGHTING LADY in honor of all American carriers as it goes into action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean in 1943 See the ship and its pilots undergo their baptism of fire attacking the Japanese base on Marcus Island