Japanese light cruiser makes way in heavy seas of Aleutian waters during World War 2. Officer taking navigation readings with sextant. Stern deck covered with ice. Sailors in cold weather gear aloft. Another light cruiser seen astern, viewed from lower deck. Ice-covered bridge and superstructure of the ship. Crewman looks through binoculars. Iced deck, lifelines, and anchor chain. Sailor chops ice from lifelines. Front of a Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) float plane is seen on its catapult. The other light cruiser, very close astern. View from bridge of bow awash in heavy seas. Two of the Ship's single forward 5.5 inch guns seen.
Crew of Japanese Inperial Navy light cruiser work to remove heavy coats of ice from their ship while underway in Aleutian waters in Winter, during World War 2. A sailor tries to break ice from one of the ship's 5.5 inch guns. Sailors chop ice into chunks and throw it overboard. Ice clings to all the ships lines and rigging. View from bridge of foredeck. Ice covers one of the 5.5 inch guns. Sailors throwing ice overboard. View along ice-covered deck. One of the ship's guns pointing to starboard. Ice covering rigging. Closeup of sailors chopping ice. Ice-covered gun barrel. Canvas cover on one of the guns.Sailor trying to break ice from one of the ship's gun barrels.
Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party of 500 Imperial Marines are seen landing and proceeding inland on Kiska, Aleutian Islands. They carry the rising sun flag. They are seen searching two captured Americans from the U.S. Naval Weather Detachment. The rising sun flag is seen in right foreground. The Japanese troops continue walking across the island. Buildings of the weather detachment seen in background.The Japanese troops assemble in formations near the weather detachment buildings as their commander addresses them. A Japanese Type 97, 4EFB (Mavis) flying boat seen taxiing into the bay and being tended by Small boats. (Reportedly, the Tail code "O" identifies the seaplane's unit as Taiwan-based Toko-tai, also active in Solomon islands.)
View of a motorboat heading toward an Japanese Imperial Navy Niagra-class light cruiser anchored near a submarine, in waters off Kiska,in the Aleutian Islands, during World War 2. Scene shifts to Japanese naval guns firing. A U.S. Army Air forces B-24 Liberator bomber is seen in flight overhead. Explosion and smoke fills scene next to Japanese camera ship, and then another bomb explodes in the water nearby. A Japanese submarine and destroyer are in the background. Japanese ship fires anti-aircraft guns at a U.S. PBY-5 Catalina in flight overhead. Camera follows flight of the Catalina past ship's funnel which is emitting black smoke. Another bomb hits water near the ship. More anti-aircraft fire is seen from the ship. The Catalina turns away, with a slight trail of smoke behind. Next, a large explosion is seen from a bomb striking near the shore. A Catalina, flying toward the camera ship, passes over a hill, through black flak clouds, and is struck. It descends, emitting trailing puffs of black smoke and strikes the shoreline in an explosion and black smoke.
Effects of Japanese air attack on Dutch Harbor early in World War 2. Oil supply burning in Aleutians. Large Mountain covered with snow. Foreground shows buildings like air base. Buildings seen burning. Men fighting fires in area. A boat seen burning in harbor. Destruction caused by fire in the area. Burned ship seen in harbor.
'Japanese attack on Dutch harbor '. Fire and smoke as a result of Japanese attack on Dutch harbor in the Aleutian Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rises from a burning ship and over a storehouse. A wrecked armored jeep as a result of Japanese bombings. A burned out ship at the pier.