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Destruction of the SS John Burke from Kamikaze attack at sea during World War II

A convoy to resupply allied troops at Mindoro, Philippines, seen underway, as it comes under attack by Japanese Kamikaze planes, during World War 2. Opening scene shows a burning Japanese warplane trailing smoke as it falls and breaks up before crashing into the sea. Flak clouds seen in the sky from the antiaircraft fire of the U.S. battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) seen low on the horizon in the background. Several ships are seen in the convoy. Suddenly a huge explosion occurs as a Japanese kamikaze (unseen) strikes the 14 thousand ton Liberty ship, SS John Burke. She is carrying a cargo of ammunition that explodes, raising a wall of water around the ship and creating a mushroom cloud of smoke that billows high into the sky.

Date: 1944, December 28
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065650
U.S. aircraft in flight. Landing craft head toward beach. Leyte, Philippines.

U.S. aircraft in flight over the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The U.S. Navy F-6F Hellcat aircraft in formation flight. U.S. flag flutters atop a flag pole in the foreground. U.S. Navy TBM Avengers in flight. Rockets fired by the aircraft. The rockets striking the ground. A small ship strafed near the shoreline. Japanese fighters on the ground. Several landing craft circle a transport. A wave of landing craft approach the beach. Landing craft head on to the beach.

Date: 1944, October
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065653
Smoke arises as buildings are bombed by U.S. aircraft in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Strafing and bombing of Japanese installations in the Pacific Theater by the U.S. aircraft during World War II. Aerial view of the target area. Buildings along the dockside. Smoke due to explosions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065666
U.S. Navy WAVES enter a ship's service store and buy goods at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II.

U.S. Navy Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. A banner on a building reads: 'Ship's Service Store'. WAVES enter the building. They purchase goods from salesgirl. A WAVE typist at work. The WAVE salesgirl at work. Goods on shelves in the background.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065667
U.S. Navy TBM Avengers flying in formation over a target area in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

U.S. aircraft in flight in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger in flight overhead. Pilot at controls of the aircraft. Several aircraft flying in formation. Aerial view of the target area.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065669
A U.S. officer and sailors meet natives in a village of the Pacific Theater during World War II.

U.S. Navy personnel in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A U.S. officer along with other men walking in the field. Native huts in the area. Two small girls standing in the doorway of a hut. A sailor walks up and gives cake and chewing gum to the girl. The officer and the sailors gives material to the natives. The native children standing outside the huts. The native huts and the banana trees. Children standing near the huts.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065670