U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. An aircraft on the flight deck of USS Essex. U.S. Navy sailors moving the aircraft. Shells being loaded on to the aircraft. Several men working. A man cleans the aircraft. Aircraft parked on the flight deck. Pilots board the aircraft. A man directing and giving signals.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A Japanese transport ship catches fire after being hit. Men dousing the fire with fire hoses. Men seated in a jeep on the aircraft carrier.
U.S. carrier-based aircraft attack Japanese targets in Philippines. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat taking off from the flight deck. Men remove chocks from aircraft. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver taking off from the carrier. Men on deck underneath an aircraft. Plane director on the deck. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger taking off. Gun camera scenes from U.S. Navy fighter aircraft attacking formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bombers. They shoot down a number of them, including one that loses its wing during the encounter.
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.
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.
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.
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