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Scenes from Battle of Midway during World War II. U.S. Naval Academy cadets graduating June 19, 1942.

Scenes from the Naval Battle of Midway, in World War 2. A helmeted sailor, on deck of a U.S warship, silhouetted next to a propeller blade. A Fletcher-class U.S. Navy destroyer in background. View from near top of a Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane on the USS Portland (CA-33),as she fires two of her 5 inch antiaircraft guns, amidship,during the battle of Midway. Air is filled with low-altitude black flak smoke. A Japanese G4M1 model 11 ("Betty") bomber flies close by at low altitude across the line of sight. Smoke rises from the Portland's gunfire. Another Betty bomber low over the water in far background. Aerial view of a burning Japanese cruiser, far below, maneuvering to evade American attacks. View from U.S. airplane circling closer to the smoking Japanese cruiser. Closeups of panned stills showing severely damaged Japanese warships. Scene shifts to a large formation of Navy personnel in dress whites, where U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz is decorating navy personnel who distinguished themselves in the battle. Nimitz sits, visiting a wounded sailor, at a hospital. U.S.Army Air Forces B-17 Crews, who bombed Japanese ships, are seen being interviewed on Midway Island. Scene shifts to war production workers assembling aircraft in factories in the United States. U.S. warplanes being manufactured. B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft being rolled out of a plant. Graduation ceremony at the U.S. Naval academy, in Annapolis, Maryland. Spectators watch as the cadet corps parades. View inside the historic hall of the old academy filled with spectators, cadets graduate a year early due to the war. Graduating cadets shaking hands with Academy administrators. Cadets of the class of 1943 cheer and throw their hats in the air at end of commencement ceremonies on June 19, 1942.

Date: 1942, June 19
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040843
Events in career of Chester W. Nimitz. High level planning during World War II.

Brief view of damage to Light Cruiser, USS Birmingham (CL-62) suffered while trying to aid Light Aircraft Carrier, USS Princeton (CVL-23) which burned and exploded from Japanese bombing, on Oct. 24, 1944, in World War 2. Scene shifts to United States sailors aboard a battle ship wearing Purple Heart medals awarded following Battles of Midway and Coral Sea. Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, commander of U.S. Navy forces and General Douglas MacArthur, commander of U.S. ground forces, look at a map on wall, and consult together. MacArthur holds his traditional corn cob pipe. Admiral Nimitz on battlefield inspection tour with Admiral William Halsey and Navy Secretary Frank Knox in Solomon Islands. American flag flutters at United States Base camp. President Roosevelt, Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur meeting at CINCPAC headquarters. Nimitz points at a map on wall. Roosevelt and MacArthur having private conversation. Admiral Nimitz hands pointer to General MacArthur, who prepares to brief the President about the final invasion of Japan. Admiral Nimitz climbs over an obstacle and sits next to President Roosevelt. Outdoor scene on Hawaii, President Roosevelt seated and Admiral Nimitz and other officers standing in relaxed gathering.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042984
American Essex class aircraft carrier struck by Japanese Kamikaze during World War II

Film opens showing sky full of black clouds from bursting flak as a Japanese Kamikaze plane dives down through clouds, in World War 2. It strikes an American Essex class aircraft carrier amidships and explodes in flames and smoke.

Date: 1945
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043686
World War II Japanese attack on troop convoy at Port Moresby New Guinea; also Battle of Midway scenes aboard USS Yorktown.

American and Australian troop convoy underway at sea, and then arriving at Port Moresby, New Guinea. A Hudson bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force flys by the troop ship escorting them into the harbor. U.S. and Australian troops unloading men and supplies at Port Moresby. Japanese planes attack the dock area and troop convoy. Elevated land-based views of the harbor with explosions and smoke during the bombing. Anti aircraft guns fired at enemy planes. Soldiers and sailors on ships at harbor open fire on the Japanese aircraft overhead. Planes drop bombs and explosions occur. Complete change of scene to the USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. United States Navy sailors fighting fires aboard the USS Yorktown. Japanese airplanes overhead during the Battle of Midway attacking the Yorktown. Patterns of tracer bullets seen fired from the Yorktown. Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft is hit by gunners on the USS Yorktown.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058309
Ships underway and planes fly overhead as small craft are towed by a larger boat as seen from the carrier Independence

A ship and boats underway in sea. Two planes fly overhead. Planes in formation overhead s seen from the United States Navy aircraft carrier Independence (CVL-22). A line of smaller craft being towed are also seen. World War 2 period.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058375
Japan exploits human and material resources in occupied Asian countries of its Empire, to support its war effort against the Allies (WW2)

A solitary Japanese Army sentry walks his post along a seawall in a coastal area under Japanese military control in World War II. Local people go about their daily activities in a city under Japanese administration. A Japanese military policeman, wearing a white armband, directs traffic. A Japanese Army officer converses with another Japanese military policeman. A passenger speeds past them in a rickshaw. A Japanese military officer waves a loaded truck onward. Japanese replace old buildings and install new communication lines in a city. Japanese military engineers survey and Japanese troops build lines of communication, including a railroad bridge. Japanese officials scrutinize credentials of people at a checkpoint. A Japanese soldier searches a man. People are waved through a checkpoint after their credentials are reviewed. Workers in a textile plant. Laborers at construction sites use carrying poles to transport materials. Other laborers carrying sacks of material on their backs, as they unload a barge at a waterfront. Glimpse of a Japanese controlled harbor.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058420