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.
Heavy seas cover foredeck of a Japanese light cruiser making way in Aleutian waters during winter in World War 2. Officers on bridge, one using sextant. Wind drives waves over the ship's ice-covered deck. Ice covers anchor chain and gun barrel. Sailors chop ice from gun barrel,lifelines, deck and base of ship's superstructure. Sailor throws huge chunk of ice overboard. View from lower deck shows another light cruiser astern. Windshield wiper clearing bridge window. Crew members in heavy cold weather gear. A sailor aloft using semaphore flags.
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.
Activities of the Seabees at Attu in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. The destination of Construction Battalions (Seabees) is Attu. An animated map shows Attu. Seabees make amphibious landings on Attu, while part is still occupied by Japanese troops. They begin immediate construction activity. A derrick unloads coal. Seabee stevedores unload cargo. A rough Seabee camp of tents and campfires, with an American flag flying from a pole. Seabees at breakfast mess. Carpenters, with rifles on their backs, erect a temporary barracks building. Prefabricated parts for buildings being unloaded on shore. Seabees erecting a prefabricated field hospital (in 5 hours). Refueling bulldozers from 55 gallon drums. View from moving boat, of the completed base at Attu.