Japanese Emperor Hirohito attends the Japanese Naval Academy graduation ceremony in Japan during World War II. Japanese Emperor Hirohito and other officers on horseback watch cadets march in review.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito attends the Japanese Naval Academy graduation ceremonies in Japan. Emperor Hirohito and other officers on horseback watch cadets march in review. Cadets receive diplomas.
Japanese volunteers in Japan. Chinese volunteers in the Japanese Navy are examined by a Navy doctor. Men lined up and run during a drill. Volunteers at bank of a river. Volunteers do calisthenics and man a patrol boat. Volunteers row boats.
Photographs of Japanese Naval heroes who lost their lives for the nation. Cherry blossom trees. Yasukuni National Shrine where the Naval heroes lay buried in Tokyo, Japan.
U.S. Army Air Forces Mitchell B-25 crews prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan, under the command of Lt. Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle. B-25 Mitchell on the deck of USS Hornet in the Pacific Ocean. USAAF men stand around a plane. B-25 Mitchell taxi and take off from the deck. Insignia of the United States Army Air Forces. A crewman gives a signal. A view of an empty deck. A B-25 taxis on the deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8).
Empennage of a B-25 Mitchell bomber is seen bearing tail number: 40-2268. Camera pans across flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8) filled with B-25 Mitchell bombers preparing to depart on a bombing raid over Tokyo Japan, during World War 2. Two pilots stand in front of a bomber, conversing. Crew members pull props through on some aircraft. Many aircrew are seen amongst the aircraft. Scene shifts to view, from upper deck, of engines being started on the B-25s. Copilot seen in one of the cockpits. Camera pans from bow to stern showing flight deck filled with B-25s. The first aircraft (flown by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle) performs a short-run takeoff, with nose high, easily clearing the deck before reaching it's end. Several others follow, making the same steep takeoffs.