American warships firing antiaircraft guns at Japanese aircraft attacking the fleet. Black flak bursts seen in air. A Navy aircraft, with wings folded, dangling off flight deck of the USS Enterprise (CV-6). Smoke around fire fighters who have hoses spread on the deck. Flight deck filled with sailors manning hoses. Four sailors carrying injured sailor on stretcher, across the deck. Crews directing water hoses into gaping hole in flight deck where the forward elevator used to be before it was blown out of the ship by the explosion of the Kamikaze's bomb. (Note: As a result of this attack, the USS Enterprise was forced out of service for the remaining 3 months of the war.)
Actions on USS Randolph during Japanese air attack in World War 2. F6F Hellcat aircraft ready to be catapulted from flight deck of USS Randolph. F6F planes taxi and take off from USS Randolph. Japanese plane explodes midst heavy flak fire and tailspins into water. Parachute floats through air and lands in water off stern of light cruiser underway. A North Carolina class battleship is seen in the background.
Two surviving Japanese crew rescued from their boat damaged by gunfire from a U.S. submarine in the Pacific, during World War 2. View from submarine deck as Japanese sailor wearing personal life vest and a ring life preserver, swims alongside. He grabs rope ladder on side of submarine and pulls himself aboard.Next he is seen on deck with a U.S. sailor. He bows as he sees the cameraman. View of ring life preserver floating beside the submarine. The Japanese sailor removes his personal flotation vest which a U.S. sailor displays for the camera. Two U.S. crewmen pose with the ring life preserver, which they fetched from the water. Another Japanese sailor swims to the Submarine and is helped aboard by the first. U.S. crew give him some dry clothes.The U.S. submarine approaches the battered Japanese vessel. A crewman on the bow throws something at the Japanese boat and starts a fire. Soon flames burst out on the boat's wooden deck.
A Japanese crewman from nearby boat,disabled by gunfire from a U.S. submarine, is helped aboard the submarine by its crew. They help remove his life vest and most of his wet clothing. One poses with him for the camera. A crewman works with line and flotation gear on the submarine deck.Two more Japanese are seen in the water holding on to floating debris. These men are also helped aboard the submarine. View of the Japanese boat close to the submarine. Smoke is rising from its engine compartment.The superstructure is wrecked. Sailors on the submarine prepare to fire at the boat to sink it.They load shells and fire at the floating hulk.
Machine gun and cannon tracer rounds being fired by the United States submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) at a Japanese Junk boat (Wasen) during nighttime in World War 2. Neither submarine nor Junk boat is visible. A burning wooden Junk boat with flames that gradually fades away in the distance. Suddenly a closeup of the flaming Junk boat is seen and it again fades away. Some brief gunfire is seen.
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) convoy heading for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane in sky. Japanese plane is hit and shot down. U.S. battleship underway. (World War II period).