Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy ships in Pacific Ocean. A Japanese plane is hit, explodes and spins into ocean. Kamikaze planes being hit and crashing into ocean. Some missed are hitting United States Navy vessels. (World War II period).
Kamikaze plane crashing into Pacific Ocean during Japanese suicide aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy ships during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in low fast approach toward USS Saratoga (CV-3) is hit, but continues on and strikes the Saratoga, causing huge explosion, smoke, and fire. Smoke columns rise. Japanese plane explodes as it is hit by anti aircraft fire from U.S. Navy ships. U.S. Navy fire crews fighting fires. Kamikaze plane crashes in sea.
View of flak filled sky with tracer shells during Kamikaze attacks on U.S. Navy warships in Pacific Ocean during World War II. Several kamikaze planes are hit and crash into sea. Scenes of U.S. Navy task force. Smoke columns rise.
A typical day in an aircraft carrier task force of the U.S. Navy during a mission of finding Japanese invaders in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese aircraft carriers and cargo ships at sea, carrying war equipment. Aircraft in flight over water. An animated map shows bombarding at Sapan, Guam, Yap and Palau. Bombardment and explosions. A team of the aircraft carrier task force at the deck of the ship and prepares for the take off of U.S. aircraft from the carrier. A pilot in a cockpit. The aircraft take off from the carrier and bomb Manila. Smoke at a distance. An aerial view of Manila city. Another group of U.S. aircraft in flight and strafe Japanese ships.
A typical day in an aircraft carrier task force of the U.S. Navy during a mission of finding Japanese invaders in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. aircraft return to carriers and make difficult landings. An aircraft carrier task force personnel signals to a pilot for landing. The aircraft lands at the carrier. The pilot gets injured due to the rough landing. Difficult landing of the aircraft at the carrier. Commander David Mocambo of the U.S. Navy disembarks from an aircraft and talks with carrier task force personnel. One personnel sticks a Japanese flag sticker on the aircraft. Services held on the flight deck. Gunners stand at the deck and go for a training. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at sea with a mission of finding and killing the Japanese.
USS Bayfield, APA 33 underway in the Pacific Ocean prior to the invasion of Iwo Jima. Three transporter ships underway. Two marines open and mount a 5 inch / 38 caliber gun in the foreground.