American sailors at work on board United States aircraft carrier Yorktown during Battle of Midway in Pacific Theater during World War II. Thick smoke rises in the background.
The rise of totalitarianism and Axis powers in the 1930s and its lead up to the Pacific Theater of World War II. “Duce” of Italian Fascism Benito Mussolini making a speech. A superimposed animated cartoon radio antenna emits the word “Lies”. Adolf Hitler making a passionate speech to German troops. A Nazi parade in Germany. Growth of German military budget is shown with an animated diagram. Gathering of troops, army vehicles, artillery, motorcars, tanks, airplanes, and ships of the Axis nations. News headlines about the military budget. Japanese soldiers holding bayonets. Animated map shows the Japanese plan for the invasion of Manchuria. Damaged railroads during a dramatized depiction of the Mukden Incident. The Japanese flag at a mast. Japanese troops advance in Manchuria. Former Emperor of China Puyi becomes the Emperor of Manchukuo. Flag of Manchukuo. Emperor Puyi shake hands with a Japanese military official. United States Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson denounces the Manchurian action. A sign reads: 'Gotham Limited'. Japanese delegates speak during a national meeting. They leave a League of Nations meeting. Horses plowing a field in Iowa. A double decker bus on a road in London. A waiter serving at an al fresco café in Paris. A hut burns as the Japanese advance through Manchuria. Huge columns of U.S. Army troops marching in formation.
Battle of Wake Island and Santa Cruz Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. F4F aircraft take off aboard the United States aircraft carrier Saratoga SBD dauntless takes off aboard Saratoga. A 500 pound bomb under the wing of SBD dauntless aircraft. Planes parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, a TBF avenger pushed backwards by men.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp after torpedo attack by Japanese B1 Type submarine I-19 at sea in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. USS Wasp burns. Heavy black smoke rises up. United States Navy officers and crew on deck of a different ship that is watching the USS Wasp. A man with a radio telephone. A destroyer ship. A bi-plane passes over the ship. USS Wasp enveloped in smoke from damage by torpedoes.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burns during World War 2 following torpedo hit. USS Wasp underway at sea in the Pacific Theater. Heavy black smoke rises up. A destroyer ship underway near the stern of the USS Wasp. USS Wasp enveloped in smoke.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burning in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Survivors stand on the deck and bridge of a Destroyer ship. Several men sit on the deck. USS Wasp enveloped in smoke following torpedo attack. Surviving sailors swimming in ocean. Life boats in water.