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Events in career of Chester W. Nimitz. High level planning during World War II.

Brief view of damage to Light Cruiser, USS Birmingham (CL-62) suffered while trying to aid Light Aircraft Carrier, USS Princeton (CVL-23) which burned and exploded from Japanese bombing, on Oct. 24, 1944, in World War 2. Scene shifts to United States sailors aboard a battle ship wearing Purple Heart medals awarded following Battles of Midway and Coral Sea. Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, commander of U.S. Navy forces and General Douglas MacArthur, commander of U.S. ground forces, look at a map on wall, and consult together. MacArthur holds his traditional corn cob pipe. Admiral Nimitz on battlefield inspection tour with Admiral William Halsey and Navy Secretary Frank Knox in Solomon Islands. American flag flutters at United States Base camp. President Roosevelt, Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur meeting at CINCPAC headquarters. Nimitz points at a map on wall. Roosevelt and MacArthur having private conversation. Admiral Nimitz hands pointer to General MacArthur, who prepares to brief the President about the final invasion of Japan. Admiral Nimitz climbs over an obstacle and sits next to President Roosevelt. Outdoor scene on Hawaii, President Roosevelt seated and Admiral Nimitz and other officers standing in relaxed gathering.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042984
Highlights in career of Chester W Nimitz. U.S. naval campaigns against Japanese forces during World War II.

Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz speaks to naval officers and civilians, on third anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Sailors salute as he boards a ship. Admiral Nimitz with Admiral Halsey. Fleet of The United States ships underway to attack Japanese enemy. Battleships fire guns at enemy. Rockets being fired from U.S. ships. U.S. amphibious landing at Leyte. Japanese military show their commitment to fight. U.S. Navy crews at work aboard ships preparing to engage Japanese fleet at Leyte Gulf. Heavy U.S. naval gunfire. U.S. navy aircraft take off from carrier and engage Japanese in aerial combat. U.S. aircraft bomb Japanese ships and U.S. ships defend against Japanese air attacks. Japanese survivors floating on debris and life rafts in the ocean. U.S. wounded in stretcher. Dead Americans honored at sea by their comrades in an official ceremony.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042985
Aviator parachutes from stricken airplane and descends to the water near an American warship, in the Pacific.

View of a crewman parachuting from a stricken aircraft over the Pacific, during World War II. The color images are seen from an American warship, nearby.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1943
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043682
Japanese carrier-based Zero airplanes attack U.S. Navy warships in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway in World War II

Opening scene shows bombs exploding in the water next to a U.S. aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway in World War 2. View from an American warship of a Japanese Carrier-based Zero aircraft attacking low above the water. Bombs exploding all around an aircraft carrier with aircraft parked on her flight deck. Black smoke rising from a bomb striking the carrier. Somewhat obscured view of Japanese aircraft maneuvering and black flak clouds in the sky, from antiaircraft guns firing at the Japanese planes. A large explosion in the water. A barrage balloon seen aloft. Glimpse of U.S. warship on fire, viewed from another U.S. ship.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1942, June
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043683
American Essex class aircraft carrier struck by Japanese Kamikaze during World War II

Film opens showing sky full of black clouds from bursting flak as a Japanese Kamikaze plane dives down through clouds, in World War 2. It strikes an American Essex class aircraft carrier amidships and explodes in flames and smoke.

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1945
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043686
Crew members fight fire on U.S. Aircraft carrier struck by Japanese Kamikaze airplane in the Pacific

Damage control parties fight a blaze on flight deck of U.S. aircraft carrier struck by Japanese Kamikaze airplane. They employ hoses and throw torrents of water on fire. Heavy black smoke billows from the fire. (World War II period).

Location: Pacific Theater
Date: 1944
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043695
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