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A torpedo is prepared and pilots man their aircraft aboard a carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Philippines, Pacific Ocean during World War II. Picture of a man's face drawn on or painted on the front of a torpedo. The torpedo being moved through the torpedo room aboard a ship. It is lifted from mount and moved up the mount elevator. Pilots running up onto the catwalk and flight deck for manning their aircraft during the attack on Manila. Pilots in the U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat and TBF Avenger aircraft. The aircraft take off from the flight deck
U.S. aircraft drop bombs over Manila, Philippines during World War II.
U.S. aircraft in flight over the Philippines during World War II. Several aircraft in flight over Manila. U.S. Navy TBM aircraft in flight. The shoreline and a river in Manila area. The U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat and TBM Avengers in flight. Aerial view of the target area. Two small sail boats in the harbor. Aerial view of the buildings and a merchant ship. The aircraft in flight. Smoke from explosions in the target area.
U.S. soldiers examining wrecked German and Italian aircraft at El Aouina Airfield in Tunisia during World War II.
Wreckage of an aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunisia during World War II. A man holding a piece of plexiglas in his hand. A wrecked 3-motored Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft on an airfield at the airport. '601-5' written on the aircraft. A captured German Volkswagen type 82 Kübelwagen drives up beside the wrecked aircraft. A few U.S. officers get out and inspect the aircraft. View of wrecked German and Italian aircraft on the airfield. A USAAF 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron, B-17F 42-5402: B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress taking off from the airfield. Abbreviated tail number '25402' seen on tail. Several wrecked aircraft on the airfield. Another B-17 aircraft takes off, displaying a large shield image on its tail This is followed by a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell taking off. The wreckage of aircraft spread on the airfield. A few U.S. soldiers walking into a deep bomb crater and inspect the nacelle and the motor of the aircraft. Two soldiers beside another wrecked Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft. The aircraft is painted in camouflage paint and bears the number 605-7. One of the soldiers looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. A wrecked German aircraft on the airfield. The aircraft damaged completely. View of parts of the wrecked aircraft.
2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.
The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities and killing Chinese during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave after execution. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.
American campaign against Japanese-held islands in the Pacific during World War II
U.S. sea power in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Aerial view of landing craft speeding through the water below. Animated map of Pacific Islands including the Solomons, New Britain, and New Guinea. Shows arrows depicting American amphibious assaults on Russell Islands in February, 1943; on New Guinea, and Rendova in June, on New Georgia in July, on Eastern New Georgia in August, on Choiseul, in October, and Bouganvillle in November, 1943. Aerial view of a Pacific Island airfield. Grumman F4F aircraft with engine running on an aircraft carrier. Bow view of an American Essex class Aircraft Carrier making way in heavy seas. A Douglas Dauntless airplane heading away from a carrier (in background). Map showing locations of American North and South Pacific naval forces and arrows pointing to Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and then to the Marshall Islands (Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll). American infantry marching with full field packs, at a port, where they board transport ships. An artillery field piece being loaded on the ship, along with landing vehicles tracked, and army trucks. A convoy of troop ships and supply ships at sea.
U.S. Naval task force and Amphibious assault operations during World War II in the Pacific
Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.