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U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress aircraft shown at Boeing factory, Sea Island, Canada (WW2)
World War II film shows workers surrounding a completed B-29 bomber parked on ramp of what appears to be the Boeing plant on Sea Island, Canada. Film clip reads: "Canada Builds B-29s for U.S." (Note: Boeing of Canada, headquartered at Vancouver, B.C., built a huge manufacturing factory on Sea Island to build aircraft for the war effort. In 1944 Boeing began to manufacture the mid-sections of B-29 fuselages there, including bomb bays for the bomber. These sections were then trucked to Renton, Washington where they were incorporated into final assembled aircraft. However, this clip shows a fully assembled B-29 that may have been flown here for something like worker morale purposes.)
U.S. amphibious assaults on Saipan and Luzon during World War II
June 14, 1944. Naval guns of U.S. battleships and other warships bombard the island of Saipan, in the Marianas, in World War 2. U.S. aircraft fly low over the shore attacking Japanese military positions. A U.S. tank and marines moving on the beachhead. October 19, 1944, landing craft, manned by U.S Coast Guardsmen, from the Coast Guard operated Attack Transport USS Calloway (APA-35) are seen among others maneuvering in the water as they begin the assault on Luzon, the Philippines. U.S. troops wading ashore on Luzon.
U.S. Naval Task Force 58, including USS Yorktown attacked by a Japanese Kawanishi H8K flying boat in the Pacific.
USS Yorktown CV-10 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Early 1944: Animated map shows the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Gilbert Islands and the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The U.S. Naval fleet advances from Truk Islands towards an advanced naval base in the Marshall Islands, taken from the Japanese. U.S. ships underway around the fleet anchorage. U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers, battleships, cruisers, fleet auxiliaries and support ships. Crew and aircraft on the flight deck of the 'Fighting Lady' CV-10. The crew members relax and enjoy themselves in the water. They dive and jump off a makeshift platforms and diving boards into the ocean, and then swim and play around large floating rafts. Sailors sort letters in the ship's post office. Some write letters back home. The crew assembled on the ship deck. Commander of the ship Rear Admiral Joseph James 'Jacko' Clark briefs the crew about their mission, designation to Task Force 58, and advance towards Tokyo. The USS Yorktown and other carriers of the Task Force underway. Sign boards for various Ready Rooms on the ship. Air Group Commanders and pilots ready on call. Rear seat gunners and radio men on call in another Ready Room nearby. They talk, relax, drink Coca-Cola and have ice cream. Flags on board. Commander of the TF 58 Admiral Marc Andrew 'Pete' Mitscher and Skipper Clark on the flight deck. A poster for the ship board movie 'Home in Indiana'. Sailors watch the movie. Planes in flight through clouds, the Task Force underway seeking the Imperial Japanese Naval fleet. New cruisers, Coast Guard cutters and Navy Transports in the Task Force. The patrol spots a Imperial Japanese Navy search plane, a Kawanishi H8K flying boat called 'Emily' by the Allies. The plane fires at the Task Force ships before being hit and sinking in the water. U.S. officers and sailors in a discussion. An animated map depicts the objective to move towards and free the Mariana Islands.
Battle of Saipan in the Pacific during World War II.
Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific to the Mariana Islands islands in the Pacific during World War 2. It shows chain of airfields linking island of Truk to homeland, Japan. Map focuses on island of Truk, in Micronesia, showing concentration of Japanese aircraft, ships, and troops there. Paths of U.S. air and naval attacks on Truk are shown. Map shows Japanese fleet withdrawing and U.S. forces by-passing Truk to concentrate on the Mariana islands. U.S. naval task force is seen off the island of Saipan on June 11, 1944. Two U.S. battleships are followed by two escort aircraft carriers/ Barrels of battleship triple guns firing at Saipan. Landing Craft Tank: Rocket LCT(R) firing salvos of rockets. Glimpse from aircraft, overhead, of landing craft leaving white wakes during amphibious assault. Closeups of U.S. troops in landing craft. View from shore of American troops storming ashore through surf, from landing craft, under heavy enemy fire. Closeup of soldier hunkered down in sand. Soldier dropping down from side of beached landing vehicle tracked (LVT). A dead U.S. soldier floating in the water. Troops firing from their LVTs. Shells striking on sandy shore. Marines running with stretcher over their shoulders Fletcher class destroyer firing her guns to port. Brooklyn class light cruiser firing guns to port. View from ships flying Japanese flags, of Japanese warships headed to engage U.S. fleet. Japanese aircraft carriers and Aichi Kokuki KK dive bomber (Val) taking off from a carrier. Aerial closeup of Japanese Val aircraft in flight, with pilot clearly visible before he banks his plane to the left. Formations of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Formation of American Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft engaging the Japanese. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being shot down. A Japanese aircraft crashing into the sea. Sailors of U.S. ship firing batteries of Bofors 40mm anti aircraft guns. and 20mm anti aircraft guns. Black flak clouds in the sky. A Japanese plane crashing into the sea. Aerial view of formation of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Closeup of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 (Hien) aircraft maneuvering to attack. More views of Japanese Val aircraft in formation. American dive bombers dropping bombs on, Japanese held, Orote airfield. View from the air of bombs striking and smoke clouds. Fires burning on the airfield. An American navy F6F hellcat plane diving. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being downed. A plane director on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier. Two Grumman TBF aircraft taking off from a carrier. View toward tail of one taking off. U.S. aircraft in formation overhead, and then peeling off in trail formation to attack a target. Japanese ships being strafed. U.S. infantry continuing heavy fighting on Saipan.
British aircraft sink the German Kriegsmarine battleship Tirpitz off the coast of Tromso, Norway.
Activity in European Theater of Operations during World War 2. Animated map shows Tromso, Norway. Views of British Royal Air Force attempts to sink the German Kriegsmarine battleship Tirpitz in October 1944. Shows extensive smoke cover that hides the battleship Tirpitz, preventing attack. A second attempt failed on 29 October, 1944, as smokescreen and weather clouds prevented clear bombing. During that attempt, the Tirpitz is seen firing her 15 inch guns at incoming British aircraft, while she is moored off Hakoya Island outside Tromso. She was damaged by one bomb during that attack. Later, on November 12, 1944, aerial views show British aircraft of No. 617 Squadron ("Dambusters") and No. 9 Squadron RAF bombing the Tirpitz, having caught her by surprise and without smoke screen. German Battleship Tirpitz bombed by multiple 6-ton "earthquake" bombs (or seismic bombs) dropped by British Lancaster bombers. The Tirpitz is seen as it rolls over before sinking at Tromso, Norway.
U.S. Navy ships of Task Force 58 fight against Japanese Kamikaze attacks and repair battle damage during Okinawa campaign, WW2
Opening scene shows Landing Ship Tank USS LST 1006, with her front doors open after delivering her cargo at shore of Okinawa, during World War 2. Resupply operations are seen with landing craft shuttling between transport ships. Landing ships delivering supplies and equipment directly to the shore. An Army truck drives down the ramp of a Landing Ship Tank. A huge crane installed on a vessel behind LST 633 on the Okinawa waterfront. Vehicles driving from ships to the shore from a Landing Ship Dock (LSD). Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) numbers 606, 30, and 559 are parked at the shore, delivering vehicles to Okinawa. Suddenly Japanese Kamikaze aircraft begin attacking. View from ship in Navy Task Force 58, as its gunners shoot down a Kamikaze that crashes into the sea. View from island of an aircraft carrier, as all the anti-aircraft guns along the side her flight deck fire continuously raising lots of smoke from the gunfire. A Kamikaze plane speeding across the water at low altitude. Closeup of Navy ship gunners firing. View from a ship's deck of sky filled with tracer rounds the strike a Kamikaze airplane. It explodes into flaming pieces that fall into the ocean close to the ship. Navy gunners firing twin Bofors anti aircraft guns. Sky filled with black flak clouds and tracer bullets. A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft (Kawasaki Ki-61) hit and diving straight down into the water where it explodes raising a large cloud of smoke and water. Aircraft carrier gunners firing at a low flying Kamikaze plane that passes the USS Alaska (CB-1) in the foreground and strikes an Essex-class U.S. aircraft carrier. Views of sailors on her flight deck fighting fire. Bow view from nearby ship of heavy smoke billowing from the carrier. Side view of the same. Closeup of sailors cutting holes in her flight deck to allow firefighting hoses to reach fire below. A welder using cutting torch to clear jagged pieces of metal. Firefighters hosing down the deck with foam. A Kamikaze crashes close to another Essex-class carrier, exploding at her waterline. Views of firefighting aboard that ship. Men hauling fire hoses onto the flight deck to bring ocean water up for firefighting. View from above of sailors pouring water below decks. A welder repairing a damaged stanchion. Gunners firing from the ship's superstructure as Japanese aircraft continue to maneuver among ships of Task Force 58. Streams of tracer rounds tracking a Kamikaze plane. View from above of sailors spreading foam over the flight deck. Firefighters playing hoses on pieces of destroyed Douglas Dauntless aircraft on the flight deck. External view of the severe waterline damage to the carrier. Welder working on deck. Landing officer with paddles directing a Douglas Dauntless aircraft landing on a carrier. Sailors carrying an injured flight crew member, across the flight deck on a litter. Dead covered in white shrouds laid out on the ship's deck, for burial at sea.
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