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Violent explosions and fire fighting as Japanese bombs hit USS Franklin (CV-13) in Pacific Ocean during World War II.
Opening Slate reads: 19 March 1945, Enemy bombs hit (pictures made shortly afterwards shooting aft from forward deck). It refers to Japanese bombs striking the American Aircraft Carrier USS Franklin (CV-13). Heavy billowing smoke obscures the view for a moment. Then sailors are seen on the flight deck of the Franklin fighting a fire with hoses. More fire breaks out and smoke billows from the deck. Fire fighters continue efforts with hoses. New fire breaks out near the edge of the deck opposite the ship's island superstructure. View from other direction shows sailors all over the deck near the island trying to contain the fire. A slate appears reading: A series of violent explosions begin (made from USS Hickok - DD-673). This refers to filming from the USS Hickok. The USS Franklin is seen consumed by fire and covered by dense black smoke rising high into the sky. The smoke turns more white. A new view from the Hickok shows fire and smoke coming from the area of the carrier's island and blowing aft. A different view shows both white and dense black smoke enveloping the Franklin. Next, firefighters are seen again, on the Franklin's flight deck, forward of the island, continuing to battle the fires that see concentrated amidship. Slate reads: USS Miller alongside (refers to the destroyer, USS Miller, DD-535).View of the USS Miller close-by. Another view of sailors fighting the fire on the Franklin's flight deck. Brief view, from a parapet on the island, shows smoke. Also seen are water intakes stretched out from the ship, presumably providing water for firefighting. Back on the Franklin's flight deck, firefighters work against a backdrop of white smoke. a closeup shows portions of the flight deck broken and tilted into the hangar deck. More views of sailors on deck, forward of the island, fighting the fires. Glimpse of hangar deck below, where large section of flight deck has fallen. Firefighters with hoses working there.
Under General Douglas MacArthur command, the Allied troops capture Philippines from the Japanese.
The life of General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur on captured islands in the Pacific theater. Gen. Douglas confers and walks with other commanders. Animated map shows Allied advance from New Guinea Islands towards the Philippine Islands. General Douglas in conference with President Roosevelt, and Admiral Nimitz. MacArthur points at a map and explains his plan of action. In accordance to the plan the Allied convoy sails towards Leyte Islands. Fighting and combat at the Philippine Islands. Behind naval bombardment the allied troops land on the island. MacArthur's face is iluminated by intermittent light from Naval Gunfire at night as he watches the landing from a battleship. In daylight, MacArthur on deck with with a three-star general, as he smokes his corn cob pipe. Allied troops establish a beachead on Leyte. General MacArthur gets off an Landing ship and wades ashore. Allied troops move towards Manila. Block-by-block fighting on streets of Manila against Japanese forces. American paratroopers jump and land on Corregidor; scenes of parachutes descending and landing. MacArthur and his staff stroll down a street in Manila. He visits the prison camps and speaks with joyful, liberated, former prisoners of the Japanese. MacArthur salutes as the American Flag is raised in a ceremony over Corregidor. Image of atomic bomb explosion. MacArthur gets off a plane wearing 5 stars. Scenes of Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri at end of World War 2 in 1945. MacArthur gives an address to conclude the proceedings. (World War II period).
U.S. Naval and Air Forces bombard Corregidor during World War II
Battle of Corregidor in the Pacific Campaign of World War 2 in Philippines. U.S. Light Cruisers bombarding Corregidor Island. Smoke rising from numerous shell strikes. U.S. aircraft flying overhead toward the island. Bombs exploding in upper parts of hill on island. Smoke rising all along the shoreline. U.S. light cruisers bombarding the island, from close in. Closeup of St. Louis Class light cruiser firing on the island. A Cleveland Class light cruiser (with single stack) firing at the island.
Activities on the Enewetak Atoll just before the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests.
Covers the events just before the atomic bomb tests (Operation Sandstone) on the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. U.S. parachute troopers board a transport plane. Scenes of men working on communication systems. Tests and experiments are conducted in the laboratories and valuable data collected. Light aircraft is used to ferry scientists from one point to another. An air laboratory inside a plane to collect valuable information. Men prepare to leave Eniwetok. Scientists and technicians make a last minute inspection of all the necessary instruments before leaving the island. U.S. ships loaded with men move to safer water. Unmanned B-17 drone aircraft takes off to capture traces of the atomic cloud. Men prepare to trigger the atomic bomb on the Eniwetok atoll.
United States 5th fleet ships anchored at Ulithi in West Caroline during World War 2
A film titled 'Ulithi Anchorage' shows United States 5th fleet ships anchored at Ulithi, a group of coral islands, in West Caroline in the Pacific during World War II. An aircraft flies over the ships. An island with an airstrip is seen. All kinds of ships - carriers loaded with bombers, mother ship and its destroyer, dry dock for repairs and a hospital ship are seen.
United States Army doctor examines Cold War atom bomb fallout victims near Bikini Atoll
United States Army doctor examine radiation sickness patients for fallout and radiation effects, including hair loss, likely after the disastrous atomic bomb BRAVO test at Bikini Atoll March 1, 1954 during the Cold War. U.S. Army doctor examines the eyes and teeth of an elderly Micronesian man and a little girl, as locals watch the procedure in Marshall Islands, near Bikini atoll. Army doctor examines scalp of a little boy and shows hair that has fallen out during the examination. Army doctor examines the scalp and skin of a Micronesian young woman. Micronesian young woman’s inner elbow show discoloration from radiation due to fallout. Army doctor examines the neck of a Micronesian woman. Likely residents of Rongelap Island or Utrik Atoll, which was engulfed in nuclear fallout after the BRAVO test.
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