A U.S. Navy PBY Catalina Seaplane taxis on a runway, with a few American sailors walking and running beside it. The flying boat has the identification 14-P-7 clearly shown on its side. The wreckage of an aircraft is shown, likely damaged in the Japanese bombings on Pearl Harbor, and few dozen American sailors lift a large airplane wing up into the pile of wreckage. A U.S. Douglas SBD Dauntless fighter airplane takes off from an aircraft carrier with two smaller ships in the distance. The SBD Dauntless has the label S2 on its side.
Views of destruction at Pearl Harbor following Japanese attack in World War 2: View across Pearl Harbor, where heavy black smoke is billowing from ships in the distance. An American flag waves closer to the camera. Another similar shot follows, this time with a sailor looking at the camera in the foreground. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Smoke rising from damaged ships in the harbor is shown, before the camera cuts to looking at black smoke much higher in the sky. A U.S. cruiser is shown leaving the harbor, before more shots of billowing smoke off in the distance. Small boats move from right to left in the harbor. Shot of Pearl Harbor hours or days later, with now black smoke in view. An American flag is once again seen flying in this shot.
View across Pearl Harbor. Black smoke rising from U.S. Navy ships in battelship row in the distance. Black smoke across the harbor. Cranes and an American flag flying in the foreground. Closeup of sailor with a distressed look on his face who steps right in front of the camera. Smaller ships move across the harbor towards the smoke. Views from a large ship moving out of the harbor. The USS Oklahoma(BB-37) is seen capsized beside the USS Maryland (BB-46). Another large battleship is seen listing to one side. USS Maryland sends a signal light message from it's bridge. Wreckage is shown of aircraft, hangars, and runways at Ford Island Naval Air Station following Japanese air attack. A damaged cruiser, still afloat but smoking from two points, one on the main deck and another from it's smokestack.
Bulldozer works to clear earth for the construction of an airfield in the Andreanofs, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. Wide panoramic views of the flat space to be used for aircraft, covered in shallow water. With map visuals, narrator describes that the U.S. Forces are in fighter range of the Japanese position at Kiska Island, and within bomber range of the Japanese position at Attu Island. A B-24 bomber aircraft moves across the makeshift airfield. U.S. soldiers standing on ladders work on aircraft engines. A bomb is loaded into an aircraft. Soldiers stand and talk, examine papers. U.S. Army Air Force troops walk toward a B-24 Liberator and spin the propellers by hand.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) soldiers wearing flight suits board bomber aircraft from a newly established U.S. position in the Aleutian Islands, 1942, during WW2. A soldier pokes his head out a window in the cockpit of one of the aircraft. Bomber aircraft take off from a runway constructed from marston mat (pierced steel planking), mountains in the background. Scenes of the bomber aircraft in the sky, taken from an on-board camera. Close up shots of gunners at their positions. The bombers fly over the foggy islands toward the Japanese base on Kiska Island. A Japanese warship appears in the water far below, one of the U.S. gunners strafes the deck of the ship. Close up of machine gun firing at the boat. Now over Kiska, bomb bays open and American bombs are unloaded. Smoke and explosions far below. A second load of bombs drops toward the Japanese base in slow motion. Wide shot of the target, now covered in streaks of smoke. Shot of the American bomber aircraft in the sky, turning to head back to base.
U.S. Army Air Force B-24 bombers fly back to base after bombing the Japanese base at Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 1942, during WW2. Narrator details the events of the successful mission. Close ups of the B-24 Liberators as they fly over water. Vast mountains of the Aleutian Islands in the background. The aircraft land back at the newly established U.S. base in the Andreanofs of the Aleutian Islands. Close ups of the bombers, now on the ground. U.S. soldiers exit the aircraft, inspect damage taken from Japanese fire on the fuselage. A group of U.S. pilots and crew walk across the airfield. Soldiers circle around and chat. Ending scene of soldier standing with cloudy Aleutian mountain rising in the background.
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