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U.S. Army Transport Service ships carry troops and war materiel during World War II. American Naval task force attacked by Japanese aircraft in the Pacific during World War 2.
Opening scene shows view from stern of a warship in an Pacific U.S. Navy task force during World War 2. Other convoy warships are seen in far background. Closeup of American flag on a ship. Glimpse of U.S. Destroyer moving behind the camera ship. Four warships in side-by-side formation. Naval guns firing in the dark at night. A U.S. light tank being loaded aboard a ship at a dock. Several towable pieces of field artillery covered and ready for loading at the port. Numerous army trucks parked in a group at the port. Silhouettes of U.S. Army soldiers, in full battle gear, ascending a gangway to a troop transport ship. Heavy field guns being loaded aboard a ship. Cargo manifests for U.S. Army Transport Service ships preparing to sail from the New York Port of embarkation in Brooklyn, New York. Several Army transport ships underway in the ocean. A Fletcher class destroyer nearby. A Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Closeup of a sailor manning a Bofors 40mm antiaircraft gun on board an aircraft carrier. Fletcher class destroyer in background. View from the bridge of troops on open deck of a transport ship. Sailors standing near variety of guns aboard a warship. Sailors scanning skies for enemy aircraft. A Grumman F4F aircraft being launched from deck of an aircraft carrier. Quad Bofors antiaircraft guns being fired and skies filled with black flak clouds. View down from Bridge on the Island of an aircraft carrier, showing antiaircraft gun positions. More views of black flak clouds. Sailors in battle gear on the aircraft carrier deck. Bofors guns firing. View from carrier flight deck of Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" attacking close to the carrier. It is struck by gunfire and bursts into flames. Another Japanese Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bomber passing close to the flight deck. It bursts into flames and crashes into the water, close to the carrier, exploding violently in heavy black smoke. View from carrier of transport ships following.
Japanese Kamikaze airplanes attack USS Saratoga (Feb 21) and USS Bunker Hill (May 11) in the Pacific Ocean.
From German newsreel Welt Im Film: Shows Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. Kamikaze airplanes are shot down and crash into the ocean. Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima. A Japanese kamikaze suicide airplane hits USS Saratoga. Smoke rises from the ship. Crewmen try to extinguish the fire with water hoses. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) underway in the Pacific Ocean on May 11. View from Bunker Hill as a Kamikaze airplane hits USS Bunker Hill. The aircraft carrier bursts into flames. Crewmen fight fire on USS Bunker Hill. Smoke rises from the aircraft carriers after being hit by Kamikaze airplanes. Crewmen at work on the carrier ships with large hose pipes. U.S. Navy crew cling to floating debris and swim in water after the attacks toward rescue ships. They are pulled aboard a ship.
The Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific during World War II.
Animated map shows Guadalcanal, where Japanese were building up a base to interdict Allied supply routes to Australia, in World War 2. U.S. marines in full battle gear board a troop transport ship. Convoy of transport ships headed to Guadalcanal. A Benham class destroyer bombarding the island from close range. On 8 August, 1942, the day after the amphibious assault on Guadalcanal, U.S. marines of the 3rd Defense Battalion, are seen descending rope net from the Transport ship USS Zeilin (AP-9, later designated APA-3) to enter landing craft headed ashore to reinforce marines fighting Japanese defenders on Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo, in the Solomon Islands. U.S. ship firing its guns. U.S. marines wading ashore, relatively unapposed at Guadalcanal, on 7 August, 1942. U.S. Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber taking off from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Two officers with large binoculars are seen aboard a Japanese warship flying her Naval ensign. A Japanese Nakajima B5N torpedo bomber (Kate) taking off from carrier. A formation of Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) or Ki-44 Shōki (Tojo) aircraft in flight. Closeup of two overhead in silhouette. Glimpse of U.S. carrier (USS Wasp?) taking evasive action. Sky filled with puffs of black Flak at low altitude and contrails from dogfights at high altitude. Closeup of a Japanese Mitsubishi B5M Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber (Mabel) with others in formation in background. Bombs falling. View from carrier island of sailors running across deck of U.S. Carrier with smoke rising at site of bomb strike. Smoke obscuring the deck and beginning to clear. View from different U.S. carrier deck, past parked aircraft, to a camouflaged U.S. destroyer approaching astern. Carrier deck with Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers parked at its end, and black flak clouds overhead. Several night naval gun battle scenes followed by view of burning Japanese ship. Closeup of the wreck of the Japanese transport ship, Kinugawa Maru and views of other Japanese ships burning. U.S. army troops are seen marching along the sides of a road as they arrive in December, 1942, to relieve the marines on Guadalcanal. View of the embarkation operation on the shore as marines prepare to depart. Marines getting aboard Higgins boats (landing craft) for transport out to their transport ship, the USS Neville (AP-16, later redesignated APA-9).
B-25 Mitchell bombers taxi and take off from the deck of USS Hornet for the Tokyo raid on Japan known as the Doolittle Raid.
U.S. Army Air Forces Mitchell B-25 crews prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan, under the command of Lt. Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle. B-25 Mitchell on the deck of USS Hornet in the Pacific Ocean. USAAF men stand around a plane. B-25 Mitchell taxi and take off from the deck. Insignia of the United States Army Air Forces. A crewman gives a signal. A view of an empty deck. A B-25 taxis on the deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8).
U.S. Navy task forces combat Japanese fleet in battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway in World War II
Animated map shows Japanese massing for attacks against Australia, Midway Island, and the Aleutians in World War 2. U.S. naval forces prepare for the battles of Coral Sea and Midway. U.S. warships seen underway in the Pacific Ocean. Crewmen on the aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown (CV-5) push a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft with folded wings. Senior officer on the carrier looking through binoculars. Ship's flight operations personnel are alerted by bugle over intercom to report to their stations. flight deck operational crews assemble on deck. Aviators assemble in ready rooms. They are told a Japanese carrier has been sighted and they are to attack its aircraft. Ready rooms are notified of enemy contact at 125 miles. The pilots scramble up stairs to the flight deck and their airplanes. They climb into cockpits Douglas SBD Dauntless planes, start engines, taxi, and take off one at a time. They form up in flights of 3 aircraft each and fly overhead. View of the Island on the Yorktown, as they wait for aircraft to return. Antiaircraft gunners wait in readiness for possible Japanese attack. A formation of Japanese Aichi D3A (Val) aircraft is sighted. They dive at the Yorktown, as her gunners fire away at them. Black flak clouds fill the sky. An explosion as a bomb strikes the Yorktown. She lists and burns and is wracked by another explosion. An SBD dauntless rocks loose near the end of flight deck. USS Yorktown along with other ships in the task force battling Japanese aircraft. A Japanese torpedo plane is downed on the surface of the sea. Flames and smoke at forward port area of Yorktown's flight deck. Gunners hit wings of attacking airplane. Firefighters on Yorktown set up hoses on her deck. More U.S. aircraft airborne to attack Japanese force only 15 miles away. U.S. dive bomber dropping a bomb. An SBD dauntless lands on a carrier deck. Navy aviators pose on deck. Closeup of a Dauntless landing. "Scorecard" compares U.S. and Japanese losses in the two engagements.
Segments from World War II film documentary about the battle of Midway
Color footage shot during WWII under the direction of John Ford for his documentary on the Battle of Midway. United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F4F-4 Wildcat aircraft taking off from the flight deck. Other F4Fs warming up in the background. Men aboard the aircraft carrier. Douglas TBDs and SBDs flying low over water, simulating attacks on Japanese ships. Flak in the sky. Smoke rising from simulated burning ships.
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