U.S. aircraft carriers in the Sea of Japan. Launch of carrier-based missions to attack Japanese shipping and airfields in World War II. Aircraft readying on carrier deck including F6F Hellcats, TBF Avenger, and SB2C Helldivers. Scenes of attacks by U.S. aircraft on Japanese targets in Tokyo Bay, seen via gun camera footage. U.S. Navy fighter aircraft returning to land on carrier have accidents. One lands but overshoots and runs off the end of the deck and into the ocean, striking another aircraft on the way. Another fighter aircraft is seen landing on a carrier deck but the supplemental fuel tank beneath it detaches and explodes and the plane erupts into flames. The burned pilot is rushed to safety by crews and firefighting crews battle the blaze. Scenes of dead American sailors and airmen being buried at sea.
P-51 aircraft of the USAF 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, at Chinhae Base (K-10) in Korea. Some, from the 12th fighter bomber Squadron, are seen with shark's teeth painted on their noses. Several P-51s in a line ready to take off. F-51s as they take off. A jeep in the background. Three stationary R-5s behind the jeep. Formation of F-51s in flight. Aircraft parked on the ramp. Formation landing of F-51s. Men signal and direct F-51s on the ramp. Several ground crew members on the ramp. (Korean War)
F-51 aircraft of the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing at Chinhae Base (K-10) in Korea. Landing gear on F-51. Shadow of turning propellers on the ground. A partially constructed hangar on the side. F-51 of the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, USAF 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, starts engine and taxis from parking space. It displays Shark's teeth painted on its nose and tail number 44-73863.. Another F-51 parked. Airmen pull a bomb on a trolley past an F-51. Front view of the planes with propellers turning. (Korean War)
Cameraman slate notes that subject matter deals with bombing missions over Sicily, Italy, during World War 2. View from ground as two flights of four P-38 aircraft, from the USAAF 14th Fighter Group, fly overhead in formation at their base, Telergma airfield in Algeria. Then more are seen flying in vertical stacked formation over the field. Two land side-by-side on dusty runway. A "V" formation of P-38s flies overhead. The formation comes in over the field and individual P-38s peel off and circle to land. P-38s buzz the field in pairs, and then in flights of four.
An unassembled Azon Bomb at a United States base. Airmen removing protective plugs from nose section of warhead. Attaching various components control surface, instruments to the bomb, and then the bomb to the underside of a B-17 bomber. It takes off. Dropping bomb to the target. (World War II period).
Blend of Japanese newsreel footage and U.S. footage covering the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii triggering U.S. entry into World War II. Engine of a Japanese twin engine aircraft starts. View of Nakajima B5N (Kate) bombers with engines running, on deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier, Kaga. Editor-inserted scene of a Japanese pilot, carrying a katana (samurai) sword as he climbs on the wing of a land-based Mitsubishi B5M (Mabel) bomber and into its cockpit. Japanese B5N bombers taking off from the Kaga. Glimpse of Japanese naval officers. Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bomber, with rear gunner, takes off from carrier. A dozen Japanese airplanes in loose formation overhead. Inserted scene, unrelated to Pearl Harbor, showing Loose formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Nell) medium bombers in flight. Closeup into cockpit cabin of a G3M. Bombs away view of bombs falling from the aircraft, as seen from the releasing aircraft. Pearl Harbor scene of bombs exploding on Battleship row. Japanese plane overhead. More explosions on U.S. warships in Pearl Harbor. Formation of Japanese Aichi D3A1 aircraft overhead. View from Japanese aircraft flying over hangar on Ford Island during Pearl Harbor attack. Bombs exploding on the island, below. Unrelated insert of Mitsubishi G3M bomber. Smoke billowing from bomb strikes on battleship row, Pearl Harbor. Japanese writing on photograph, identifies the U.S. capital ships struck in the Pearl Harbor raid.
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