Imperial Japanese Navy officers standing on bridge of a warship in World War II. Two Japanese aircraft carriers Kaga and Zuikaku underway at sea. Japanese officer uses a pair of binoculars. Plane pushers moving planes on flight deck of aircraft carrier. A Japanese pilot in white suit runs past crewmen. Air 'boas' on the bridge of the Japanese carrier give a 'launch planes' signal. A Japanese senior officer gives out instructions to pilots on flight deck. The officer stands in front of wall written with Japanese writings. Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N 'Kates' fighter engines turning up on deck. The sailors remove chucks from under the wheels of the fighter planes. The pilots run to embark on the ‘Kates’ fighter planes. The Nakajima B5N 'Kates' fighter planes taking off one by one from the aircraft carrier. Sailor waves a white flag. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Vals' aircraft take off in formation. An aerial formation of the 'Vals' approaching Pearl Harbor. Type 97 carrier attack-bomber model 3 in flight. Aerial view of various Japanese aircraft bombing over Pearl Harbor and Wheeler Field.
A Japanese Navy official reads a speech about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. Aerial view of Ford Island in Hawaii. Aerial view showing the locations of USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack. Wheeler Army Airfield in flames. Animation shows statistics on United States Navy warships destroyed by the Japanese forces in Pearl Harbor.
Japanese Navy battleships in column underway at sea after Pearl Harbor attack in World War II. Ships sailing in rough waters. Japanese ships approaching an island in the Pacific. Japanese battleships firing its main batteries. Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. An aerial formation over a Japanese flag.
U.S. Navy sailors putting out fire on the forward portion of the USS Saratoga (CV-3)’s flight deck after a kamikaze attack on the night fighter carrier during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. A huge fire engulfs the flight deck and wreckage of Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft. A heavy smoke partially obscures the view of the damaged Battery One and the flight deck. Jets of water putting out fire on deck. An accompanying destroyer of the USS Saratoga maneuvers to lay anti-aircraft fire on the attacking Kamikaze planes. View of the USS Saratoga captured from an accompanying destroyer before the Kamikaze attack. A sailor transfers between ships using a breeches buoy. A black patch from Kamikaze attack near the waterline is seen. A sailor holds onto breeches buoy as he transfers between ships, with strong waves below. Smoke rises from the flight deck of the USS Saratoga after its first hit by a Kamikaze. Fire growing from the forward portion of the flight deck.
The USS Saratoga (CV-3) sailing in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Narration by Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant on board the USS Saratoga at the time of its bombing by Kamikaze planes during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Bullets firing from a night attack. The narrator mentions a Kamikaze plane has been struck down by the USS Saratoga but the view is too obscure. A smiling gentleman. Dark smoke rises from the USS Saratoga after a Kamikaze attack. Wild sound narration by Mr. Cortight. He mentions a story about the captain refusing to recognize that the17 to 25 planes picked up on radar were Japanese until they were hit by the Kamikaze attack.
Dr. Edgar Maurice Cortright, United States Navy Lieutenant, narrates his experience on board the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the time of its bombing by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Fire engulfs the aircraft and forward deck of the USS Saratoga. Men with fire hose running on deck. They hose the fire with jets of water. Thick black smoke rises from the forward portion of the flight deck. Medics carry burned victims on stretchers. Bullets and tracer fire firing from a night attack. USS Bismarck Sea near the USS Saratoga before being sunk by kamikaze attack in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Captain Lucian Ancel “Fish” Moebus putting anti-flash burn cream on his face after the kamikaze attack. Damage to the flight deck after the fire has been put out. Crewmen cleaning the deck.
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