B-25 Mitchell bombers raid on Tokyo, Japan. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell on the deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). A bomb comes up on a small elevator. USAAF Lieutenant Colonel James Harold Doolittle and U.S. Navy Captain Marc A. Mitscher stand near the bomb and talk. U.S. Army Air Forces men seated around the bomb. A view of Captain Marc A. Mitscher. Lt. Col. Doolittle wires a Japanese medal on the bomb for its return to the originators. (World War II period).
Mitchell B-25 raid on Tokyo, Japan led by Lt. Colonel James Doolittle. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell taxis on the deck of USS Hornet (CV-8). A pilot in the cockpit. Crewmen stand around the plane on the deck Insignia of the United States. A crew man gives a signal. A view of the empty deck. The B-25 takes off bound for bombing mission over Tokyo. (World War II period).
Scenes aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) as the Doolittle Raid begins. B-25 bombers prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan. U.S. pilots stand in a group on the deck of USS Hornet . U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell on the deck. Insignia of the United States. Pilots in the cockpit of B-25 Mitchells. The planes, heavy with bombs, taxi slowly and take off from the deck, bound for Tokyo. (World War II period).
Allied forces in Japan after atomic explosion during World War II. Indian ship 'HMIS SUTLEJ' during an operation in sea. Sailors aboard the ship. Sailors on the Japanese submarine I-155 built in Kure in 1929. Cannon on the submarine. Preparations on ship prior to sinking of the submarine. Submarine fired upon from the ship sailing close to it. Explosion on submarine and the sinking submarine. (Detail: shows the effect of 4" shells on the sub and 20mm Oerlikon shells. After 238 rounds of 4" shells and 4 depth charges, and after 4 hours of firing and closing the range from 4,000 yards to 200 yards, the sub was sunk).
Crown Princess Michiko, wife of the Crown Prince Akihito, heir to the throne of the Japanese empire, celebrates her twenty eighth birthday in Tokyo, Japan. Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, wearing a western-style suit and kimono respectively, descend from stairs. Crown Princess Michiko and her husband sit together on a sofa in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Her son, Prince Naruhito, runs down stairs to greet her. Prince Naruhito, aged two-years old, joins his parents on the sofa. Crown Princess Michiko reads a book to Naruhito. Naruhito playfully teases his father while the latter reads a book. The couple watch Naruhito outside on a tricycle.
Japanese steam ships cruise in sea towards the harbor. A canal in Japan. A number of large and small boats in the canal. Houses and docks along the canal. Men ply boats along canal waterway using long poles.
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