African American Preacher speaking from church pulpit to his congregation about threats to Liberty, during World War 2. Closeups of parishioners listening intently. Suddenly, in contrast, the statue of a German Eagle atop a wreathed swastika is seen followed by views of Adolf Hitler looking over maps with his war planners. Next, a Japanese Rising Sun Naval Ensign flag is seen followed by views of Japanese Naval war planners aboard ship, and Japanese war planners at an Army headquarters. Glimpse of Hitler and staff amused by something at Christmas holidays. (A decorated Christmas tree stands in the background.) An entire huge apartment house collapses from German bombing in Europe. An aerial view from a bomber with smoke rising from bomb strikes below, displays labels reading: "Thirteen Countries Conquered," and "150,000,000 People Enslaved." A German officer stands beside a group of hanged persons at a public execution. Scene shifts completely to formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers (Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bombers) releasing bombs in flight. Bombs exploding at various sites on the ground. Chinese civilians fleeing from Japanese bombing during the 2nd Sino-Japanese war. Bombs bursting and destruction. Chinese rescuing wounded and collecting the dead. Japanese bombs striking U.S. battleships, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American sailors running to battle stations and firing antiaircraft guns from a ship. Formations of Japanese warplanes diving from overhead. Several U.S. Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers with cockpits open (possibly representing Japanese dive bombers in a movie ) drop bombs. Explosions and fires from bombing. American sailor furiously turns controls to raise elevation of antiaircraft gun. Japanese airplane streaming black smoke passes overhead. U.S. sailors scrambling to battle stations on a ship. Japanese fighter plane firing its machine guns on a strafing run passes over a ship. An African American sailor lying on a deck, fires a M1917 Browning machine gun and falls back. Another sailor takes his place.
Aerial view shows fleet of captured Japanese Submarines at Sasebo Bay, Japan. The Japanese submarines with skeleton crews being escorted from Sasebo Bay to the sea for destruction by the United States Navy as part of Operation Road's End.
An aerial view of Sasebo bay in Japan. View of captured Japanese submarines. Fleet of Japanese submarines being taken for sinking during Operation Road's End.
Many aircrafts are parked on flight deck area, with ship underway in Sea of Japan. Down starboard side of Enterprise. Looking down starboard side towards the bow of Enterprise. Several aircrafts parked forward to the island. USS Enterprise, planes parked on flight deck. USS Enterprise underway. Looking down over starboard bow of USS O'Bannon . Scene of starboard bow of ship. Looking towards starboard bow of USS Enterprise. F-4J aircraft is launched from carrier. Starboard bow view. DLG underway, one of the carrier's escorts. Port bow view. DLG underway. Starbed quarter on down the starboard side. Scene of water and bow. USS Enterprise underway. Looking towards starboard bow of Enterprise. An A-4E aircraft is launched. Starboard quarter view. Enterprise underway making aircraft recoveries. Down starboard side of Enterprise underway.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Mine sweep boats underway immediately after backing out of an LSD-16 (Landing Ship Dock). A mine sweep boat backs out of the LSD-16. The mine sweep boats hook onto the magnetic tail. Boats in sweep formation. A boat pulls the magnetic tail through the water. A smoking ship in the background. The boat pulls the magnetic tail through the water. The coast in the background.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Two men of Underwater Demolition Team padding in a rubber boat toward a mine sweep boat. Men aboard a craft as they put a pig or a marking buoy over the side of the craft. A man puts a depressor over the side. A United States destroyer underway as it fires at the coast. A large spray of water in the foreground as the destroyer continues to fire in the background.
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