U.S. Navy warships under attack by Japanese aircraft during World War 2. Fire fighting detail working on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6). They play hoses into elevator shaft where forward elevator was blown out of its well by Japanese kamikaze on 14 May 1945. Another ship in the far background, as battle with Japanese aircraft continues. Bomb splash in water near distant ship.
Japanese air attack on U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Men running on the deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6) after it suffered a Japanese air attack on 14th May, 1945. It was hit by a kamikaze Zero, piloted by Lt. J.G. Shunsuke Tomiyasu, destroying her forward elevator, killing 14 and wounding 34. View of damage to number one elevator from the suicide airplane attack Fire fighters try to douse the fire. Burned aircraft on the deck. On hangar deck, fire fighters plays hoses on bulkheads. Ammunition and damaged airplanes are jettisoned over the side. An aircraft on its nose on the deck. Debris strewn all around.
Aftermath of Japanese Kamikaze attack that struck aft of number 5 gun on the destroyer, USS Sigsbee (DD-502), April 14th, 1945, while she was on radar picket duty off Okinawa, during World War 2. The USS Sigsbee is seen with its stern partly under water. The USS Dashiell (DD-659) is in the background. View of the Sigsbee, from the U.S. Cruiser, USS Miami(CL-89) as she prepares to take the destroyer under tow. Some Sigsbee crew members seen on her upper deck and several occupy her gun position forward of the damaged area. Camera pans over Sigsbee's main deck, where many of her crew are seen, and then focuses on her bow, as crews from both ships secure tow lines.
Funeral procession of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the streets of Washington DC. Horse drawn carriage with casket escorted by men on motorcycles. Crowd lined up on sidewalks. Various U.S. military units march. Funeral procession arrives at White House. Casket is carried into building. Casket is placed in East Room, lying in state. Scene change to funeral services for FDR at Hyde Park, New York. President Truman and Franklin D Roosevelt's wife among the mourners. A volley is fired over the president's grave. Symphonic music track in background is interspersed with audio quotations from Roosevelt, including, from his State of the Union on January 7, 1943: "Therefore, let us all have confidence, let us redouble our efforts. A tremendous, costly, long-enduring task in peace as well as in war is still ahead of us. But, as we face that continuing task, we may know that the state of this Nation is good--the heart of this Nation is sound--the spirit of this Nation is strong--the faith of this Nation is eternal." Also heard at the beginning of the clip is Roosevelt saying, "American fighting men looked to the statesmen of the world to finish the work of peace for which they fought and suffered. We failed them then. We cannot fail them again, and expect the world again to survive," from his address to Congress on Yalta, March 1, 1945 (World War II).
Aircraft P-47s parked around hangars at Allied occupied airfield in Germany in 1945. P-47aircraft taxiing and taking off. 'Chick' written on side of one airplane. (World War II period).
Aircraft strafing a factory. Dark view of strafing railroad. Aircraft industrial targets in Germany in 1945, near the end of World War Two in Europe.
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