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.
A World War II reenactment showing four Kamikaze pilots in Chofu, Japan. They are dressed in flying gear at the airfield. Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane parked in the background. Men walk on a field. Pilots stand near a table. A commander stands at the other end of the table. Sake or Japanese rice wine placed on the table. One at a time, the pilots step forward and receive a small glass of Sake which they drink as a farewell toast. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A World War II reenactment shows four Japanese Kamikaze pilots on an airfield in Chofu, Japan. They stand near a table on the field. Sake or Japanese rice wine placed on the table. Commander stands on the other end of the table. He talks to the pilots. Kamikaze pilots dressed in the flying gear. They salute the commander. They each step forward and the commander fills their glasses with Sake. They return to face the commander and they all drink their Sake together, and then walk away. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A World War II reenactment depicts four Kamikaze pilots on their farewell toast. The four pilots in flight gear stand holding glasses of sake, or Japanese rice wine, on an airfield in Chofu, Japan. They and their commander drinking sake during their farewell toast. (World War II; WWII; World War 2; World War Two)
A dormant volcano crater of Mount Suribachi's near shoreline at Iwo Jima, in Japan. Aerial views of Iwo Jima from the north. Shoreline of Iwo Jima showing bombs bursting close to the shore. Transport planes drop supplies over Iwo Jima airfield. (World War II period).
Surrounded by press, public and photographers U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart Putnam gives an interview at an airfield in United States. She leaves with some officials.
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