Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier, USS Wasp (CV-18) painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a paint, underway in Manila Bay, during World War 2. Close view of an F6F Hellcat of Navy Squadron VF-14 taking off from the Wasp, followed by a TBF/TBM Avenger of VT-14. Formation of TBFs passing overhead and then over coast of Japanese-held territory. A Japanese airplane with smoke streaming behind. A Japanese airplane being attacked from behind and hit by gunfire (probably from an F6F). View from U.S. Navy aircraft strafing Japanese ground targets.
U.S. ships battle Japanese airplanes in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese airplanes in flight. Anti aircraft guns are fired. Smoke rises as Japanese airplanes explode. Heavy columns of smoke rise as a ship explodes. Flaks burst in the sky. Another Japanese airplane crashes. A wrecked airplane is casted into sea from USS Nevada.
Chinese troops search Japanese prisoners in Tsingtao, China after World War II. A jeep comes out through a gate. A Chinese sentry stops the jeep and inspects. Japanese soldiers arrive in box cars. A box car loaded with Japanese prisoners. The prisoners at a gate and a window. Chinese troops practice drill. Japanese soldiers are unloaded from a box car and are searched.
Japanese repatriates (returning from Russia) at a Japanese repatriation camp in Japan. Men being sprayed with DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane). Japanese prisoners at the Japanese repatriation camp.
Japan fails in its first attempt to put a satellite into the orbit in Japan. The Japanese rocket on the launch pad. A Japanese talks on headsets. Japanese work in Tokyo university of space and aeronautics institute. Japanese watch through scientific instruments. The rocket is launched. Rocket fails.
Japanese bombing attack on Midway Island in World War 2 (Battle of Midway). Opening scene shows map with Midway Island in context .of the Pacific Ocean. A Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat is seen among clouds. Closeup of the plane from another in formation with it. View of gunner with machine gun in blister of a PBY. Views from the PBY of Midway Island, from above and from low over the water. Two PT boats in the harbor. A PBY seaplane lands and is next seen being towed tail first up an incline, by sailors using lines. A U.S. Marine Corps color guard leads a contingent of Marines marching in formation along a pier, where some submarines are docked. F lock of white sea birds photographed against blue sky and Gooney birds on the white sands of the Island. Marines silhouetted in front of a beautiful sunset. The are relaxing. One plays an accordion. Sentries are alerted by some thunder from clouds in the distance. Next, B-17E bombers are seen near sandbagged positions on the airfield. Air crews gather for briefings. Camera pans over several B-17s being loaded with bombs and refueled. Glimpse of a railroad engineer who served 38 years on the Ironton railroad, standing next to a steam locomotive.( He is ostensibly related to one of the flyers.) Brief views of the flyer’s mother and sister. B-17 taxiing on number 1 and 4 engines (unusual). Several B-17Es taking off. One is Number 41-2524. Others with readable numbers are 41-2611, 41-2632, 41-2648, and 41-2437. Suddenly, several Japanese aircraft are seen in loose trail formation overhead. Marine fires machine gun from a defensive position. Black flak clouds form from exploding U.S. antiaircraft rounds. One Japanese aircraft falls burning toward the sea. Several U.S. Marine Chance-Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft take off to engage the Japanese bombers. The U.S. aircraft maneuvering overhead. More machine gun fire from defenders on Midway. A bomb explodes close to the camera, sending debris flying. More machine gun fire, and another bomb strikes near the shoreline with a huge explosion. Explosions on other areas of Midway. A hangar burning. Another bomb strike close to the camera. Marines running past burning and destroyed aircraft, and raising the American flag, as fires burned and the bombing continued.
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