Japanese attack on United States Navy gunboat USS Panay anchored in the Yangtze River at Nanjing (Nanking), China. Ship crew and others evacuate the United States ship Panay after a Japanese air attack. Men transfer onto barges and pull away. Men jump into the river. Japanese aircraft in flight. Bullet marks on the ship. Barges approach the coast and views of the Panay sinking slowly in the background. Men unload their belongings on the shore. Gradually the ship sinks.
United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China in 1944. United States Army Air Force 1st American volunteer Group pilots look at a map. A pilot in a cockpit with a sign on the plane as it reads 'Pilot R.T. Smith' Soldiers are briefed and a man puts an insignia on the collar of a soldier. An animated map shows the transportation of supplies across the Himalayas to China. Chinese troops. Planes in flight. Aircraft take off and fly in formation. American Fighters in flight. Japanese plane burns and descends. Another plane explodes in mid air and falls. Men look at wreckage of crashed aircraft. Allied Officers confer. Animation shows location of Chinese towns. U.S. Army Air Force aircraft take off for attacking the Japanese positions. (World War II period).
Japanese men and boys celebrate 2500th anniversary of the Samurai in Los Angeles, California. A group of Japanese people perform sword dance and kendo. A young boy performs a terpsichorean rite. A Japanese man performs a sword dance at the occasion.
Japanese soldiers in Rangoon, Burma. Japanese troops use dynamite to make a road through the mountain. Soldiers carrying gear on their backs advance uphill. Horses carry ammunition and supplies. Japanese troops advance in the city patrolling on street. Burmese men, women and children in the city. A banner with Burmese slogan. Native women seated in a local tricycle. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows bombs exploding in the water next to a U.S. aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway in World War 2. View from an American warship of a Japanese Carrier-based Zero aircraft attacking low above the water. Bombs exploding all around an aircraft carrier with aircraft parked on her flight deck. Black smoke rising from a bomb striking the carrier. Somewhat obscured view of Japanese aircraft maneuvering and black flak clouds in the sky, from antiaircraft guns firing at the Japanese planes. A large explosion in the water. A barrage balloon seen aloft. Glimpse of U.S. warship on fire, viewed from another U.S. ship.
A typical day in an aircraft carrier task force of the U.S. Navy during a mission of finding Japanese invaders in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese aircraft carriers and cargo ships at sea, carrying war equipment. Aircraft in flight over water. An animated map shows bombarding at Sapan, Guam, Yap and Palau. Bombardment and explosions. A team of the aircraft carrier task force at the deck of the ship and prepares for the take off of U.S. aircraft from the carrier. A pilot in a cockpit. The aircraft take off from the carrier and bomb Manila. Smoke at a distance. An aerial view of Manila city. Another group of U.S. aircraft in flight and strafe Japanese ships.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.