Arrival of Japanese submarines at an Axis Naval base in the Atlantic. Admiral Donetz, in behalf of the German Navy, greets Japanese officers. (World War II period).
Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy ships in Pacific Ocean. A Japanese plane is hit, explodes and spins into ocean. Kamikaze planes being hit and crashing into ocean. Some missed are hitting United States Navy vessels. (World War II period).
Kamikaze plane crashing into Pacific Ocean during Japanese suicide aircraft attacks on U.S. Navy ships during World War II. Kamikaze aircraft in low fast approach toward USS Saratoga (CV-3) is hit, but continues on and strikes the Saratoga, causing huge explosion, smoke, and fire. Smoke columns rise. Japanese plane explodes as it is hit by anti aircraft fire from U.S. Navy ships. U.S. Navy fire crews fighting fires. Kamikaze plane crashes in sea.
United States General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sign during surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay following the surrender of Japan in World War II. General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey talk at right. Japanese delegate signs surrender document. Russian officer, Australian or British officer, French officer, and other Allied representatives sign in succession. Japanese delegates sign in succession. Too many photographers in background. (World War II period).
Attack on Wotje Island, February 1, 1942. Crew members move F4F-3 Wildcat's and Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft across crowded flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) during raid against Japanese positions in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, by Task Force 8, of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr, during World War 2. Oversize U.S. stars are evident on the aircraft, at this early stage of the war (1942). Crewmen roll bombs, on dollies, across the deck. F4F Hellcat aircraft sit with engines running as some Douglas Dauntless aircraft commence take off. The destroyer USS Gridley, DD-380 passes abeam the Enterprise at time 00:37. A Curtiss SOC Seagull airplane catapults from the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26. Several U.S. aircraft seen in flight. View from stern of a U.S. heavy Cruiser as a destroyer crosses her wake, behind. The heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26 and the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, in background (time 1:09 to 1:11) bombard Wotje island. Black smoke billows from a ship burning close to shore. Brief glimpse of the heavy cruiser USS Northampton, CA-26's triple battery of 8-inch guns. The heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, CA-25 fires a broad side. Scene from the stern of heavy cruiser with fires burning on Wotje Island in background. Formation of Japanese aircraft attacking U.S. ships are fired upon by antiaircraft guns. Black flak bursts seen in the sky. Vice Admiral Halsey consulting with other officers aboard his flagship, USS Enterprise.
Marine photographer looks at Japanese aerial camera during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War II. Marine with large Japanese spotting binoculars. Trees in the background. View of the binoculars.
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