Loose formation of U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight during battle of Midway, in World war 2. View from backseat of one passing, ahead of a U.S. Yorktown class aircraft carrier. Formation of SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers in flight and closeup of one with pilot and rear gunner clearly seen. View of U.S. aircraft carrier underway below. View from aircraft carrier of SBD-3 flying low to port. Aircraft closely packed on deck of the USS Hornet (CV-8). A Grumman F4F, Wildcat, of Navy Fighter Squadron, VF-8, takes off from Hornet, followed by 2 Douglas Dauntless SBD dive bombers. Gun crews aboard the carrier fire 20 mm, 1.1 inch, and 5 inch guns at Japanese aircraft. Flak bursts in sky. Japanese planes are hit and fall into the sea.
Japanese air raid on Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Tracers, flares, and bomb bursts during Japanese night raid. Several attacking planes crash. Blazing hangars and demolished U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers and B-29 Superfortress bombers on the ground. Bulldozers remove the wrecked aircraft from an airstrip. Men try to put off fire. Smashed trucks, jeeps and aircraft being inspected by U.S. soldiers.
Japanese war crime trials in Tokyo, Japan. Defense attorney James Brannon asks U.S. Admiral James O. Richardson about statement attributed to Japanese Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
A Japanese woman drinks tea during a tea ceremony. Another woman bows before sipping her tea. A Japanese woman opens her purse to do her make-up. Woman applies press powder with a puff before returning make-up back to her purse. Woman returns lipstick back to her purse. Two women get up from their cushions and walk away. A woman puts on her zori sandals.
A Japanese artist paints his drawing in Japan. The interiors of a building shows a Japanese artist seated and painting on canvas.
Japanese prisoners in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. Japanese prisoners are marched. Wounded prisoners carried on stretchers. MP (Military Police) stands guard. U.S. Marines leave the beach in landing craft. Prisoners march behind barbed wire.
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