Crew of Japanese Inperial Navy light cruiser work to remove heavy coats of ice from their ship while underway in Aleutian waters in Winter, during World War 2. A sailor tries to break ice from one of the ship's 5.5 inch guns. Sailors chop ice into chunks and throw it overboard. Ice clings to all the ships lines and rigging. View from bridge of foredeck. Ice covers one of the 5.5 inch guns. Sailors throwing ice overboard. View along ice-covered deck. One of the ship's guns pointing to starboard. Ice covering rigging. Closeup of sailors chopping ice. Ice-covered gun barrel. Canvas cover on one of the guns.Sailor trying to break ice from one of the ship's gun barrels.
Airplanes in flight over USS (United States Ship) Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, Japan at end of World War II. Views of the battle ship in sea, various U.S. Navy aircraft and B-29 aircraft can be seen flying. Sailors on gun deck of Missouri, small crafts going through water. Japanese officials arrive, Sailors standing in attention, General Douglas MacArthur arrives on deck, person speaks on microphone.
U.S. Army Air Force planes drop bombs in Philippines during World War II. War wrecked Japanese enemy installation on a river in Philippines. A plane drops bombs. Aerial view of the terrain showing a river flowing through the city. Smoke rises as the bombs hit the ground. A ship in water. An aircraft drops a bomb which misses the target and falls in the water near the ship. Explosion as the bomb hits the water. Aerial view of the terrain.
Gun camera views from U.S. aircraft strafing targets at Japanese Naval Base in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Attacking aircraft fire at ships and boats in the water. One explodes in cloud of white smoke. Towns and villages near the coast are also strafed. Smoke rising along the coastline from fires ignited by the strafing.
Gun camera views from U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft strafing Japanese targets in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Pilot dives toward a settlement in a rural area, with guns firing. He then attacks a coastal town, from the sea. Fires seen burning in the town. He proceeds a short distance inland, where dense smoke billows from numerous fires already burning. He climbs up steeply to avoid the smoke. Next, he attacks a coastal town, from the land side. Fire is burning as passes over it. Final seconds show strafing rounds striking a tall structure in a built-up town.
A P-51 combat operation over a Japanese held hill near Burma border in China. Smoke rises as bombs are dropped. Aerial view of a meandering River. A P-51 of the U.S. Army Air Forces in flight. Smoke rises from the top of hills. (World War II period).
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