USS Mississinewa burns on horizon at Ulithi, Pacific. An airplane taxies off from a flight deck. Heavy columns of smoke arise from the burning of ship. Destroyer on patrol drops depth charges. They explode. (World War II period).
View of the sunken Battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) and the damaged USS Tennessee (BB-43) on Battleship row, Pearl Harbor, several days after the December 7, 1941 attack. A small dory heads toward them. Change of scene shows the USS California (BB-44) listing to port, with tugboat at starboard. She displays the Navy ensign and her deck is filled with sailors and other workers. View from boat (unseen) circling the sunken USS West Virginia. A destroyed OS2U Kingfisher Floatplane near the stern. The ship sunk, but level in the water. A sunken ship being refloated (World War II period).
Gun camera footage of Japanses aircraft being shot down by U.S. fighters and bombers over Wewak airfield in New Guinea Australia. Gun firing and blasting sounds in background. (World War II period).
A radio tower being bombarded in Philippines during World War 2. Close view of fuselage of a plane. Insignia and name 'Major G. Laren, Jr.' written on the fuselage. Aerial view of the city. A U.S. pilot and a co-pilot in the cockpit of a plane. A steel radio tower hit by a shell. There is an explosion and flashes of fire as the shell hits the tower in the center. The tower falls down.
Bombs dropped from a U.S. Army Air Force plane in Philippines during World war II. Smoke rises as the bombs hit the target. Thick white smoke comes out as a burning plane falls towards the ground. Burnt grass and trees on the side of a road. Bombs dropped over water. Smoke rises as the bombs fall into water.
Gun camera views from P-47 aircraft of U.S. Army Air Forces 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, during strafing attacks in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in the final days of World War 2. A low pass at cluster of buildings in a valley. Fire burning at edge of town on small island. Smoke rising from waterfront town as fires ignite from strafing. Hazy clouds and water below as camera continues to run between strafing runs. Image shakes from guns during strafing of buildings between sea and a river. Black smoke rising from flames ignited during the attack. Strafing of a large coastal town.
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