Animation shows Allied naval battle for the Surigao Strait in the Philippine island during the Battle for Leyte Gulf against the Japanese naval-air forces in October 1944. Shows U.S. Vice Admiral Thomas C. KinKaid. Allied naval fleet launch a preplanned attack against the enemy. U.S. Army personnel show their naval fleet's strategy against the Japanese on a blackboard. Officers read a map and shake hands. (World War II period).
Shows the Battle off Samar which was the central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island near the island of Leyte in the Philippines on 25th October 1944. Animated map shows advancement of U.S. armed forces on Leyte Island. An Allied fleet of destroyers and escorts shown on map. USS Fanshaw Bay is their flagship. Signal-man intercepts Japanese communication relays in a Combat information center. Shows naval battle between Allied and the Japanese armed forces. (World War II period).
Shows the Battle off Samar which was the central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. It took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island near the island of Leyte in the Philippines on October 25th 1944. U.S. air forces launch a counterattack on the enemy's ground forces. Animated map shows heavy battle between Allied naval-air forces and Japanese naval-air forces. Allied AA guns fire at Japanese kamikaze suicide dive bombers. One of the dive bombers strikes USS St Lo (CVE-63). View of U.S. Navy aircraft on carrier deck in flames. Narrator indicates the St. Lo was sunk. Views from some miles away of smoke pouring from U.S. aircraft carrier. The results of the battle shows heavy damage inflicted to the Allied naval fleet.
General MacArthur maps the drive on Leyte with field commanders. Guarding the operation in the Philippines is a vast naval force. Battle map shows location of U.S. 7th fleet (Kinkaid) and U.S. 3rd fleet (Halsey). The air and sea Battle of Leyte Gulf. Aircraft carrier operation, planes land and take-off. Japanese plane shot down; hit by anti-aircraft fire Japanese plane cartwheels through the sky and crashes into the ocean. The USS Princeton is loss in battle. Aerial view of damage and later view of Princeton magazine exploding. Damaged plane landing on carrier deck on one landing gear. Admiral Nimitz reports on battle. (World War II period).
Air and Naval gunfire attacks by American Task Force against Tokyo, Japan, during World War 2. A Destroyer in the background fires its main battery. Battleship underway fires to the starboard. Fighter aircraft take off from carrier deck. Group of U.S. SB2Cs (Helldiver) in formation. Two U.S. Grumman F6F hellcats in flight. TBM Avengers in flight. Mount Fujiyama seen above cloud cover. Japanese installations on ground being struck. Noticeable absence of Japanese defensive actions.
Aviator couple in Kasumigaura, Japan. Pontoon equipped airplane lands in water and slows down near shore. Other small and large boats in sea water visible in the background. Thousands of cheering Japanese spectators gather across the harbor. Colonel Charles A. Lindberg gets off the plane. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg escorted by guards walk along the crowd and climb up a balcony. Dignitaries and Lindberg couple sit together in the hall. Japanese performers in kimonos entertain the group. Women play stringed instruments as other women dance with parasols in hand. Dignitaries and children greet the Lindberg couple and present gifts. Lindberg couple in the car moves slowly along the streets past cheering crowd assembled on the street sides.
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