Segments of film, shot under direction of John Ford,for documentary on Battle of Midway in World War 2. Two U.S. Navy F4F-4s take off successively from deck of an aircraft carrier. A Douglas Dauntless (SBD-3) takes off. Man in steel helmet strains to look directly overhead through binoculars, as a flight of five Japanese zeros peels off overhead and dives. One is seen releasing a bomb. The Five aircraft fly away in trail formation and then reappear flying toward the camera and dropping bombs. Flak clouds hang low in the air. Objects stike the water with splashes. Antiaircraft fire, with tracers visible, is directed at low flying airplane. Two Japanese zero fighters zoom low toward the camera and pull out overhead. A flight of three Douglas Dauntless aircraft in formation.
U.S. Navy during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific during World War 2. The heavy cruiser, USS Northampton (CA-26) attempting to tow the severely damaged Carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8), while under attack by Japanese aircraft. Stern section of USS Northampton. USS Hornet listing very heavily towards single-stack Sims class destroyer in the foreground. Crew firing guns from Hornet. Flak bursting in the sky over Hornet during a Japanese torpedo attack.
U.S. Naval fleet in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Santa Cruz Island in World War 2. Deck crewmen gather near U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless aircraft, with damaged tail, and push it aft on flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6). Flight deck crews begin respotting aircraft on the deck. Smoke rising from an enemy bomb strike aft. The carrier taking evasive action, as shown in its wake. Smoke-covered flight deck aft and section personnel falling to prone position as enemy aircraft strafe the ship. Tracers seen across the deck. Enterprise antiaircraft guns firing and puffs of black smoke from flak filling the sky. Some of the ship's antiaircraft guns firing level at Japanese aircraft attacking low over the water. An attacking Japanese airplane makes sharp climb behind the Enterprise, which continues evasive maneuvers in the water. Heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33) visible astern of Enterprise.
Activities of U.S. Navy personnel underway in the Pacific Ocean on U.S. Navy aircraft carriers during World War II. Officers seated at a conference table discuss plans as one officer writes on chalk board. An aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific. This is likely the USS Lexington (CV-2) or the USS Saratoga (CV-3). Sailors gather near an aircraft parked on the flight deck. Sailors working in the radio room of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy and Japanese enemy aircraft flying overhead during the Battle of the Coral Sea. A smoking ship in the distance following attack. A sailor watching the enemy aircraft through binoculars. Huge splash in water behind U.S. Navy ship during attack. Sailors firing anti aircraft guns from the ship. Flak bursting in the sky. Pilots in cockpit of a U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless on flight deck. U.S. Navy F4F-3 aircraft (Grumman Wildcat) parked on the flight deck of a carrier. Explosion followed by smoke billowing upward as the USS Lexington (CV-2) is hit by torpedoes from Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft. USS Lexington is seen listing to port, smoking, and on fire. (Audio narration present only on a brief part of clip.)
United States Army77th Infantry Division in Guam, Japan during the Guam Operations of World war II. Soldiers aboard an army jeep passes over a dirt road in a forest area. A jeep convoy loaded with supplies. The soldiers seated along the road. A dead Japanese man in a small hut. A burning United States M-4 Sherman tank. Soldiers examine two burning Japanese tanks.
U.S. 1st Marine division riflemen advance cautiously behind Sherman M4 tanks on a trail through heavy jungle in Talasea, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Tank crews fire their guns point blank at Japanese positions. Marine in tank turret fires machine gun. Tanks rake side of trail with gunfire as they lead riflemen along the trail. They pass a metal building in Japanese installation.
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