NAVAL ATTACKS ON ENEMY INSTALLATIONS: KAMIKAZE ATTACKS Part 1

Description

Summary: AVs, naval planes attack Japanese installations and shipping along coast. AVs, smoke rising from coastline. Excellent scenes, kamikaze attacks. A Japanese plane is hit, explodes and spins into ocean. Excellent action shots, gunners aboard US ships attacking Japanese planes. Many shots of kamikaze planes being hit and crashing into ocean. Some barely miss hitting US vessels. Night shot, kamikaze plane crashing into sea; explosion visible. VS, fire crews fighting fires. (NOTE: A few scratches in the footage). US NAVY VS JAPANESE AIR POWER.: Pacific Ocean. Seq: Sea and air battle; flak-filled sky, tracer shells, several planes are hit and crash into sea. LSs, task force.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities