JAPANESE SUICIDE ATTACKS ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS BELLEAU WOOD AND USS FRANKLIN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; FIRST ETO TROOPS ARRIVE IN MANILA FROM LEGHORN, ITALY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Part 1

Description

LS, aircraft carriers with guns firing. MS, CUs, gun crews on carrier firing at Japanese planes. MLS, Japanese planes in air, exploding and falling into sea. MLS, falling Japanese plane misses carrier. MLS, attacking Japanese plane hits deck of aircraft carrier and bursts into flame. MS, CUs, dense smoke rising from burning US planes on deck of carrier. LS, burning aircraft carrier; heavy smoke rising from her deck after direct hit by Japanese zero. MS, US planes taking off from flight deck. MCUs, several US planes burning fiercely on carrier as crew sprays fire hoses on burning deck. ELS, smoke rising from damaged carrier. -- MS, LVTs approach shore, ramps are lowered and troops march onto beach. MS, masses of troops assembled on beach. MS, troops with full field equipment march along muddy shore. MS, welcoming band. MCUs, troops are helped onto waiting flatcars. MLS, soldiers waving to girls on platform as train pulls away.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities