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Task Force Under Kamikaze Attack
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keywords: wwii, pacific theater, u.s. navy task force, japanese kamikaze attack, burning american aircraft carrier, u.s. battleship firing, curtiss sb2c helldiver dive bomber, grumman f6f hellcat fighter, tbm avenger torpedo bomber
Synopsis: Unidentified WWII Navy Task Force under Japanese Kamikaze attack as Japan unleashes fanatical pilots on suicide missions against U.S. Navy warships with the American Aircraft Carrier as the primary target with scenes of enemy Kamikaze planes flying through heavy flak, Naval damage control parties fighting fires, twin-mounted 40mm AA guns firing, U.S. Aircraft Carrier burning after being hit by Japanese Kamikaze plane, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Dive Bomber, Grumman F6F Hellcat Fighter, TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber and more...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:09:44
- Sound: No
- Color: Color
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Pacific Theater
Task Force Under Kamikaze Attack
Long shot a Japanese Kamikaze plane flying through heavy flak in a desperate attempt to destroy U.S. warships with the American Aircraft Carrier their primary target. Kamikaze plane in a vertical dive crashing into the ocean with a splash and explosion. Kamikaze plane in flight over camera ship, flying through furious flak, twisting and turning, before hitting the water. Japanese plane is hit and goes down in flames, another falls twisting and turning without one wing. Damage control party of Navy personnel on flight deck of an Aircraft Carrier fighting fires caused by a Kamikaze plane hit.
Aircraft on flight deck of ship burning. Wounded sailor carried across flight deck. Looking down flight deck, showing debris, aft part of ship burning. Close-up of twin 40's AA guns firing. Japanese kamikaze plane dives into island of an aircraft carrier (camera ship) throwing up huge ball of flames. Aircraft Carrier island burning; men laying on deck in foreground. U.S. Aircraft Carrier on fire. Navy medic praying over wounded man on deck. Heavy black smoke pours from the ship. Japanese kamikaze planes being hit by ship's fire. Smoking Aircraft Carrier still underway.
Long shot of WWII Task Force underway during air and sea assault over Tokyo Japan; Destroyer in far background firing its main battery. Battleship underway firing to starboard. Main battery firing to starboard. Group of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Dive Bomber in formation.
Two Grumman F6F Hellcat Fighter Planes in flight. Close up F6F Hellcats in flight; PAN down to second F6F. Flight of Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers over water. Close up of TBM Torpedo Bomber. TBM Avenger in flight. Group of SB2C Helldivers in formation. Looking out over clouds to Mt. Fujiyama Japan. Flight of SB2C Helldiver Dive Bomber in flight over Tokyo area. Looking down over terrain below during air attack on Tokyo Japan.
