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Go to HomepageReel Number: 220834-04
Color: Colour
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1943,1944
Country: Federated States Of Micronesia,Marshall Islands,Pacific
Location: Caroline Islands,Kwajalein,Marshall Islands,Pacific,Truk
TC Begins: 00:30:18
TC Ends: 00:40:30
Duration: 00:10:12
R1 Pt. 3 of 3 Men in ship radio room on phones; planes landing on return. Men guiding planes, parking. Signalmen. Plane w/ flat tire. Waving off plane. 00:31:46 Debriefing. Pilots describing battle w/ hand gestures. Maps. Radio room; landing damaged planes. 00:33:14 Pilots over coffee, talking, gesturing. Map shows planned incursions into mainland S.E. Asia & Kwajalein target. Carrier at sea. Animated map to Kwajalein Island. 00:34:09 Early 1944, capture of Kwajalein. Jap zero being hit & crashing. Air to air dogfight over island. 00:34:58 US planes strafe Japanese ships & airbases. Heavy smoke, burning oil. 00:35:43 Aerials of US assault craft / ships reaching Kwajalein for landing. 00:35:55 Men looking at map on table. Map shows truk. Pilots take off from aircraft carrier for mission on Truk, Caroline Islands. 00:36:50 Officers give instructions on phone. Map. Planes taking off from carrier. 00:37:26 Plane thru tracers; dogfights & strafing Japanese base & ships around Truk. Planes hit & burning. GOOD footage from diving plane & explosions from other planes bombs. Strafing tankers in cove; other ships at sea. USS Yorktown (CV-10), 1943; 1944; WWII; WW2; Pacific Naval Battle; Navy;