WWII - 1944, Marianas Turkey Shoot: Contrails; Japanese Planes into Sea; Carrier Landings

WWII - 1944, Marianas Turkey Shoot: Contrails; Japanese Planes into Sea; Carrier Landings Pan fleet to circling vapor trails in air from ship. Overhead of deck of ship; cameraman on deck beside another. CU anemometer. 12:04:22 View down to flight deck & plane w/ wings folded. Pan ships on horizon including aircraft carriers. Some dark shots. Contrails. 12:05:32 Formation of planes, LS. Flak. MS Pan Japanese plane overhead. Pan heavy flak bursts; high & low over water. Many shells hitting water. Japanese plane crashes into water, many flak bursts. 12:07:00 Flak burst filling sky; two planes in flames vertically into water, one burns near carrier. Flak. 12:08:57 View of deck of carrier, sailors talking in groups. Planes land w/ hook. One missing & noses down. Japanese planes approach amidst flak bursts & tracer fire, crash into water. Plane has landing gear collapse. 12:10:44 Night, tracers firing. GOOD. WW2 Battle of the Philippine Sea; Pacific Islands; Fighting; Battles; NOTE: Much of reel underexposed. NOTE: Occurred 19-20Jun44 off Mariana Islands.