WWII - Color, 1945, Pacific: Burning of USS Mississinewa 20Nov44; Destroyer Escorts Dropping Depth Charges; 25Nov44 Kamikaze Dive on USS Essex.

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - Color, 1945, Pacific: Burning of USS Mississinewa 20Nov44; Destroyer Escorts Dropping Depth Charges; 25Nov44 Kamikaze Dive on USS Essex. 20Nov44 LS Black smoke and flames rise from USS Mississinewa (AO-59) after being hit by a Japanese Kaiten manned suicide torpedo. Other ships on water as flames seen in dense black smoke; CU smoke rising & tilt down to water. Men watching from shore. 06:17:09 MS Tracers fire at plane in sky. 06:17:17 LS Flames & smoke rise in two columns from burning ship. 06:18:15 LS Depth charges explode astern destroyer escort in harbor. 06:18:58 LS Smoke & flames rise from burning Mississinewa. 06:19:14 LS Destroyer escorts moving across harbor dropping depth charges which explode. GOOD. 06:19:50 25Nov44 PAN Japanese plane in flight; crashes into USS Essex (CV-9) deck among planes; sets it on fire. LS pan & tracers fired at Japanese plane diving; hits water. USS Essex burning in LS. 06:20:54 LS ESSEX underway w/o smoke, other ships of fleet in background. WW2 Fighting; Battles; Ship Fires; Disaster; NOTE: 63 crew of Mississinewa were killed. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Good color. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk