Task Force, 1943

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film # 10896 "Task Force, 1943." National Archives description "1) MS Pilot parachuting. 2) MS Pilot landing in water. 3) LS Carrier underway; bomb striking water next to carrier. 4) GtoA MS Kamikaze plane striking water off bow of carrier. 5) GtoA LS Kamikaze hitting water, after being hit from aircraft fire. 6) GtoA MS Kamikaze going through flak. 7) CU Men running along flight deck. 8) CU Explosions on board carrier. 9) CU Explosion in water next to carrier. 10) CU Guns firing at Kamikaze aircraft. 11) GtoA LS Kamikaze plane. 12) GtoA MS Kamikaze being hit. 13) MS Men running across flight deck, some laying on deck. 14) MS Kamikaze plane hitting water next to carrier. 15) GtoA MLS Flak in sky; two Kamikazes flying through flak. 16) GtoA MLS Kamikaze with flak heading toward plane; PAN with plane striking water. 17) GtoA LS PAN Kamikaze plane diving toward a Carrier, striking carrier in island (this is a CV); smoke rises from island. 18) MLS PAN Aircraft approaching for landing. 19) CU F-6 landing; sun setting in BG. 20) LA MS F-6. 21) MS Plane director on deck, directing a plane; sun setting in BG; F-6 taxies by; barrier goes up. 22) MS F6F coming in fo…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, United States. Navy, World War II, Hellcat (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Kamikaze Pilots -- Japan, World War, 1939-1945, Avenger (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, United States. -- Navy -- Aviation, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean, Antiaircraft Artillery, Bands (Music), WWII In Color

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