"Fighting Lady," 1945

About this film

United States Naval Photographic Center film #6592 National Archives description "1) HA MS Overlooking bow of AP-32. 2) AV Japanese ship under fire. 3) AV Tracers strafing Japanese ship. 4) AV Making low run over water; strafing Japanese "Irving" aircraft; strbd. engine catches fire. G 5) AV Strafing of Japanese aircraft; plane bursts into flames and heads toward sea. 6) A-A MLS Japanese single engine plane under tracer fire. 7) AV PAN Coast of Japanese held Island. 8) AV Tracers kicking up water around small Japanese boat. 9) AV Tracers firing at Japanese vessel along coast. 10) AV Vessel strafed; tracers coming back at camera. 11) AV Tracers fired at small Japanese boat afire; coastline in BG. 12) AV Tracers strafing boat off coast of small island; tracers coming back at camera. 13) AV Bomb hits on buildings 13) AV Bomb hits on buildings and roadway. 14) AV Same. 15) A-A LS Japanese aircraft under fire. 16) A-A PAN Japanese aircraft smoking under tracer fire. 17) AV Japanese destroyer underway, making turns. 18) AV Japanese ship underway, under tracer fire (SV). 19) AV Man of War under fire; tracers coming back at camera. 20) AV Japanese DD; bomb hit near bow of ship. 21) AV Japa…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Calvert (APA-32), World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, Japanese, USS Calvert, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Dauntless (Dive Bomber), USS Yorktown, World War II, WWII In Color, USS Yorktown (CV-10), Fighting Lady, 1945 Academy Award Winner For Best Documentary, Features

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