USS Hornet (CV-12) In China Sea Area, 12/15/1944

About this film

Naval Photographic Center film #6996. National Archives description "AV Bomb striking near Japanese shipping. AV Bomb bursts bracket Japanese merchant ship; (seen from above clouds) water rises from bomb bursts near ship (SV). AV Bombs explode close aboard Japanese DD underway (jumpy) AV Bomb bursts and water spouts near Japanese ships. AV Harbor area: Ships burning; flak bursts in FG. AV Smoke columns rising from ground area (jerky). AV Smoke rising from ship underway (jumpy). AV Taken from plane looking aft: Plane gaining altitude; view of harbor; smoke rising. AV Area on ground (much water); canal or river running through area of farm land under irrigation. AV Farm land (probably rice paddies, land flooded) (steady view). AV Farm area and column of smoke in er (jumpy and shaky). AV Farm area and column of smoke in center (jumpy and shaky). AV Ships in harbor with smoke from bomb hits near by; also flak bursts (jumpy). AV View from plane of flak bursts. AV View of SB2C flying past flak bursts (good, though jumpy). AV Ship hit by a bomb. AV Looking aft from plane: Harbor area; smoke and flame from bomb hits (jumpy). AV Shoreline; smoke rises from shore (blurred in lower right). AV…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, USS Hornet (CV-12), World War II, USS Hornet, United States -- Navy -- Aviation, GSAP, Helldiver (Dive Bomber), Gun Sight Aiming Point, WWII In Color

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