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U.S. Navy Restricted Combat Report 18&11 Uss Enterprise & Uss Nevada Attacked 81374 (1945)

1945 · Short film · 9 min

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These two silent films (18 & 11) from U.S. Navy Combat Report No. 10 present footage of the separate attacks on the USS Enterprise and USS Nevada during World War II. In the first film, “Jap Attack On U.S.S. Enterprise, 19 March 1945,” a Japanese bomb damages the Enterprise while the ship participates in raids on Japanese targets. The Enterprise is at sea with explosions going off all around the ship. Black smoke billows from the carrier. Men aboard the ship try to put out the blaze with firehoses (01:28). A man sprays a flame retardant on the propeller of a plane (02:16). Wounded or dead soldiers are carried off on stretchers. Men clean anti-aircraft guns (04:06). A damaged plane sits with a broken wing (04:27); other planes suffered greater damage and sit destroyed on the deck. A crew scrapes off ash and other burnt debris from the ship. In the second film, “JBA On U.S.S. Nevada, 27 March 1945,” viewers see the aftermath of the ship taking a direct hit from a Japanese kamikaze plane. Footage shows Navy guns firing at targets in the air, likely a group of kamikazes (06:08). A part of the Nevada is hit and a fire burns on deck. A U.S. soldier holds a burnt Japanese flag aboard the ship (06:48), likely from the plane that crashed into the carrier. Men work to clean the deck, which is covered with debris and corpses. An injured solider is carried down a ladder (07:39). Several men push a damaged plane overboard. Men throw more scraps of metal and pieces of the wreckage…

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Running time
9 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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