Historic Archival Stock Footage WWII - Carrier Revealed For Doolittle Tokyo Raid
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Military Newsreels 1943 Issue 29
The aircraft carrier Hornet moves into Japanese waters with the Doolittle Raiders. B-25 bombers are lashed to the deck. Col. Doolittle briefs men on mission to bomb targets in Japan and to fly over Tokyo in daylight. Japanese patrol boat is spotted, sunk, and Japanese prisoners are taken aboard the Hornet. B-25 planes are launched from carrier.
Brief scenes of damage to Japanese targets. With fuel gone 15 of the 16 planes crash after crews bail out over China and Japanese occupied territory. 64 of the 80 men were rescued.
In Chungking Madame Chiang Kai-Shek honors Doolittle and his men.
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