This black and white film about Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz contains graphic WWII footage. Ocean waves roll as a destroyer’s guns fire at Japanese ships. Nimitz boards to salutes (:17-1:01). 1942, Japanese footage shows its Pacific fleet protected by airplanes. Japanese soldiers practice fighting with bayonets attached. Japanese General Tojo attends a party where Japanese and Nazi swastika flags hang on the wall (1:02-2:12). Nimitz boards. Crew move torpedoes across the desk (2:13-2:44). 1905, the Annapolis graduation ceremony involves a long conga line. Nimitz is shown on an early submarine. A torpedo is fired from the sub and the ship rolls hull up (2:45-3:39). Destroyers, patrol craft, and battleships are shown, as is the Gato-class submarine USS Herring (SS-233). A Grumman F3F lands on an aircraft carrier. The deck is covered in planes (3:40-4:15). Japanese footage shows sailors and its fleet on the way to Hawaii. The aircraft carrier’s planes circle and drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. The explosions are shown, as is the damage to the fleet (4:16-5:32). 1942, Nimitz is in charge of the Battle of the Coral Sea. A Japanese flag flies from a ship. Japanese officers use mounted and hand-held binoculars. Footage is shown of the air battle with guns firing and bombs dropping. Heavy smoke is seen from hit ships (5:33-6:47). Japanese and US footage shows The Battle of Midway. The airhorn sounds. US pilots scramble to their Wildcats. One is signaled and takes off the carrier. Footage shows the attacks on the Japanese carriers. Wooden lifeboats carry Japanese survivors. Japanese sailors exercise on their ship and triumphantly raise swords (6:48-8:45). 1943, US planes protect the ships below. General McArthur points to a map in a discussion with Admiral Nimitz (8:46-9:14). 1944, US and Japanese footage of the Battle of Leyte Gulf is shown. Kamikaze pilots are shot down just before hitting ships. American planes counter-attack and Japanese carriers are destroyed. Damaged US plane after plane is shown crashing into the carrier, sliding off the edge, falling apart upon landing, or bursting into flames. One loses a torpedo, which is picked up and thrown over the edge and it explodes. Taps is played for a dead pilot in a plane. Wrapped dead bodies are respectfully slid into the ocean (9:15-14:06). 1945, the invasion of Okinawa is shown. Kamikaze planes are shot down, some missing and some hitting their targets. Water is hosed on one that is on fire on the deck. Soldiers get into Higgins boats for landing on shore. The land battle shows men running on fire and being hit by gunfire. The US flag flies. Gaunt Japanese captives are led out. Admiral Nimitz is greeted by General McArthur (14:07-17:19). The atom bomb incinerates Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1945, the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri. General McArthur and Admiral Nimitz sign the treaty. “Welcome Home” greets the returning sailors to the New York harbor (17:20-18:40).

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