“EMPLOYMENT OF SEA POWER “ WWII U.S. NAVAL STRATEGY VS. JAPAN / STRATEGIC PLANNING PART II 70024a

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Part 1: This b&w training film for the U.S. Navy is the second part of the “Employment of Sea Power” presented by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center. It dates to 1946. The film shows the battles between the Japanese and American Fleets in the Pacific. It utilizes maps to demonstrate strategies, communication lines, etc., with footage of naval battles from World War II. “Employment of Sea Power – Part II” title banner (00:24). “Part II – World War II” title banner (00:29). Informational text about this film’s ‘part I’ written on screen (00:37). A world map highlighting parts of Europe and northern Africa, including Germany, Italy, and Norway (01:30). An illustrated map highlighting the Pacific Ocean and Japan (01:43). Scenes from the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor (01:53). An illustrated map highlighting the Pacific Ocean and Japan with overlayed arrows explaining defense-strategies (02:00). “Disputing Command” title overlay (03:29). Informational text overlayed below the title (03:40). Illustration of US Navy ships and arrows demonstrating Japan’s points of attack (03:53). A map of the Philippine Islands, Borneo and the Java Sea and lines demonstrating possible routes of US Naval forces (04:10). Illustrated submarines sailing towards Japan (04:29). Illustrated demonstration of carrier forces sent to for air raids (04:47). Illustrated sunken enemy-fleet units (05:13). Footage of the US Army’s factories, shipyards, and training schools (05:14). A map demonstrating points of defense and attack (05:28). An illustration of a man reading a paper (05:44). A map highlighting communication lines to Australia and New Zealand and the Navy’s strategic positions south of New Zealand (05:58). A map illustrating Japan’s attack on the Naval Air Facility Midway Island and the Navy’s counterattack (07:01). A list of aircraft carrier ships of Japan and U.S., including the LHD-1 Wasp, the CV-2 Lexington, the CV-60 Saratoga, etc. (07:43). A map with question marks marking possible points of attack and communication lines to Australia and New Zealand (08:01). A mark on the map highlighting a Japanese airstrip built on the island of Guadalcanal (08:37). Footage of the U.S. Marines invasion of Guadalcanal in 1942 (08:47). Another point of the U.S. fleet’s attack on Guadalcanal (09:00). “Offensive – Defensive” title overlay (10:16). A map highlighting the islands of New Britain, New Guinea, and the U.S Army’s capturing of the Japanese base in Rabaul (10:32). “Securing Command” title overlay (10:59). Footage from U.S. carrier ships attacking Japanese ships using underwater missiles and shooting down Japanese air forces (11:05). The U.S. Marine seizing a Japanese base on New Guinea (11:32). A map illustrating the Japanese’s loss of air forces (11:40) and highlighting the newly assembled U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor (11:57). Fast carrier task force (12:07). A world map highlighting the offensive (12:18). “Exterior Position” title overlay (13:14). A map of the Philippine Sea with arrows demonstrating the defeat of the Japanese fleet in 1944 (13:35). Footage of Japanese carrier ships and aircraft being bombed (13:45). Arrows pointing to the Philippine Islands (14:01). Footage from the Battle of Leyte Gulf (15:38). Communication lines highlighted on the map (15:44). “Exercising Command” title overlay (15:59). Re-conquest of the Philippines. Striking air bases around Luzon using carrier planes (16:09). A demonstration of blocked Japanese communication lines (16:30) and the capturing of Iwo Jima and Okinawa (16:49). Footage from the capturing of Okinawa and Kamikaze attacks from the Japanese fleet (17:26). Views aboard a U.S. Navy carrier ship (18:40). The former Japanese President Hideko Tojo signing off on Japan’s surrender to Germany (18:48). A world map (18:56). “Command of the Sea” title overlay (18:58). Communication lines highlighted (19:07). An LVT-Water Buffalo (19:29). Grumman F6F Hellcat planes (19:44). Footage of attacks and explosions (19:58). A world map (20:28). “Strategy” title overlay (20:30). “Communications” title overlay (20:42). “Positions” title overlay (20:46). “Concentration” title overlay (21:01). “Coordination” title overlay (21:13). “Concentration” title overlay (21:54). A map of the Pacific Ocean with arrows marking points of attack on Japan and the Philippines (22:10). “Objective” title overlay (22:46). A map demonstrating the battle of the Philippine Sea (23:00). Sailors (23:20). The U.S. Fleet This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit