US aircraft carrier under attack from Japan (1943) 

My dad, Kenneth McDonald, served on the carrier Saratoga in the pacific during ww2 and told me about being on the flight deck during battles like this. I really appreciate the film because it, in detail, shows truly how bad it was. I wish I’d had been able to understand how horrible it really was while listening to the stories but I’m thankful now for having a visual image of what he endured.

I can't believe a bomb hits the deck right in front of the camera, amazing footage

My father is a WWII US Navy veteran. He served in the pacific theatre. He has zero animosity toward the Japanese and Japan. He very much respects their culture. He truly was part of our greatest generation. At 94 he still is an inspiration to me.

Meanwhile, some kid is telling his grandpa how hard his life is.

Credit to the cameraman, he shoot a good scene that we never expect, look at the bomb hit on the hull of a warship that was unbelievable, they are the braviest soldier/human, they dont care about death..

It's an amazing amount of maneuvering that ship was doing. The scene has never been matched by any movie.

Cameraman has a balls of steel during the recording of this.

(My Uncle, Randy Boyer, commanded the USS Morris, DD417, during this Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. His ship shop down 6 Japanese aircraft, and took on 500 sailors, many wounded, from the USS Hornet to the USS Morris. He and one of his crewmen were awarded the Navy Cross for their actions that day.)

I cant understand how almost 100 years ago we had such marvel of engineering. Truly impressive

What's more amazing is, these countries are like Best friends now

Imagine watching this in the theater knowing your son or brother was serving on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

Others have commented and I agree, that it's amazing seeing the full on power of an aircraft carrier cranking turns so sharp that the sailors struggle against the g-force. It must have been sheer intense hell inside that engine room. I salute those heroes that dealt with that, but are often overlooked for the "glamour" of top gunners and such.

That must have been absolutely terrifying. Brave bunch.

日本にとってもアメリカにとっても払った犠牲は大きかったと思う。 兵士が走って逃げているのを見て非常に考えさせられました……こんな貴重な映像を投稿して頂きありがとうございます！ Thanks from Japan!🇯🇵

2:25 bro came running out naked he said “hell no I’m not dying today” lol respect

Can only imagine how these soldiers felt standing on these ships and watching it all play out in front of their eyes.God bless them all for their sacrifice and their families from Bosnia

My Father was a WW2 veteran deployed on the USS Wasp CV-18 He was a CPO first class radio operator had 7 battle engagements with the Japanese in the South Pacific from 1943/45 . His ship was hit twice by Kamikazis and dive bombed once. His ship was a group of five in the third fleet in Ulithi Atoll "Murderer's Row" Which was The USS Wasp,USS Hornet,USS Yorktown, USS Hancock and USS Ticonderoga.

日本人として私達の爺さんがどの様に戦ったかを記録していただいて本当に有難いです…次の世代そして次の世代と伝えていきたい！…アメリカに負けたが互いの勇姿を後世に伝えていきたいです。

When men were built of the same stuff as the ships.

My father in law was in the DE Navy in WWII. He saw Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters making 37 trips through the Panama Canal. When he finally opened up to me (after realizing I too am a Navy vet) in about 1995 he told me his stories to include being under kamikaze attack. Had the hair on the back of my neck standing up. RIP Brownie we miss you. FLY NAVY!!!

My grandfather was a pilot of the Japanese Imperial Air Force. He was shot down by the US Air Force in the Battle of the Coral Sea and died, but I'm proud of him.

4:04 wow, how fast the carrier turn!!!

INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE!! The Nation should be Forced to watch this on Memorial Day.

Wow, not the American soldiers neither the Japanese pilots did know that : they will being watched by the new generations as it is just live show, while they are risking their lives, so poetic.

This is real war real pilots real warships, now it's just a few seconds confrontation in air look at this how brave these pilots are can't even imagine

Badass at 2:22 walking with the tank in his hand didn’t run from the fire of bullets

that is USS Enterprise! what a hell bloody war

Amazing front seat footage! My Dad was in this mess!

The Man behind the Camera is crazily courageous .

The issue date of this is November of '43 but it was filmed at the battle of Santa Cruz in October of '42. That film on the deck is actually from USS Hornet which was sunk during the battle after having been abandoned. Those bombs delivered by Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers that penetrated the deck set off ordinance and aircraft fuel below decks. Another Val too damaged to return to it's carrier dove into Hornet's stack. Another stricken Val purposely rammed into it's antiaircraft guns. Yet another stricken Val dove into the destroyer USS Smith. That would be the last of the well trained IJN aircrews, combat veterans of China, Pearl Harbor and the three carrier battles preceding this. Japan could claim a tactical victory in vessels sunk and damaged but Japan's loss of nearly all their good naval aircrews in accomplishing what they did was more critical for them than the loss of USS Hornet and destroyer USS Porter was for us. As the only operational capital US carrier left until the Essex class were commissioned, damaged USS Enterprise then retreated from the battle with her escorts to fight another day. Santa Cruz was a vicious damned sea battle as were all of them..

I'd rather face another year of the Covid pandemic than go back in time & relive these days.

Back then being in the Navy was no joke. These were some ironclad men.

0:28 and 0:35 USS Enterprise under attack during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942. There is SBD dive bomber which fell from the flight deck after near Japanese bomb hit. 4:21 during the attack and 4:28 the moment of the hit when SBD fell from the flight deck. 1:20 again USS Enterprise during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 1:41 USS Hornet during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 2:08 bomb hit to USS Enterprise 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons 2:41 second bomb hit to USS Enterprise 24 August 1942 during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons 3:45 A Hornet Wildcat that had just landed skids across Enterprise's flight deck as the carrier maneuvers violently during Jun'yo's dive-bomber attack, 26 October 1942, Battle of Santa Cruz Islands 3:37 there is USS Hornet or USS Enterprise? After 5:00 again USS Enterprise. So, here almost all footage is from USS Enterprise, not USS Hornet

Brave lads in history,RIP all of them, this just the definition of fire and fury

Japanese ship designers: put just enough aa to make it look good American ship designers: strap aa on every flat surface

Meanwhile 19 yr. olds are tryin to figure out what gender they wanna be today.

never seen such before, especially as Flightdeck was hit and before the Crew stand there😳

日本名「南太平洋海戦」1942年10月26日の映像のようです。翔鶴の第二次攻撃隊(零戦5、艦爆19)がエンタープライズを攻撃中。爆弾2発(2:07、2:39)を命中させるが、零戦1、艦爆10が撃墜された。なおこの映像の後、瑞鶴隊の艦攻16機が雷撃を行うが命中せず艦攻9喪失。エンタープライズは難を逃れた。

Crazy ass real deal footage...God Bless this Generation. Thank You, Amen.

This is some incredible footage.

I can't imagine being a 19 year old kid, running for his life in the middle of the SW Pacific. Just a few months ago, he was in high school, probably planning on getting married and starting a life. But, his country has called him to sacrifice and defend her. Challenge accepted. I just can't imagine what that was like.

this must be the fiercest war footage ever. amazing job done by camera crews

When we all stuck together and men were men. Great video.

A full war in these times would end us all

Once upon a time japan had the strongest airforce in the whole world!!

I've never been in combat, but I've now got PTSD just from watching it. It was no joke back then.

Somewhere today an 18 year old soyboy thinks his world is ending because his IPhone 12 has ten percent battery life and he lost last night playing World of Warcraft.

wow!! That was incredibly intense. Never seen anything like it. Unbelievable

This footage is incredible. Really shows you what heavy combat was like for Navy soldiers

Imagine being on that ship, how brave were those men, truly the greatest generation ever, unlike the mamby pamby lot today

And people freaking out now because they have virtual classes. Just wake up and turn on the computer. But cannot handle it. Be glad you live now!

Some of the best and intense war footage I've seen.

My uncle fought in Italy. He was a pracinha (the way we call the soldiers from FEB, Força Expedicionária Brasileira). We are proud of them. 🇧🇷

Respect to both US and Japan , a true hero who do their duty braverly.

アメリカ軍と我々の英霊…そしてこの様に映像を遺してくれたアメリカに感謝します！…日米の英雄です。

I love how they make it seem like it's no big deal lol

Very brave men. Respect 👊

Incredible footage!!Looks like one of the sailors ran right off the edge of the carrier when bomb made direct hit.

I love this guy he speaks well and I'm very proud to see how well the yanks battle

I'm really surprised at how manuverable those big boats are.

It is amazing that some countries had such an advanced technology even 75 years ago while some countries can’t even produce a bicycle today!!!

We owe these heroes so much. Thank you for my freedom.

If only the youth of today could understand how lucky they all are. When I hear people complaining about the Internet being down, or they've had to walk somewhere, I'd like to show them these film reels.

The Hornet is turning hard and fast amazing footage

Hats off, that was some good footage!

Wow !!!!!! that hole was deep on the top of that carrier. Very very brave men

Safe spaces never exist in war. Tough battle for a hardened crew.

Bravery all around on this one !

Insane footage. I wonder how common it was for men to be thrown off the ship from all that maneuvering?!? Those men were only kids at the time, but they were 10 times the men any of us will ever be .

Bullets everywhere and bombs.,I salute the courage of the camera man

Kudos to the Americans in the Pacific and beyond. From the UK.

I've gone hard over at flank speed while on a FFG. Being on a carrier making those turns is a sight to behold. Fair winds and following seas, brothers.

Proof cameraman never dies

Brave men died for us to have the life we have today. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to experience something like this... This kind of footage makes me very emotional.

that was a brutal fight

My grandfather would talk about the battle of the “Coral Sea” when he was aboard the U.S.S. Lexington. He said it was a battle for survival.

I was waiting for the guy at 0:36 to stick out his arms and take off!!!

History is very important for the future but Japanes government doesn't want to teach history about WW2 or the things they have done to others countries it's a shame

Japan fight like a Man. Respect

Imagine the technology of weapon before how distractive.. how much more today more advance... hope WAR will not happen again....✌

Wow never seen a carrier shudder like that. Interesting that they took the time to recover the ditched plane.

Thanks for uploading real footage

My dad was a US Marine attached to the USS Intrepid. Port side front gunnery tub and was seriously wounded on 25 November 1944 when kamikazis crashed onto the carrier.....he told me when battle stations and general quarters sounded they were instructed to shoot at the sun, as that’s where the Japanese planes were coming from.....two kamikazis hit CV 11 and shrapnel went everywhere.....

Feels like am watching a movie. Much respect from Kenya🇰🇪🇰🇪 to veterans🇺🇸

If I remember correctly the camera operator was so dedicated he was killed by the bomb hitting the elevator on that carrier. The gun crews aft were atomized by the first hit. To me those sailors struggling against the sharp turn carrying fire extinguishers are all heroes-just a selfless action doing their jobs to try and help. As one newsreel stated during the Kamikaze attacks at Okinawa, these sailors didn't have any foxholes to jump into but just had to take it.

Honestly a Cameraman is the ultimate Master at Chicken…hands down props.

Countries that destroy everything as they like and get no consequences.

Excelente material gracias por subirlo

America had the best fire fighting measures, the Japanese the worst. During Midway, the Japanese attacked the Yorktown twice and thought the 2nd attack was a completely different carrier. That's a testament to the fire crews.

How the hell can they run like that with balls of steel. True American heroes

Imagine WWs recorded by an HD camera

Im glad this two powerhouse country are bestfriend forever now

I met a 28 year old woman yesterday that never heard of WW2. Pretty sad.

And this is why we have stealth aircraft, thermal imaging, and advanced firing controls. Good luck getting this close to our ships again.

And now we have Americans of the same age having hissy-fits because you did not use their preferred gender pronoun.

Thank God we live in times of relative peace 🤔

If these brave young people still live in this era..

Unbelievable footage of a bunch of courageous folks 👍🇬🇧.

The carrier will the hit on the deck was Enterprise. She was hit twice. Once on the flight deck and once on a rear 5 inch mount. Hornet was the one with planes still on her flight deck.

the most intense war film ever.. those turns at flank speed are amazing..