CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage. The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes, and is presented in unedited form. Some viewers may find some scenes or audio in this archival material to be unsettling or distressing. CriticalPast makes this media available for researchers and documentarians, and does not endorse or condone any behavior or message, implied or explicit, that is seen or heard in this video. Link to order this clip: http://www.criticalpast.com/video/656... Historic Stock Footage Archival and Vintage Video Clips in HD. Column of smoke rises from US ships burning in Pacific Ocean after being attacked by Japanese planes during World War II. Japanese air attack on US ships underway in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Smoke rises from a burning ship in the background. Flight deck personnel on carrier. Planes parked on deck of a carrier in the foreground. Large column of smoke rises from a burning carrier in the background. Smoke rises from USS Hancock (CV-19) underway. Cleveland class CL (Light Cruiser) underway. Column of smoke rises from a ship in the background. Location: Pacific Ocean. Date: April 7, 1945. Visit us at www.CriticalPast.com: 57,000+ broadcast-quality historic clips for immediate download. Fully digitized and searchable, the CriticalPast collection is one of the largest archival footage collections in the world. All clips are licensed royalty-free, worldwide, in perpetuity. CriticalPast offers immediate downloads of full-resolution HD and SD masters and full-resolution time-coded screeners, 24 hours a day, to serve the needs of broadcast news, TV, film, and publishing professionals worldwide. Still photo images extracted from the vintage footage are also available for immediate download. CriticalPast is your source for imagery of worldwide events, people, and B-roll spanning the 20th century.