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. U.S. Aircraft carriers in action during World War II in the Pacific Theater Various scenes of U.S. Aircraft Carrier action in the Pacific during World War 2. Heavy flak from defending U.S. Navy ships. Explosions occur in the ocean. Two ships underway at sea as explosions occur. A U.S. escort carrier underway at sea. F6F makes a crash landing aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6). Flight deck personnel lie prone as explosions occur near the ship. A Japanese torpedo plane is shot down with tail ablaze, near the side of the USS Yorktown (CV-10) . Another aircraft lands on the flight deck. Location: Pacific Theater. Date: 1944. 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.