STEPPING STONES TO TOKYO

Year Published: 1942-

Description: “Stepping Stones to Tokyo” (1945) is a black-and-white United States Navy training film produced for the Bureau of Aeronautics Production Division by Pathe News, Inc. and distributed by the Industrial Incentive Division. The film chronicles the expansion of sea and air naval power over the course of World War II and walks the viewer through the Navy’s strategy in the Pacific Theatre. The film features numerous shots and footage of various WWII-era aircraft such as the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, B-29 Superfortress, Grumman TBF Avenger, and Grumman F4F Wildcat among others. The film also discusses the JATO (jet assisted take off) method which allowed aircraft to take off faster within short distances. Film opening credits, U.S. Navy seal (0:07-0:36). Footage opens to fleet of ships or task force in the Pacific (0:37). Animation, aerial view of globe centering Eastern Asia i.e. China, Japan; US goal to clear path to China west of Mariana Islands as part of strategy against Imperial Japanese Army (0:49). Footage from The Battle of the Java Sea (Dec. 1942) as Dutch destroyed oil wells and refineries in Indonesia, however, Japanese rebuilt them and added oil of Java and Sumatra (1:07). Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the sky (1:28). POV footage from Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dropping artillery on Japanese harbor shipping in Pacific (1:33). View of American SB2C dropping bombs on Japanese-held Indonesian oil field (1:55). View of Consolidated B-24 Liberator dropping bombs (2:14). Return to animated globe, US Navy aerial bombardment in North Pacific (2:22). Aerial view of Wake Island (2:28). Close-up airborne SB2C, streams of tracer bullets raining down on supply ships from Yokohama and Osaka (2:38). Return to animated globe, US Navy closing in on Japan itself (3:08). Some combat units of Twentieth Air Force move into bases on mainland China (1944); B-29 Superfortress takes off from base (3:17). Local Chinese men clear paths for airstrip by hand using shovels (3:33). General Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers and later 14th Air Force shakes hands with and congratulates the crews at base (3:38). Wall made out of 100 octane gasoline containers in foreground, B-29 Superfortress parked on tarmac in background (3:50). JATO: Two men unload rocket motor for wood crate and attach to underside of plane (4:08). Grumman TBF Avenger takes off using JATO method (5:00). Grumman F4F Wildcat takes off using JATO method (5:13). Map ft. China, Japan, Australia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean etc; After battle of Saipan and Guam strategy focuses on the Philippines (5:24). Roosevelt and Churchill at first Quebec Conference (1944) (5:34). Amphibious tanks, other amphibious landing craft make their way to shores of Philippine Islands as the landings begin at Leyte Gulf (5:58). American Marines in dug out ditch after landing, moment of rest and reprieve (6:46). Men carry out prayer before battle, led by priest in makeshift “church area” denoted by cross made from tied sticks (7:00). Pilots hurriedly run towards planes on pitching carrier deck, prepare for take off (7:14). LSO directs planes for landing on aircraft carrier; Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat landing, montage of other aircraft landing on carrier ship (8:12). Closing credits (8:52). Film ends (9:00). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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 http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript PeriscopeFilm 759K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon " PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S FINAL HOUR " DALLAS, TEXAS NOV. 22, 1963 HOME MOVIES OF JFK MOTORCADE 97765 by PeriscopeFilm

Complete Record: “Stepping Stones to Tokyo” (1945) is a black-and-white United States Navy training film produced for the Bureau of Aeronautics Production Division by Pathe News, Inc. and distributed by the Industrial Incentive Division. The film chronicles the expansion of sea and air naval power over the course of World War II and walks the viewer through the Navy’s strategy in the Pacific Theatre. The film features numerous shots and footage of various WWII-era aircraft such as the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, B-29 Superfortress, Grumman TBF Avenger, and Grumman F4F Wildcat among others. The film also discusses the JATO (jet assisted take off) method which allowed aircraft to take off faster within short distances. Film opening credits, U.S. Navy seal (0:07-0:36). Footage opens to fleet of ships or task force in the Pacific (0:37). Animation, aerial view of globe centering Eastern Asia i.e. China, Japan; US goal to clear path to China west of Mariana Islands as part of strategy against Imperial Japanese Army (0:49). Footage from The Battle of the Java Sea (Dec. 1942) as Dutch destroyed oil wells and refineries in Indonesia, however, Japanese rebuilt them and added oil of Java and Sumatra (1:07). Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the sky (1:28). POV footage from Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dropping artillery on Japanese harbor shipping in Pacific (1:33). View of American SB2C dropping bombs on Japanese-held Indonesian oil field (1:55). View of Consolidated B-24 Liberator dropping bombs (2:14). Return to animated globe, US Navy aerial bombardment in North Pacific (2:22). Aerial view of Wake Island (2:28). Close-up airborne SB2C, streams of tracer bullets raining down on supply ships from Yokohama and Osaka (2:38). Return to animated globe, US Navy closing in on Japan itself (3:08). Some combat units of Twentieth Air Force move into bases on mainland China (1944); B-29 Superfortress takes off from base (3:17). Local Chinese men clear paths for airstrip by hand using shovels (3:33). General Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers and later 14th Air Force shakes hands with and congratulates the crews at base (3:38). Wall made out of 100 octane gasoline containers in foreground, B-29 Superfortress parked on tarmac in background (3:50). JATO: Two men unload rocket motor for wood crate and attach to underside of plane (4:08). Grumman TBF Avenger takes off using JATO method (5:00). Grumman F4F Wildcat takes off using JATO method (5:13). Map ft. China, Japan, Australia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean etc; After battle of Saipan and Guam strategy focuses on the Philippines (5:24). Roosevelt and Churchill at first Quebec Conference (1944) (5:34). Amphibious tanks, other amphibious landing craft make their way to shores of Philippine Islands as the landings begin at Leyte Gulf (5:58). American Marines in dug out ditch after landing, moment of rest and reprieve (6:46). Men carry out prayer before battle, led by priest in makeshift “church area” denoted by cross made from tied sticks (7:00). Pilots hurriedly run towards planes on pitching carrier deck, prepare for take off (7:14). LSO directs planes for landing on aircraft carrier; Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat landing, montage of other aircraft landing on carrier ship (8:12). Closing credits (8:52). Film ends (9:00). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. 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 http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript PeriscopeFilm 759K subscribers Videos About Support Us on Patreon " PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S FINAL HOUR " DALLAS, TEXAS NOV. 22, 1963 HOME MOVIES OF JFK MOTORCADE 97765 by PeriscopeFilm

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[Music] e [Music] in 5 years we have tripled our sea power and our Naval Air power alone has increased more than 20 times but we still have a long way to go our aim has been to clear a path to China some, 1900 mil west of the Marianas to cleave the Japs Pacific Empire and at the same time keep them on the defense I along a seafront 6,000 m in length this was suraya on the island of java farthest South among the conquest of Japan this was 1942 when the Dutch destroyed their oil wells and refineries among the richest in the world but the Japanese rebuilt them and added the oil of java and somatra to their tremendous resources today the shoe is on the other foot as our liberators hurl tons of bombs upon this held source of power carrier based hell divers Roar with the Vengeance of a powerful new name in the Pacific as swooping down on Harbor shipping the big new sb2 C's write their deadly initials on tankers and transports anchored there oil and 100 octane gasoline are lifeblood to Machines of Modern War and here are the contestants themselves American 100 octane gas carrying destruction to the stolen oil of Japan yes the shoe is on the other foot on the southern front today but in the north too from param masiro to wake and marus Islands the Navy is pounding home the punches sometimes they call it neutralizing this is an idea of how they kept neutralizing wake while at the same time they were hammering home The Knockout blows at Guam and pelleu below lie Supply ships from Yokohama and Osaka and there are the streams of Tracer bullets clearing the decks and cutting a path for the bombs that would follow close [Music] behind that's what what they call neutralizing they're keeping wake inactive while they carry the attack closer to the industrial Heartland of Japan itself but now at last Tokyo yata and other centers of Japan are within our reach and the great distances that isolated Japanese production have been overcome by the super fortresses of the 20th Air Force operating from Inland Chinese bases airfields painstakingly cleared and leveled by the hand labor of hundreds of thousands of Chinese General Chenal congratulates the crews battle hardened Flyers that are among the best in the world it takes a railroad tank car of 100 octane gasoline to fill up one of these Giants gasoline that must be flown in over the hump in 55g Drums but they pack a big wall of these b-29s aimed at the steel mills and aircraft factories of Japan [Music] itself one of the newest developments giving Navy Fighters the ability to take off with heavier loads in shorter space is jto military abbreviation for jet assisted takeoff each jet unit is an engine in itself delivering a rocket-like Thrust equivalent to about 330 horsepower using these units Navy Fighters can cut takeoff runs in half flying boats like Mariners and coronados can carry bigger [Music] loads after the craft is Airborne a release controlled by the pilot drops the exhausted jet unit there's Eastern aircraft's big torpedo bomber the Avenger one of the most important offensive aircraft in the Pacific today and there's the indispensible wildc which with the adventure has piled up record-breaking production totals for Eastern aircraft with cpan and Guam overcome the action now conc traits in the Philippine area the Pacific Theater had already commanded a large share of the discussions at Quebec where President Roosevelt and Bri Minister Churchill promised the destruction of The Barbarians of the Pacific and where their combined staffs conferred on the broad general policies for the accomplishment of this aim but the old old problem of war in the Pacific remains supply lines are still thousands of miles long and offensives heat up equipment this was the pattern of recent attacks on Belo and morotai like those at Guam and saan before the pictures look much the same most of the men are the same men that have done this job before and the same old death is waiting to gamble with them on the beach yes it's the same sort of picture they've seen it more than once they've laughed and joked and said as we might this is where I came in but they fought and bled and died and won the second and third times over and they're still at [Music] it these are some of the men in a moment between attacks M score they know the story of war in Europe and they'll cheer the day that brings Germany to its knees but it will be a short cheer and with it a prayer a prayer for the strength and courage to finish the job for they have a lot left to do the men who fly the fighting planes from a pitching carrier deck will cheer as loudly as anyone at home when the news from Europe breaks but no news will break their determination to finish the whole world job as fast as possible the Japs aren't going to quit to cheer the news of Germany's defeat neither is Task Force 58 the third Pacific Fleet or any other unit in the Allied offensive in the Pacific their F continues and will continue as long as there are targets to be reached these Pilots bring greetings from the men and women who build the Navy's planes greetings of fire and Flame and Rockets as the Riveter and the welder join the pilot in punching home the determination of our Industries to see the battle to its [Music] end in 7 Days the third Fleet accounted for 870 planes and 73 ships off the Philippines and Hong Kong and the United States Navy has established its superiority in the Pacific but there's no time for cheering yet as these fighter pilots know for war and war production haven't gotten Time For Recess only overwhelming strength can gain objectives with a minimum of loss of time and lives and only overwhelming effort in the production of offensive weapons can guarantee the safe and soon return of those we long to walk with once again in peace

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