Getting Well on the U.S.S. Yorktown

An image showing part of the U.S.S. Yorktown’s sick bay is the subject for today, photographed around November 1943.

Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” Documentary — Part IV

Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” Documentary — Part III

Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” Documentary — Part II

Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” Documentary — Part I

The “Mein Kampf” documentary — a compilation of old news footage and photographs, selected by a Swedish film maker and presented with narration aimed to cite the monstrousness of Hitler and the Nazi regime — was the first comprehensive documentary of the Hitler era to be shown widely in post-war West Germany — and not until 1960.

News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1942)

After a day off, we are back with a 1942 news film on the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Naval Photo Reconnaissance

A U.S. Navy photographer’s “mate” assembles a montage of aerial reconnaissance photos for naval intelligence officers to study Japanese movements and fortifications.