Truly outstanding stuff.
Cameraman Killed by Bomb on US Aircraft Carrier - A camerman on board an aircraft carrier is filming the incoming planes land, some damged, others not. He was unlucky enough to be filming at the time a bomb had been released by a plane that had just landed. The bomb had in fact been released in the air but had failed to detach from the plane. The impact of the landing dislodged the armed bomb, setting it free to bounce down the runway. The bomb the detonates.
Aerial Combat Footage - Impressive Shots [Full Resolution]. United States Aircraft shooting German Raiders in a New Year's Day attack (year unknown). This was called Luftwaffe's Black Monday. Pictures of German aircraft being shot down and bursting into flames in flight. Shots of various German aircraft shot down including a nazi pilot jumping out of his plane.
B24 Bomber Shot Down - Amazing Footage, [Full Resolution]. Cameras capture the incredible moment when a B24 Bomber plane is hit and crashing in flames. It also shows various shots of B24 bombers flying over Japanese held islands in the Pacific ocean, near the Caroline islands.
HMS Barham Explodes and Sinks, 1941 [Full Resolution]. Dramatic Newsreel footage captured the sinking of the Queen Elizabeth Battleship.
A salvo of torpedoes from a German submarine struck from close range on HMS Barham on November 25, 1941 in the Mediterranean. Within four minutes, the battleship had listed over to Port and the ships magazines had exploded, sinking the battleship and killing 863 men. The terrifying explosion was caught on film by Pathe cameraman John Turner who was on an adjacent ship.