Wake Island Video

AkbarGulag · 02-17-08, 11:10 AM

For anyone that is interested, while researching Japanese Air Cover and Squadron locations in WWII, to tidy up some base dates in SH4, I found this footage...

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ww...657/4042962546

I only watched the first 2 minutes, it is 1.5 hours of actual footage (What I saw was in colour, though no sound). The first few minutes show American personel (wounded) loading into a landing craft before departing the island. From the blurb attached, it's from various places on the island and is also supposed to include footage of the conflict to take the island.

For some reason it also shows bren carriers... must be located elswhere? then there is footage of Aerial attacks on the island, maybe some propoganda footage included. But some great aerial footage of how the island looked and was laid out.. also includes aircraft staffe attacks on huts and buildings.

Also, for those that have noticed annoying aircraft flying out of Rabaul in SH4 at a late date in the war, I managed to get a more accurate time for the aircrafts removal, thus, you won't be bombed in late 45 ^^ The last operational aircraft were removed on Feb the 14th '44.

02-17-08, 11:10 AM	#1
AkbarGulag Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2007 Location: cfgdatsimZOMGddstgasns Posts: 571 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 1	Wake Island Video For anyone that is interested, while researching Japanese Air Cover and Squadron locations in WWII, to tidy up some base dates in SH4, I found this footage... http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ww...657/4042962546 I only watched the first 2 minutes, it is 1.5 hours of actual footage (What I saw was in colour, though no sound). The first few minutes show American personel (wounded) loading into a landing craft before departing the island. From the blurb attached, it's from various places on the island and is also supposed to include footage of the conflict to take the island. For some reason it also shows bren carriers... must be located elswhere? then there is footage of Aerial attacks on the island, maybe some propoganda footage included. But some great aerial footage of how the island looked and was laid out.. also includes aircraft staffe attacks on huts and buildings. Also, for those that have noticed annoying aircraft flying out of Rabaul in SH4 at a late date in the war, I managed to get a more accurate time for the aircrafts removal, thus, you won't be bombed in late 45 ^^ The last operational aircraft were removed on Feb the 14th '44. __________________ "6 days into his patrol, the first enemy ship was spotted... a trawler... ...It was at this point, Captain AkbarGulag realised how green his crew was..." Last edited by AkbarGulag; 02-17-08 at 11:21 AM.