Secret Japanese Aircaft of WWIII

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>> male narrator: JAPAN, 1945:
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>> male narrator: JAPAN, 1945:
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AN EMPIRE IN DEFEAT.
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AN EMPIRE IN DEFEAT.
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YET EVEN AS THE JAPANESE
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YET EVEN AS THE JAPANESE
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WARLORDS SURRENDER ABOARD
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WARLORDS SURRENDER ABOARD
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THE U.S.S. MISSOURI, AN ELITE
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THE U.S.S. MISSOURI, AN ELITE
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AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT
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AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT
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KNOWN AS T.A.I. COMBS
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KNOWN AS T.A.I. COMBS
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THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE
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THE JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE
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IN SEARCH OF SECRET WEAPONS
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IN SEARCH OF SECRET WEAPONS
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BEFORE THEY'RE DESTROYED.
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BEFORE THEY'RE DESTROYED.
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WHAT T.A.I. FINDS, HAD IT BEEN
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WHAT T.A.I. FINDS, HAD IT BEEN
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READY ON TIME, COULD HAVE HELPED
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READY ON TIME, COULD HAVE HELPED
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JAPAN SNATCH VICTORY
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JAPAN SNATCH VICTORY
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FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT.
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FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT.
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A SECRET AIR FORCE, JET AND
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A SECRET AIR FORCE, JET AND
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ROCKET PLANES, AIRCRAFT AT THE
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ROCKET PLANES, AIRCRAFT AT THE
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CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
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CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
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READY TO FLY OUT OF HUNDREDS OF
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READY TO FLY OUT OF HUNDREDS OF
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HIDDEN AIRFIELDS FOR WHAT WOULD
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HIDDEN AIRFIELDS FOR WHAT WOULD
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HAVE BEEN THE DECISIVE BATTLE
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HAVE BEEN THE DECISIVE BATTLE
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OF THE PACIFIC,
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OF THE PACIFIC,
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A MASSIVE STRIKE AGAINST
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A MASSIVE STRIKE AGAINST
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AN INVASION OF JAPAN ITSELF.
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AN INVASION OF JAPAN ITSELF.
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THIS IS THE STORY OF THOSE
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THIS IS THE STORY OF THOSE
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JAPANESE X-PLANES, A STARTLING
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JAPANESE X-PLANES, A STARTLING
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GLIMPSE INTO THE AIRCRAFT
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GLIMPSE INTO THE AIRCRAFT
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THAT COULD HAVE TURNED DEFEAT
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THAT COULD HAVE TURNED DEFEAT
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INTO VICTORY.
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INTO VICTORY.
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INTO VICTORY.
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LATE 1941: A JAPANESE WHIRLWIND
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LATE 1941: A JAPANESE WHIRLWIND
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SWEEPS ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
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SWEEPS ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
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ALLIED FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS ARE
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ALLIED FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS ARE
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SMASHED FROM THE SKY.
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SMASHED FROM THE SKY.
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FROM PEARL HARBOR
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FROM PEARL HARBOR
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TO THE PHILIPPINES, ALLIED
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TO THE PHILIPPINES, ALLIED
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PLANES ARE EASILY OUTCLASSED BY
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PLANES ARE EASILY OUTCLASSED BY
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SUPERIOR JAPANESE AIRCRAFT.
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SUPERIOR JAPANESE AIRCRAFT.
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SHOCKED AND BEWILDERED,
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SHOCKED AND BEWILDERED,
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THE ALLIES CAN HARDLY BELIEVE
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THE ALLIES CAN HARDLY BELIEVE
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THEIR OWN EYES.
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THEIR OWN EYES.
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>> IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE
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>> IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE
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TO THE ALLIES AT THE OPENING
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TO THE ALLIES AT THE OPENING
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PHASE OF WORLD WAR II.
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PHASE OF WORLD WAR II.
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THEY WERE USED TO WATCHING
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THEY WERE USED TO WATCHING
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VIDEOS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
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VIDEOS OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
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IN CHINA, AND THERE WERE
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IN CHINA, AND THERE WERE
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THE BIPLANE BOMBERS AND
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THE BIPLANE BOMBERS AND
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FIGHTERS WITH FIXED
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FIGHTERS WITH FIXED
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LANDING GEAR.
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LANDING GEAR.
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>> DESPITE HAVING RECEIVED
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>> DESPITE HAVING RECEIVED
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WARNINGS FROM COLONEL
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WARNINGS FROM COLONEL
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CLAIR CHENNAULT IN CHINA
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CLAIR CHENNAULT IN CHINA
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THAT THE JAPANESE HAD DEVELOPED
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THAT THE JAPANESE HAD DEVELOPED
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SOME VERY ADVANCED AIRCRAFT,
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SOME VERY ADVANCED AIRCRAFT,
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THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
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THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
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PIGEONHOLED AND TOTALLY
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PIGEONHOLED AND TOTALLY
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OVERLOOKED.
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OVERLOOKED.
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>> narrator: IT IS A CRUSHING
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>> narrator: IT IS A CRUSHING
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BLOW TO WESTERN PRIDE.
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BLOW TO WESTERN PRIDE.
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ALLIED INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
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ALLIED INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
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HAVE TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED
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HAVE TOTALLY UNDERESTIMATED
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THE JAPANESE ABILITY TO DESIGN
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THE JAPANESE ABILITY TO DESIGN
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MODERN WARPLANES.
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MODERN WARPLANES.
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THE ALLIES NOW FIND THEMSELVES
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THE ALLIES NOW FIND THEMSELVES
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FACING AN ADVANCED AIR FORCE
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FACING AN ADVANCED AIR FORCE
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YEARS IN THE MAKING.
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YEARS IN THE MAKING.
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THEY SCRAMBLE TO CATCH UP.
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THEY SCRAMBLE TO CATCH UP.
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>> THE AMERICAN REACTION
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>> THE AMERICAN REACTION
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TO THE SUPERIORITY OF JAPANESE
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TO THE SUPERIORITY OF JAPANESE
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AIRCRAFT WAS TO TRY AND FIND OUT
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AIRCRAFT WAS TO TRY AND FIND OUT
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HOW THEY WORKED.
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HOW THEY WORKED.
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BUT, OF COURSE, THEY HAD NO
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BUT, OF COURSE, THEY HAD NO
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INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING
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INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING
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CAPABILITY IN TOKYO
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CAPABILITY IN TOKYO
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IN THE HOME ISLANDS.
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IN THE HOME ISLANDS.
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SO GENERAL MacARTHUR SENDS OUT
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SO GENERAL MacARTHUR SENDS OUT
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A FAMOUS ORDER.
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A FAMOUS ORDER.
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HE SAYS, "GO INTO THE JUNGLES,
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HE SAYS, "GO INTO THE JUNGLES,
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FIND THE CRASHED JAPANESE
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FIND THE CRASHED JAPANESE
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AIRPLANES, PUT THEM BACK
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AIRPLANES, PUT THEM BACK
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TOGETHER, MAKE THEM FLY,
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TOGETHER, MAKE THEM FLY,
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SEE HOW THEY WORK."
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SEE HOW THEY WORK."
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AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
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>> narrator: A SECRET HANGAR
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>> narrator: A SECRET HANGAR
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NEAR BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA,
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NEAR BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA,
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IS DESIGNATED TO STORE
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IS DESIGNATED TO STORE
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THE PLANES.
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THE PLANES.
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IT IS CALLED HANGAR 7.
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IT IS CALLED HANGAR 7.
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IN CHARGE IS AN ARMY CAPTAIN
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IN CHARGE IS AN ARMY CAPTAIN
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FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,
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FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE,
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FRANK T. McCOY.
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FRANK T. McCOY.
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>> I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE
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>> I THINK HE'S ONE OF THE
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UNSUNG HEROES OF WORLD WAR II.
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UNSUNG HEROES OF WORLD WAR II.
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HE WASN'T A FLYER.
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HE WASN'T A FLYER.
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HE WASN'T ONE OF THE GENERALS.
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HE WASN'T ONE OF THE GENERALS.
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BUT IN TERMS OF SAVING ALLIED
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BUT IN TERMS OF SAVING ALLIED
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LIVES, HIS WORK IN INTELLIGENCE
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LIVES, HIS WORK IN INTELLIGENCE
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GATHERING ABOUT JAPANESE
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GATHERING ABOUT JAPANESE
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AIRCRAFT IS ONE OF THE MOST
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AIRCRAFT IS ONE OF THE MOST
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IMPORTANT JOBS OF WORLD WAR II.
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IMPORTANT JOBS OF WORLD WAR II.
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>> narrator: McCOY'S OUTFIT
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>> narrator: McCOY'S OUTFIT
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IS NAMED TECHNICAL AIR
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IS NAMED TECHNICAL AIR
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INTELLIGENCE.
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INTELLIGENCE.
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FROM ITS SMALL BEGINNINGS
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FROM ITS SMALL BEGINNINGS
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IN HANGAR 7, IT WOULD GROW
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IN HANGAR 7, IT WOULD GROW
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TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ALLIED
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TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ALLIED
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INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS,
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INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS,
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WITH UNITS SPREAD ACROSS EVERY
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WITH UNITS SPREAD ACROSS EVERY
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THEATER OF WAR.
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THEATER OF WAR.
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>> IT WAS REALLY
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>> IT WAS REALLY
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A GRASSROOTS THING AND STARTED
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A GRASSROOTS THING AND STARTED
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FROM GROUND ZERO AND DEVELOPED
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FROM GROUND ZERO AND DEVELOPED
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INTO A MAJOR OPERATION.
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INTO A MAJOR OPERATION.
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>> narrator: FROM THE JUNGLES
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>> narrator: FROM THE JUNGLES
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OF NEW GUINEA, PARTS OF WRECKED
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OF NEW GUINEA, PARTS OF WRECKED
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JAPANESE PLANES WERE FERRIED
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JAPANESE PLANES WERE FERRIED
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BACK TO HANGAR 7.
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BACK TO HANGAR 7.
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OFTEN, PARTS FROM DIFFERENT
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OFTEN, PARTS FROM DIFFERENT
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DOWNED PLANES WERE PAINSTAKINGLY
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DOWNED PLANES WERE PAINSTAKINGLY
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COMBINED TO TRY AND REPRODUCE
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COMBINED TO TRY AND REPRODUCE
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A FLYABLE MACHINE WHOSE
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A FLYABLE MACHINE WHOSE
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PERFORMANCE COULD BE EVALUATED.
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PERFORMANCE COULD BE EVALUATED.
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FOR McCOY AND HIS TEAM, THE TASK
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FOR McCOY AND HIS TEAM, THE TASK
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WAS PARTICULARLY DAUNTING.
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WAS PARTICULARLY DAUNTING.
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PRACTICALLY NOTHING WAS EVEN
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PRACTICALLY NOTHING WAS EVEN
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KNOWN ABOUT THE NAMES AND
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KNOWN ABOUT THE NAMES AND
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DESIGNATIONS APPLIED BY
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DESIGNATIONS APPLIED BY
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THE JAPANESE TO THEIR MACHINES.
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THE JAPANESE TO THEIR MACHINES.
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>> PILOTS ENCOUNTERING AIRPLANES
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>> PILOTS ENCOUNTERING AIRPLANES
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IN THE AIR WOULD REPORT,
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IN THE AIR WOULD REPORT,
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"THERE ARE SIX MITSUBISHIS
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"THERE ARE SIX MITSUBISHIS
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FROM 11 O'CLOCK HIGH"
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FROM 11 O'CLOCK HIGH"
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OR THERE WERE NAKAJIMAS COMING
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OR THERE WERE NAKAJIMAS COMING
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FROM THE SOUTH AND ALL.
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FROM THE SOUTH AND ALL.
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AND THESE REALLY MEANT NOTHING
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AND THESE REALLY MEANT NOTHING
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TO THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
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TO THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
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OR THE OTHER PILOTS AS TO WHAT
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OR THE OTHER PILOTS AS TO WHAT
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KIND OF AN AIRPLANE THEY WERE
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KIND OF AN AIRPLANE THEY WERE
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TALKING ABOUT.
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TALKING ABOUT.
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IS IT A BOMBER, A FIGHTER,
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IS IT A BOMBER, A FIGHTER,
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OR A SEAPLANE?
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OR A SEAPLANE?
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>> FRANK McCOY AND ONE OF HIS
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>> FRANK McCOY AND ONE OF HIS
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JUNIOR OFFICERS,
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JUNIOR OFFICERS,
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FRANCIS WILLIAMS, CAME UP
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FRANCIS WILLIAMS, CAME UP
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WITH A BRILLIANT SCHEME
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WITH A BRILLIANT SCHEME
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FOR GETTING 'ROUND THE FACT
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FOR GETTING 'ROUND THE FACT
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THAT THE JAPANESE'S OWN NAMES
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THAT THE JAPANESE'S OWN NAMES
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FOR PLANES WERE VERY
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FOR PLANES WERE VERY
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COMPLICATED.
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COMPLICATED.
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THEY DECIDED, WITH A BRAIN
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THEY DECIDED, WITH A BRAIN
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WAVE, JUST TO CALL
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WAVE, JUST TO CALL
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JAPANESE FIGHTERS BY WESTERN
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JAPANESE FIGHTERS BY WESTERN
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BOYS' NAMES, AND THE BOMBERS AND
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BOYS' NAMES, AND THE BOMBERS AND
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THE TRANSPORTS BY GIRLS' NAMES.
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THE TRANSPORTS BY GIRLS' NAMES.
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>> THE PEOPLE WHO NAMED THESE
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>> THE PEOPLE WHO NAMED THESE
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AIRPLANES OFFICIALLY SAID
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AIRPLANES OFFICIALLY SAID
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THAT THERE WAS NO CONNOTATION
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THAT THERE WAS NO CONNOTATION
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TO ANY PERSON, PLACE, OR THING.
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TO ANY PERSON, PLACE, OR THING.
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BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
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BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
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TAKE, FOR INSTANCE,
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TAKE, FOR INSTANCE,
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THE BETTY BOMBER.
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THE BETTY BOMBER.
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I FOUND OUT IN DOING SOME
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I FOUND OUT IN DOING SOME
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RESEARCH ON THIS THAT IT
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RESEARCH ON THIS THAT IT
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HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND
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HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND
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OF ONE OF THE SERGEANTS
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OF ONE OF THE SERGEANTS
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WHO WAS INVOLVED
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WHO WAS INVOLVED
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IN THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION
333
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IN THE INTELLIGENCE SECTION
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OF NAMING AIRPLANES.
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OF NAMING AIRPLANES.
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THERE WAS A NURSE IN
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THERE WAS A NURSE IN
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PENNSYLVANIA THAT HE KNEW OF
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PENNSYLVANIA THAT HE KNEW OF
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AS "BETTY."
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AS "BETTY."
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AND SINCE THE BETTY BOMBER HAD
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AND SINCE THE BETTY BOMBER HAD
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LARGE BLISTERS ON THE SIDE,
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LARGE BLISTERS ON THE SIDE,
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IT CALLED TO MIND THE PHYSIQUE
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IT CALLED TO MIND THE PHYSIQUE
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OF THIS YOUNG NURSE
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OF THIS YOUNG NURSE
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IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CONSEQUENTLY
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IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CONSEQUENTLY
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NAMED THE AIRPLANE "BETTY."
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NAMED THE AIRPLANE "BETTY."
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>> narrator: BUT IN 1942,
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>> narrator: BUT IN 1942,
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AS THE ALLIES WERE PUSHED BACK
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AS THE ALLIES WERE PUSHED BACK
358
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ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY THE
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ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY THE
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VICTORIOUS JAPANESE FORCES,
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VICTORIOUS JAPANESE FORCES,
362
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GETTING COPIES OF DOWNED
363
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GETTING COPIES OF DOWNED
364
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JAPANESE PLANES WAS NOT EASY.
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JAPANESE PLANES WAS NOT EASY.
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>> THE BIG PROBLEM BECAME,
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>> THE BIG PROBLEM BECAME,
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HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE,
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HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE,
370
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AS THE UNITED STATES LEARNED
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AS THE UNITED STATES LEARNED
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THAT THE JAPANESE WERE WILLING
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THAT THE JAPANESE WERE WILLING
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TO FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN,
375
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TO FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN,
376
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THAT THEY DID NOT SURRENDER,
377
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THAT THEY DID NOT SURRENDER,
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THAT TO TAKE AN ISLAND,
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THAT TO TAKE AN ISLAND,
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WE LITERALLY HAD TO KILL
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WE LITERALLY HAD TO KILL
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EVERY JAPANESE ON IT.
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EVERY JAPANESE ON IT.
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>> narrator: TECHNICAL AIR
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386
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INTELLIGENCE, OR T.A.I., BEGAN
387
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INTELLIGENCE, OR T.A.I., BEGAN
388
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TRAINING CRASH INTELLIGENCE
389
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TRAINING CRASH INTELLIGENCE
390
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OFFICERS TO GO INTO THE JUNGLE
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OFFICERS TO GO INTO THE JUNGLE
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IN THE THICK OF COMBAT
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IN THE THICK OF COMBAT
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TO GATHER ANY SCRAP
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TO GATHER ANY SCRAP
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OF INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT
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OF INFORMATION AND EQUIPMENT
398
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FROM DOWNED ENEMY PLANES.
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FROM DOWNED ENEMY PLANES.
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IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
401
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IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
402
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DANGEROUS INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS
403
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DANGEROUS INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS
404
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OF THE WAR.
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OF THE WAR.
406
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YET DESPITE THIS EFFORT,
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YET DESPITE THIS EFFORT,
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THE ALLIES STILL LACKED RELIABLE
409
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THE ALLIES STILL LACKED RELIABLE
410
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INFORMATION ON WHAT THESE PLANES
411
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INFORMATION ON WHAT THESE PLANES
412
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WERE AND HOW THEY WORKED.
413
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WERE AND HOW THEY WORKED.
414
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BUT IN MID 1942, TECHNICAL AIR
415
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BUT IN MID 1942, TECHNICAL AIR
416
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INTELLIGENCE HAD A STROKE
417
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INTELLIGENCE HAD A STROKE
418
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OF LUCK.
419
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OF LUCK.
420
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IN JULY, A LONE P.B.Y.
421
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IN JULY, A LONE P.B.Y.
422
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RECONNAISSANCE FLYING BOAT
423
00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:36,522
RECONNAISSANCE FLYING BOAT
424
00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:36,522
WAS ON PATROL
425
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WAS ON PATROL
426
00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:40,526
OVER THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
427
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OVER THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
428
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SUDDENLY, THROUGH THE DAMP AIR,
429
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SUDDENLY, THROUGH THE DAMP AIR,
430
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THE OBSERVER SPOTTED
431
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THE OBSERVER SPOTTED
432
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A DOWNED PLANE,
433
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A DOWNED PLANE,
434
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AND IT WAS NOT AMERICAN.
435
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AND IT WAS NOT AMERICAN.
436
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>> THE BEST PIECE OF
437
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>> THE BEST PIECE OF
438
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INTELLIGENCE THE ALLIES COULD
439
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INTELLIGENCE THE ALLIES COULD
440
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HAVE IS AN ACTUAL AIRCRAFT
441
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HAVE IS AN ACTUAL AIRCRAFT
442
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OF THE TYPE THAT WE WERE
443
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OF THE TYPE THAT WE WERE
444
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FIGHTING AGAINST.
445
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FIGHTING AGAINST.
446
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ONE DID GO DOWN IN THE ALEUTIANS
447
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ONE DID GO DOWN IN THE ALEUTIANS
448
00:07:57,543 --> 00:08:00,045
WHEN THE JAPANESE WERE WORKING
449
00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:02,548
WHEN THE JAPANESE WERE WORKING
450
00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:01,047
ON THE SOUTHERN TIP
451
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ON THE SOUTHERN TIP
452
00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,548
OF THAT ISLAND CHAIN.
453
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OF THAT ISLAND CHAIN.
454
00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:03,549
>> narrator: IT WAS A PLANE
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>> narrator: IT WAS A PLANE
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THAT UNTIL NOW HAD BEEN KNOWN
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THAT UNTIL NOW HAD BEEN KNOWN
458
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IN NAME ONLY.
459
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IN NAME ONLY.
460
00:08:07,553 --> 00:08:10,055
IT WAS CALLED THE ZERO.
461
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IT WAS CALLED THE ZERO.
462
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>> THE ZERO PILOT ACTUALLY
463
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>> THE ZERO PILOT ACTUALLY
464
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WAS A NEW OFFICER,
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WAS A NEW OFFICER,
466
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VERY INEXPERIENCED.
467
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VERY INEXPERIENCED.
468
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WHEN HE TRIED TO LAND,
469
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WHEN HE TRIED TO LAND,
470
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HE FLIPPED THE PLANE OVER
471
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HE FLIPPED THE PLANE OVER
472
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ON ITS BACK AND BROKE HIS NECK.
473
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ON ITS BACK AND BROKE HIS NECK.
474
00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:21,567
SO YOU HAD A NICE, SHINY, NEW
475
00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,569
SO YOU HAD A NICE, SHINY, NEW
476
00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,068
ZERO, RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED,
477
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ZERO, RELATIVELY UNDAMAGED,
478
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WITH A DEAD PILOT.
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WITH A DEAD PILOT.
480
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AND THE ALLIES KNEW
481
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AND THE ALLIES KNEW
482
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WHERE THAT PLANE WAS.
483
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WHERE THAT PLANE WAS.
484
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>> narrator: IN AN UNBELIEVABLE
485
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>> narrator: IN AN UNBELIEVABLE
486
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STROKE OF LUCK, T.A.I. WAS BACK
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STROKE OF LUCK, T.A.I. WAS BACK
488
00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,577
IN BUSINESS.
489
00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:33,078
IN BUSINESS.
490
00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:33,078
THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY
491
00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:34,580
THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY
492
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RECOVERED, RIGOROUSLY EXAMINED,
493
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RECOVERED, RIGOROUSLY EXAMINED,
494
00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:39,084
AND PUT INTO FLYING CONDITION.
495
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AND PUT INTO FLYING CONDITION.
496
00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:41,087
IT MADE ITS FIRST FLIGHT
497
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IT MADE ITS FIRST FLIGHT
498
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IN ALLIED HANDS IN THE FALL
499
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IN ALLIED HANDS IN THE FALL
500
00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:45,090
OF 1942.
501
00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:45,591
OF 1942.
502
00:08:45,591 --> 00:08:46,592
>> THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZERO
503
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>> THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZERO
504
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IN THE ALEUTIANS ALLOWED
505
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IN THE ALEUTIANS ALLOWED
506
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TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
507
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TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
508
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TO REVEAL ITS SECRETS IN COMBAT.
509
00:08:53,099 --> 00:08:55,601
TO REVEAL ITS SECRETS IN COMBAT.
510
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IT SHOWED THE WEAKNESSES
511
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IT SHOWED THE WEAKNESSES
512
00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,601
OF THE ZERO.
513
00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:56,602
OF THE ZERO.
514
00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:56,602
IN PARTICULAR, THE ZERO LACKED
515
00:08:56,602 --> 00:08:57,603
IN PARTICULAR, THE ZERO LACKED
516
00:08:56,602 --> 00:08:58,604
SELF-SEALING FUEL TANKS,
517
00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:00,606
SELF-SEALING FUEL TANKS,
518
00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:00,105
SO IF YOU COULD HIT IT,
519
00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:01,607
SO IF YOU COULD HIT IT,
520
00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,109
YOU COULD BLOW IT APART.
521
00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:06,112
YOU COULD BLOW IT APART.
522
00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:05,111
>> THIS INFORMATION ALLOWED
523
00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,113
>> THIS INFORMATION ALLOWED
524
00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:07,113
THOSE FORCES TO DEVELOP
525
00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,115
THOSE FORCES TO DEVELOP
526
00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,115
THE APPROPRIATE TACTICS TO USE
527
00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:11,117
THE APPROPRIATE TACTICS TO USE
528
00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:11,617
AGAINST THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT,
529
00:09:11,617 --> 00:09:14,119
AGAINST THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT,
530
00:09:11,617 --> 00:09:14,119
ALLOWING THE ALLIED AIRCRAFT
531
00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,622
ALLOWING THE ALLIED AIRCRAFT
532
00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,622
TO USE THEIR BEST ATTRIBUTES
533
00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:19,124
TO USE THEIR BEST ATTRIBUTES
534
00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,123
AND PREVENTING THE JAPANESE
535
00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:18,624
AND PREVENTING THE JAPANESE
536
00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:20,125
BEING ABLE TO EMPLOY THE BEST
537
00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:21,627
BEING ABLE TO EMPLOY THE BEST
538
00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,628
ATTRIBUTES OF THEIR AIRCRAFT.
539
00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:25,130
ATTRIBUTES OF THEIR AIRCRAFT.
540
00:09:22,628 --> 00:09:23,629
>> narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
541
00:09:23,629 --> 00:09:24,129
>> narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
542
00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:25,631
T.A.I. HAD A CLEAR IDEA
543
00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:27,132
T.A.I. HAD A CLEAR IDEA
544
00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:26,632
OF THE EXTENT OF JAPANESE
545
00:09:26,632 --> 00:09:27,633
OF THE EXTENT OF JAPANESE
546
00:09:26,632 --> 00:09:29,134
TECHNOLOGY.
547
00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:29,635
TECHNOLOGY.
548
00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:31,136
DATA FROM THE T.A.I. UNITS
549
00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,638
DATA FROM THE T.A.I. UNITS
550
00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,638
NOW BEGAN TO HELP ALLIED
551
00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:34,139
NOW BEGAN TO HELP ALLIED
552
00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:34,139
PLANE MAKERS DESIGN PLANES
553
00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:35,641
PLANE MAKERS DESIGN PLANES
554
00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,642
TO OUTFIGHT THE ZERO.
555
00:09:36,642 --> 00:09:39,144
TO OUTFIGHT THE ZERO.
556
00:09:36,642 --> 00:09:38,143
THE DIRECT RESULT
557
00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:39,645
THE DIRECT RESULT
558
00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:41,147
WAS THE GRUMMAN HELLCAT.
559
00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:44,150
WAS THE GRUMMAN HELLCAT.
560
00:09:41,147 --> 00:09:42,648
THE HELLCAT WOULD BE CREDITED
561
00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:44,149
THE HELLCAT WOULD BE CREDITED
562
00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:44,149
WOULD DOWNING NO FEWER
563
00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:45,651
WOULD DOWNING NO FEWER
564
00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:50,156
THAN 4,947 OF THE 6,477
565
00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:56,162
THAN 4,947 OF THE 6,477
566
00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:51,657
ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED
567
00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:53,158
ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED
568
00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:57,162
BY U.S. CARRIER PILOTS.
569
00:09:57,163 --> 00:10:02,668
BY U.S. CARRIER PILOTS.
570
00:09:57,163 --> 00:10:00,666
BUT BY 1944, T.A.I. HAD A MAJOR
571
00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:04,169
BUT BY 1944, T.A.I. HAD A MAJOR
572
00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:02,668
NEW HEADACHE.
573
00:10:02,668 --> 00:10:04,670
NEW HEADACHE.
574
00:10:02,668 --> 00:10:04,169
RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS OVER
575
00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,671
RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS OVER
576
00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:06,172
GERMANY BEGAN TO REVEAL STRANGE
577
00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,174
GERMANY BEGAN TO REVEAL STRANGE
578
00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,175
BURN MARKS ON RUNWAYS, A SIGN
579
00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:12,178
BURN MARKS ON RUNWAYS, A SIGN
580
00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:11,177
THAT JET AND ROCKET PLANES
581
00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:13,179
THAT JET AND ROCKET PLANES
582
00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:12,678
WERE BEING DEVELOPED THAT COULD
583
00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:14,179
WERE BEING DEVELOPED THAT COULD
584
00:10:12,678 --> 00:10:14,179
OUTPACE AND EASILY DOWN
585
00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,681
OUTPACE AND EASILY DOWN
586
00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:16,682
ALLIED FIGHTERS.
587
00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:19,184
ALLIED FIGHTERS.
588
00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:17,683
FOR ALLIED COMMAND,
589
00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:18,684
FOR ALLIED COMMAND,
590
00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:20,686
THE DISCOVERY WAS DISTURBING.
591
00:10:20,686 --> 00:10:23,689
THE DISCOVERY WAS DISTURBING.
592
00:10:20,686 --> 00:10:22,688
DID JAPAN NOW POSSESS
593
00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:24,690
DID JAPAN NOW POSSESS
594
00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:25,691
JET FIGHTER TECHNOLOGY?
595
00:10:25,691 --> 00:10:28,694
JET FIGHTER TECHNOLOGY?
596
00:10:25,691 --> 00:10:27,192
U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANES WERE
597
00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:27,693
U.S. RECONNAISSANCE PLANES WERE
598
00:10:27,693 --> 00:10:29,194
DISPATCHED TO PROWL THE JAPANESE
599
00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:30,696
DISPATCHED TO PROWL THE JAPANESE
600
00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:35,201
MAINLAND TO TRY AND FIND OUT.
601
00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:41,207
MAINLAND TO TRY AND FIND OUT.
602
00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:37,203
THE RESULT WOULD REVEAL ONE
603
00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:39,205
THE RESULT WOULD REVEAL ONE
604
00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:38,704
OF THE GREATEST NEAR MISSES
605
00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:39,204
OF THE GREATEST NEAR MISSES
606
00:10:39,205 --> 00:10:41,207
OF THE WAR.
607
00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:47,212
>> narrator: JUST TWO YEARS
608
00:10:47,213 --> 00:10:47,713
>> narrator: JUST TWO YEARS
609
00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:48,714
AFTER DISCOVERING JAPANESE
610
00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:49,715
AFTER DISCOVERING JAPANESE
611
00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:50,215
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY WAS MUCH
612
00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,717
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY WAS MUCH
613
00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,717
MORE ADVANCED THAN ORIGINALLY
614
00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:53,218
MORE ADVANCED THAN ORIGINALLY
615
00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:54,219
THOUGHT, TECHNICAL AIR
616
00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:56,722
THOUGHT, TECHNICAL AIR
617
00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:55,721
INTELLIGENCE WOULD SOON FACE
618
00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:57,222
INTELLIGENCE WOULD SOON FACE
619
00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:57,222
ANOTHER EVEN MORE DISTURBING
620
00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:58,724
ANOTHER EVEN MORE DISTURBING
621
00:10:57,223 --> 00:11:00,226
REVELATION.
622
00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:03,229
REVELATION.
623
00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:01,727
UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, THE
624
00:11:01,727 --> 00:11:03,228
UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, THE
625
00:11:01,727 --> 00:11:03,228
JAPANESE HAD ALREADY STARTED
626
00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,730
JAPANESE HAD ALREADY STARTED
627
00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,730
WORK DEVELOPING THEIR OWN
628
00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:06,231
WORK DEVELOPING THEIR OWN
629
00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:06,732
JET TECHNOLOGY.
630
00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:08,734
JET TECHNOLOGY.
631
00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:09,234
>> IT WASN'T UNTIL WORLD WAR II
632
00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:11,737
>> IT WASN'T UNTIL WORLD WAR II
633
00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:11,237
ENDED IN JAPAN THAT THE ALLIES
634
00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:13,239
ENDED IN JAPAN THAT THE ALLIES
635
00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:14,240
KNEW THAT JAPAN WAS REALLY READY
636
00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,243
KNEW THAT JAPAN WAS REALLY READY
637
00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,241
TO PUT A JET FIGHTER
638
00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:16,242
TO PUT A JET FIGHTER
639
00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:16,742
INTO THE AIR.
640
00:11:16,742 --> 00:11:18,243
INTO THE AIR.
641
00:11:16,742 --> 00:11:18,744
THIS CAME AS A GREAT SURPRISE.
642
00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:19,244
THIS CAME AS A GREAT SURPRISE.
643
00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:20,246
>> narrator: THE WORLD'S FIRST
644
00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:21,247
>> narrator: THE WORLD'S FIRST
645
00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,248
JET FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, THE GERMAN
646
00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:24,250
JET FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, THE GERMAN
647
00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:25,251
HEINKEL 280, FLEW IN 1941
648
00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:25,751
HEINKEL 280, FLEW IN 1941
649
00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:26,752
JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
650
00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:27,753
JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
651
00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:30,255
PEARL HARBOR.
652
00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:33,759
PEARL HARBOR.
653
00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:32,258
BUT IT WAS THE JAPANESE WHO WERE
654
00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:34,260
BUT IT WAS THE JAPANESE WHO WERE
655
00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:33,259
MOST ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE NEW
656
00:11:33,259 --> 00:11:33,759
MOST ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE NEW
657
00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:37,262
JET TECHNOLOGY.
658
00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:40,766
JET TECHNOLOGY.
659
00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:39,265
FOR THE JAPANESE, JET FIGHTERS
660
00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:41,267
FOR THE JAPANESE, JET FIGHTERS
661
00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:40,266
WERE THE KEY TO DEFENDING
662
00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:41,267
WERE THE KEY TO DEFENDING
663
00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:41,267
THE HOME ISLANDS AGAINST
664
00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:41,767
THE HOME ISLANDS AGAINST
665
00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:43,268
THE BIG, NEW AMERICAN BOMBER,
666
00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:43,769
THE BIG, NEW AMERICAN BOMBER,
667
00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:45,270
THE B-29.
668
00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:46,772
THE B-29.
669
00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:47,273
BUT JAPAN NEEDED HELP,
670
00:11:47,273 --> 00:11:47,773
BUT JAPAN NEEDED HELP,
671
00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:49,775
AND IN 1944, SHE GOT IT
672
00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:51,777
AND IN 1944, SHE GOT IT
673
00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:52,778
FROM NAZI GERMANY.
674
00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:55,781
FROM NAZI GERMANY.
675
00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:54,279
>> GERMANY WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL
676
00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,781
>> GERMANY WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL
677
00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,783
FOR JAPAN AS TO THE TECHNOLOGY
678
00:11:57,783 --> 00:12:01,286
FOR JAPAN AS TO THE TECHNOLOGY
679
00:11:57,783 --> 00:11:58,784
AND THE DIRECTION TO GO
680
00:11:58,784 --> 00:11:59,785
AND THE DIRECTION TO GO
681
00:11:58,784 --> 00:12:00,786
WITH JET-POWERED AIRCRAFT.
682
00:12:00,786 --> 00:12:02,788
WITH JET-POWERED AIRCRAFT.
683
00:12:00,786 --> 00:12:01,787
NATURALLY, THERE WOULD BE
684
00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:02,788
NATURALLY, THERE WOULD BE
685
00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:04,289
JAPANESE FIGURES IN GERMANY
686
00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,792
JAPANESE FIGURES IN GERMANY
687
00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,292
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
688
00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:06,792
WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
689
00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:10,295
AND IN 1944, THEY MADE
690
00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:10,796
AND IN 1944, THEY MADE
691
00:12:10,796 --> 00:12:11,797
AN AGREEMENT THAT GERMANY WOULD
692
00:12:11,797 --> 00:12:12,798
AN AGREEMENT THAT GERMANY WOULD
693
00:12:11,797 --> 00:12:14,299
SHARE THEIR TECHNOLOGY
694
00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,802
SHARE THEIR TECHNOLOGY
695
00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:15,801
WITH JAPAN.
696
00:12:15,801 --> 00:12:16,301
WITH JAPAN.
697
00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:17,803
AND AMONG THOSE, THEY FOUND OUT
698
00:12:17,803 --> 00:12:19,304
AND AMONG THOSE, THEY FOUND OUT
699
00:12:17,803 --> 00:12:20,305
THAT GERMANY HAD DEVELOPED
700
00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,808
THAT GERMANY HAD DEVELOPED
701
00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:21,807
JET AIRCRAFT.
702
00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:23,308
JET AIRCRAFT.
703
00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:22,808
THEY MADE
704
00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:23,809
THEY MADE
705
00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:25,310
THE MESSERSCHMITT 262.
706
00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,813
THE MESSERSCHMITT 262.
707
00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:26,812
>> narrator: THE NEW JET,
708
00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:28,313
>> narrator: THE NEW JET,
709
00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:28,814
MESSERSCHMITT Me-262, WAS
710
00:12:28,814 --> 00:12:29,314
MESSERSCHMITT Me-262, WAS
711
00:12:29,315 --> 00:12:30,816
150 MILES PER HOUR FASTER
712
00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:32,317
150 MILES PER HOUR FASTER
713
00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:33,819
THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT FLEW.
714
00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:36,822
THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT FLEW.
715
00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:35,320
IT WAS ARMED WITH FOUR
716
00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,822
IT WAS ARMED WITH FOUR
717
00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,822
30-MILLIMETER CANNON
718
00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:38,323
30-MILLIMETER CANNON
719
00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:38,323
AND HAD A MAXIMUM SPEED
720
00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:39,825
AND HAD A MAXIMUM SPEED
721
00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:41,327
OF 540 MILES PER HOUR.
722
00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:44,330
OF 540 MILES PER HOUR.
723
00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:43,329
IT COULD ALSO OPERATE
724
00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,331
IT COULD ALSO OPERATE
725
00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:46,832
AT AN ALTITUDE OF 37,500 FEET,
726
00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:50,335
AT AN ALTITUDE OF 37,500 FEET,
727
00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:48,333
HIGH ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE
728
00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:48,834
HIGH ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE
729
00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:51,336
THE B-29.
730
00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,839
THE B-29.
731
00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,839
>> REPRESENTATIVES OF JAPAN
732
00:12:53,839 --> 00:12:56,341
>> REPRESENTATIVES OF JAPAN
733
00:12:53,839 --> 00:12:55,841
IN BERLIN WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE
734
00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:57,843
IN BERLIN WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE
735
00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:59,344
DRAWINGS, ACTUAL EXAMPLES
736
00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:02,848
DRAWINGS, ACTUAL EXAMPLES
737
00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:02,348
OF THE JET ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
738
00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:05,351
OF THE JET ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
739
00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,849
THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED
740
00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:05,350
THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED
741
00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:05,350
IN GERMANY.
742
00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:06,852
IN GERMANY.
743
00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:07,353
THEY ACQUIRED THE MATERIAL
744
00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,355
THEY ACQUIRED THE MATERIAL
745
00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,355
AND MADE PREPARATIONS
746
00:13:09,355 --> 00:13:11,357
AND MADE PREPARATIONS
747
00:13:09,355 --> 00:13:10,356
TO BRING IT TO JAPAN
748
00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:11,357
TO BRING IT TO JAPAN
749
00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:11,357
FOR THE PURPOSE
750
00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:12,358
FOR THE PURPOSE
751
00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:14,360
OF THEIR OWN EXPERIMENTATION.
752
00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,363
OF THEIR OWN EXPERIMENTATION.
753
00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,861
>> narrator: IT IS THE EARLY
754
00:13:15,861 --> 00:13:17,362
>> narrator: IT IS THE EARLY
755
00:13:15,861 --> 00:13:17,863
SUMMER OF 1944, ONLY WEEKS
756
00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:19,865
SUMMER OF 1944, ONLY WEEKS
757
00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:19,865
BEFORE THE FIRST B-29 RAIDS
758
00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,867
BEFORE THE FIRST B-29 RAIDS
759
00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,867
BEGIN ON JAPAN FROM BASES
760
00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:23,869
BEGIN ON JAPAN FROM BASES
761
00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:25,871
IN WESTERN CHINA.
762
00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:29,875
IN WESTERN CHINA.
763
00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:27,372
TWO JAPANESE SUBMARINES,
764
00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:27,873
TWO JAPANESE SUBMARINES,
765
00:13:27,873 --> 00:13:29,875
THE SATSUKI AND THE MATSU,
766
00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:30,375
THE SATSUKI AND THE MATSU,
767
00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:31,877
SLIP OUT FROM KIEL, GERMANY,
768
00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:33,378
SLIP OUT FROM KIEL, GERMANY,
769
00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:33,378
AND BEGIN THE LONG, DANGEROUS
770
00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:34,880
AND BEGIN THE LONG, DANGEROUS
771
00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:38,384
JOURNEY BACK TO JAPAN.
772
00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:38,884
JOURNEY BACK TO JAPAN.
773
00:13:38,884 --> 00:13:39,384
BUT THE JAPANESE CODES
774
00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:39,885
BUT THE JAPANESE CODES
775
00:13:39,885 --> 00:13:41,386
HAVE BEEN BROKEN, AND NEWS
776
00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:42,888
HAVE BEEN BROKEN, AND NEWS
777
00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:42,888
OF THE JOURNEY OF THE TWO SUBS
778
00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:44,389
OF THE JOURNEY OF THE TWO SUBS
779
00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:43,889
IS IMMEDIATELY PASSED
780
00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:44,890
IS IMMEDIATELY PASSED
781
00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:47,893
TO TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE.
782
00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:48,393
TO TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE.
783
00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:49,895
THEY QUICKLY REALIZE THE SUBS
784
00:13:49,895 --> 00:13:51,396
THEY QUICKLY REALIZE THE SUBS
785
00:13:49,895 --> 00:13:51,396
ARE CARRYING THE PLANS TO BUILD
786
00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:52,898
ARE CARRYING THE PLANS TO BUILD
787
00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:55,901
THE Me-262 JET.
788
00:13:55,901 --> 00:14:00,405
THE Me-262 JET.
789
00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:57,903
ALLIED PLANES AND SHIPS SCOUR
790
00:13:57,903 --> 00:13:59,905
ALLIED PLANES AND SHIPS SCOUR
791
00:13:57,903 --> 00:13:59,404
THE SEAS FOR THE SATSUKI
792
00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:00,906
THE SEAS FOR THE SATSUKI
793
00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:01,407
AND THE MATSU.
794
00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,409
AND THE MATSU.
795
00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,409
THE SATSUKI, WITH ITS PRECIOUS
796
00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:05,411
THE SATSUKI, WITH ITS PRECIOUS
797
00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:04,910
CARGO, IS TRACKED DOWN
798
00:14:04,910 --> 00:14:06,411
CARGO, IS TRACKED DOWN
799
00:14:04,910 --> 00:14:08,914
AND SUNK WITH ALL HANDS.
800
00:14:08,914 --> 00:14:12,918
AND SUNK WITH ALL HANDS.
801
00:14:08,914 --> 00:14:09,915
BUT MIRACULOUSLY,
802
00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:10,916
BUT MIRACULOUSLY,
803
00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:11,416
THE MATSU ESCAPES AND REACHES
804
00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:11,917
THE MATSU ESCAPES AND REACHES
805
00:14:11,917 --> 00:14:15,420
SINGAPORE IN JULY 1944.
806
00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:18,924
SINGAPORE IN JULY 1944.
807
00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:18,424
>> THE FAILURE OF THE ALLIES
808
00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:21,427
>> THE FAILURE OF THE ALLIES
809
00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:20,426
TO SINK THE MATSU WAS
810
00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:22,428
TO SINK THE MATSU WAS
811
00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,427
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE MOST
812
00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,428
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE MOST
813
00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,928
DANGEROUS INTELLIGENCE DISASTERS
814
00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,429
DANGEROUS INTELLIGENCE DISASTERS
815
00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,429
OF WORLD WAR II.
816
00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:25,931
OF WORLD WAR II.
817
00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:26,932
>> CLEARLY, WHEN THE JAPANESE
818
00:14:26,932 --> 00:14:29,434
>> CLEARLY, WHEN THE JAPANESE
819
00:14:26,932 --> 00:14:28,934
OBTAINED EXAMPLES
820
00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,936
OBTAINED EXAMPLES
821
00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,435
OF JET AIRCRAFT ENGINES
822
00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:30,936
OF JET AIRCRAFT ENGINES
823
00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:31,937
FROM THE GERMANS OR PLANS
824
00:14:31,937 --> 00:14:32,938
FROM THE GERMANS OR PLANS
825
00:14:31,937 --> 00:14:34,439
RELATED TO THESE, THEIR FIRST
826
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,942
RELATED TO THESE, THEIR FIRST
827
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:35,941
SOURCE WAS TO PUT THESE
828
00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:37,442
SOURCE WAS TO PUT THESE
829
00:14:35,941 --> 00:14:37,442
INTO PRODUCTION AS QUICKLY
830
00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:38,944
INTO PRODUCTION AS QUICKLY
831
00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:39,445
AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT THEY
832
00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,447
AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT THEY
833
00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:40,446
COULD DEVELOP THEIR OWN
834
00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:41,447
COULD DEVELOP THEIR OWN
835
00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:43,449
JET TECHNOLOGY.
836
00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:46,452
JET TECHNOLOGY.
837
00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:44,450
>> narrator: THE JAPANESE
838
00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:45,451
839
00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,452
VERSION OF THE Me-262
840
00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:48,454
VERSION OF THE Me-262
841
00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:48,454
WAS TO BE CALLED THE KARYU,
842
00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:50,456
WAS TO BE CALLED THE KARYU,
843
00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:49,955
OR FIRE DRAGON, AND WOULD BE
844
00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,456
OR FIRE DRAGON, AND WOULD BE
845
00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,456
OPERATED BY THE JAPANESE ARMY
846
00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:52,958
OPERATED BY THE JAPANESE ARMY
847
00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:54,460
AIR FORCE.
848
00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:57,463
AIR FORCE.
849
00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:55,961
BUT THE TASK OF MASS PRODUCING
850
00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,462
BUT THE TASK OF MASS PRODUCING
851
00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,963
THE MOST COMPLICATED AIRCRAFT
852
00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:59,965
THE MOST COMPLICATED AIRCRAFT
853
00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:59,464
JAPAN HAD EVER TRIED TO BUILD
854
00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:00,966
JAPAN HAD EVER TRIED TO BUILD
855
00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:01,967
WAS A DAUNTING ONE.
856
00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:02,467
WAS A DAUNTING ONE.
857
00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,969
>> THE PROBLEM THE JAPANESE
858
00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:05,470
>> THE PROBLEM THE JAPANESE
859
00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:05,470
FACED WAS HOW TO GET ENOUGH
860
00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:06,972
FACED WAS HOW TO GET ENOUGH
861
00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:07,473
POWER OUT OF A JET ENGINE.
862
00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,475
POWER OUT OF A JET ENGINE.
863
00:15:07,473 --> 00:15:09,475
THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED SPECIAL
864
00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:09,975
THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED SPECIAL
865
00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:12,477
MATERIALS TO RUN AT HIGH HEATS.
866
00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,980
MATERIALS TO RUN AT HIGH HEATS.
867
00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:13,979
BUT THE REAL TRICK WAS HOW TO
868
00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:15,480
BUT THE REAL TRICK WAS HOW TO
869
00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:16,481
COMPRESS THE AIR THAT COMES IN
870
00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,984
COMPRESS THE AIR THAT COMES IN
871
00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:17,983
THE FRONT OF THE JET TO MIX
872
00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,484
THE FRONT OF THE JET TO MIX
873
00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,985
WITH THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT WAY
874
00:15:19,985 --> 00:15:21,987
WITH THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT WAY
875
00:15:19,985 --> 00:15:21,486
IN ORDER TO GET THE POWER
876
00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:22,988
IN ORDER TO GET THE POWER
877
00:15:21,487 --> 00:15:22,488
OUT THE BACK END.
878
00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,489
OUT THE BACK END.
879
00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,489
THAT'S A TRICKY MATHEMATICAL
880
00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:24,490
THAT'S A TRICKY MATHEMATICAL
881
00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:24,990
PROBLEM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
882
00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:26,491
PROBLEM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
883
00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:26,992
GOT FROM THE GERMANS.
884
00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:28,994
GOT FROM THE GERMANS.
885
00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:27,993
>> narrator: AMONG
886
00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:28,994
>> narrator: AMONG
887
00:15:27,993 --> 00:15:29,494
THE TREASURE TROVE BROUGHT BACK
888
00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:30,996
THE TREASURE TROVE BROUGHT BACK
889
00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,497
ABOARD THE MATSU WERE TOP-SECRET
890
00:15:31,497 --> 00:15:33,499
ABOARD THE MATSU WERE TOP-SECRET
891
00:15:31,497 --> 00:15:32,998
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A REVOLUTIONARY
892
00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:34,499
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A REVOLUTIONARY
893
00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:35,000
NEW HIGH-POWERED GERMAN JET
894
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,002
NEW HIGH-POWERED GERMAN JET
895
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,002
ENGINE BEING DEVELOPED TO POWER
896
00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:37,502
ENGINE BEING DEVELOPED TO POWER
897
00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:42,007
ITS NEWEST JET FIGHTER.
898
00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:46,511
ITS NEWEST JET FIGHTER.
899
00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:43,508
>> THE GERMAN AIRCRAFT
900
00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:45,010
>> THE GERMAN AIRCRAFT
901
00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:45,010
MANUFACTURER HEINKEL HAD
902
00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:45,510
MANUFACTURER HEINKEL HAD
903
00:15:45,511 --> 00:15:49,515
DESIGNED THE He-162 VOLKSJAEGER,
904
00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:53,519
DESIGNED THE He-162 VOLKSJAEGER,
905
00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:51,517
OR PEOPLE'S FIGHTER, AS
906
00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:53,519
OR PEOPLE'S FIGHTER, AS
907
00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:54,019
AN AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD BE
908
00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:56,521
AN AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD BE
909
00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:56,521
MASS PRODUCED VERY RAPIDLY.
910
00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:57,022
MASS PRODUCED VERY RAPIDLY.
911
00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:57,522
>> narrator: FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
912
00:15:57,523 --> 00:15:58,023
>> narrator: FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
913
00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:00,025
AND DRAWINGS, JAPANESE DESIGNERS
914
00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:02,027
AND DRAWINGS, JAPANESE DESIGNERS
915
00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:01,526
MANAGED TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN
916
00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:03,028
MANAGED TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN
917
00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:03,028
WORKABLE ENGINE.
918
00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:04,529
WORKABLE ENGINE.
919
00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:06,031
THEY CALLED IT THE Ne-20.
920
00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:09,034
THEY CALLED IT THE Ne-20.
921
00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:07,532
>> THE FACT THAT THE JAPANESE
922
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:09,034
>> THE FACT THAT THE JAPANESE
923
00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:08,534
ENGINEERS WERE ABLE TO TAKE
924
00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:09,535
ENGINEERS WERE ABLE TO TAKE
925
00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:10,035
A FEW SKETCHES AND A FEW
926
00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:11,536
A FEW SKETCHES AND A FEW
927
00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:12,037
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A JET ENGINE
928
00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:12,537
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A JET ENGINE
929
00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:14,039
AND BUILD THEIR OWN VERSION
930
00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:14,539
AND BUILD THEIR OWN VERSION
931
00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:15,541
IS A TRIBUTE, IN FACT,
932
00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:16,542
IS A TRIBUTE, IN FACT,
933
00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:17,042
TO THEIR GENIUS.
934
00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,543
TO THEIR GENIUS.
935
00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,543
THEY WEREN'T SIMPLY COPYING.
936
00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:20,045
THEY WEREN'T SIMPLY COPYING.
937
00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:19,545
THEY HAD TO KNOW AN AWFUL LOT.
938
00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:20,045
THEY HAD TO KNOW AN AWFUL LOT.
939
00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:21,046
THEY HAD TO BE REALLY CREATIVE.
940
00:16:21,046 --> 00:16:22,047
THEY HAD TO BE REALLY CREATIVE.
941
00:16:21,046 --> 00:16:22,547
AND IT JUST SHOWS, EVEN AT
942
00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,049
AND IT JUST SHOWS, EVEN AT
943
00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:24,049
THAT STAGE, HOW ADVANCED THE
944
00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:25,550
THAT STAGE, HOW ADVANCED THE
945
00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,051
JAPANESE AVIATION INDUSTRY WAS.
946
00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:28,053
JAPANESE AVIATION INDUSTRY WAS.
947
00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:28,053
>> narrator: THE IMPERIAL NAVY
948
00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:30,055
>> narrator: THE IMPERIAL NAVY
949
00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:29,554
PLANNED TO USE THIS NEW ENGINE
950
00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:31,056
PLANNED TO USE THIS NEW ENGINE
951
00:16:29,555 --> 00:16:31,056
IN YET ANOTHER JAPANESE VERSION
952
00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:32,557
IN YET ANOTHER JAPANESE VERSION
953
00:16:31,056 --> 00:16:35,060
OF THE GERMAN Me-262.
954
00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:39,064
OF THE GERMAN Me-262.
955
00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:37,062
IT WAS CALLED THE KIKKA,
956
00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:39,064
IT WAS CALLED THE KIKKA,
957
00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:40,565
MEANING MANDARIN ORANGE BLOSSOM.
958
00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:41,066
MEANING MANDARIN ORANGE BLOSSOM.
959
00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:42,567
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL KIKKA
960
00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:44,069
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL KIKKA
961
00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:44,069
FLIES OVER TOKYO BAY ON AUGUST
962
00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:45,570
FLIES OVER TOKYO BAY ON AUGUST
963
00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:48,073
THE 7th, 1945, JUST EIGHT DAYS
964
00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:52,077
THE 7th, 1945, JUST EIGHT DAYS
965
00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:50,075
BEFORE THE WAR ENDS.
966
00:16:50,075 --> 00:16:52,077
BEFORE THE WAR ENDS.
967
00:16:50,075 --> 00:16:52,077
>> EVEN THOUGH THE JET ENGINE
968
00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:54,079
>> EVEN THOUGH THE JET ENGINE
969
00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:54,079
WAS SMALLER AND PUT OUT LESS
970
00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:56,081
WAS SMALLER AND PUT OUT LESS
971
00:16:54,079 --> 00:16:55,080
THRUST THAN THE GERMAN
972
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,081
THRUST THAN THE GERMAN
973
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,582
COUNTERPART, SO WAS THE KIKKA.
974
00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,085
COUNTERPART, SO WAS THE KIKKA.
975
00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:58,584
IT WAS MORE LIGHTLY BUILT
976
00:16:58,584 --> 00:16:59,084
IT WAS MORE LIGHTLY BUILT
977
00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:00,585
AND A SMALLER AIRPLANE.
978
00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:01,086
AND A SMALLER AIRPLANE.
979
00:17:01,086 --> 00:17:02,587
SO IN PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER,
980
00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:03,088
SO IN PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER,
981
00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:05,590
IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE KIKKA
982
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:08,093
IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE KIKKA
983
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,593
COULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
984
00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:09,595
COULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
985
00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:10,095
INTO A FIGHTER OR A BOMBER
986
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:12,597
INTO A FIGHTER OR A BOMBER
987
00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:12,597
VERY MUCH LIKE THAT
988
00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:15,100
VERY MUCH LIKE THAT
989
00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:14,099
OF PERFORMANCE
990
00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,600
OF PERFORMANCE
991
00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,102
OF THE MESSERSCHMITT 262.
992
00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:20,105
OF THE MESSERSCHMITT 262.
993
00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:18,103
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR
994
00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:19,104
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR
995
00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:21,606
SURPRISE TO ALLIED FIGHTERS.
996
00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:25,110
SURPRISE TO ALLIED FIGHTERS.
997
00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,609
>> narrator: PEARL HARBOR:
998
00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,611
>> narrator: PEARL HARBOR:
999
00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,110
IT IS BILLED AS A JAPANESE
1000
00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,611
IT IS BILLED AS A JAPANESE
1001
00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,611
ATTEMPT TO ASSERT ITS RAW
1002
00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,113
ATTEMPT TO ASSERT ITS RAW
1003
00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:31,617
SUPREMACY OVER THE U.S.
1004
00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:36,622
SUPREMACY OVER THE U.S.
1005
00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:33,619
BUT IN REALITY, THE JAPANESE
1006
00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:35,621
BUT IN REALITY, THE JAPANESE
1007
00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:34,620
ACCOMPLISHED A NUMBER OF
1008
00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:35,621
ACCOMPLISHED A NUMBER OF
1009
00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:38,123
STRATEGIC GOALS IN THE ATTACK.
1010
00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:41,626
STRATEGIC GOALS IN THE ATTACK.
1011
00:17:38,123 --> 00:17:40,125
JAPAN'S SUCCESS DEPENDED
1012
00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:42,127
JAPAN'S SUCCESS DEPENDED
1013
00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:41,126
ON ITS ABILITY TO ESTABLISH
1014
00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:42,127
ON ITS ABILITY TO ESTABLISH
1015
00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:43,128
AND MAINTAIN A LIFELINE
1016
00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:45,130
AND MAINTAIN A LIFELINE
1017
00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:48,133
TO A VITAL RESOURCE: OIL.
1018
00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:53,138
TO A VITAL RESOURCE: OIL.
1019
00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,634
IT ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR
1020
00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:51,136
IT ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR
1021
00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:51,637
IN PART TO HOLD THE U.S. NAVY
1022
00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:52,137
IN PART TO HOLD THE U.S. NAVY
1023
00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:53,638
AT BAY WHILE SHE SEIZED
1024
00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:55,140
AT BAY WHILE SHE SEIZED
1025
00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:55,140
THE HUGE OIL RESOURCES
1026
00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:56,641
THE HUGE OIL RESOURCES
1027
00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:58,643
OF DUTCH INDONESIA.
1028
00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:02,147
OF DUTCH INDONESIA.
1029
00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:01,146
>> OIL WAS ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL TO
1030
00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,648
>> OIL WAS ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL TO
1031
00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,148
THE JAPANESE PACIFIC STRATEGY.
1032
00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:05,150
THE JAPANESE PACIFIC STRATEGY.
1033
00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:05,150
IT WAS THE AMERICAN EMBARGO
1034
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,152
IT WAS THE AMERICAN EMBARGO
1035
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,152
ON OIL WHICH HAD BEEN THE CAUSE,
1036
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:09,154
ON OIL WHICH HAD BEEN THE CAUSE,
1037
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:08,653
EFFECTIVELY, OF THE OUTBREAK
1038
00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:10,155
EFFECTIVELY, OF THE OUTBREAK
1039
00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:10,155
OF WAR IN 1941.
1040
00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:11,656
OF WAR IN 1941.
1041
00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:11,656
AND IT WAS TOTALLY CRITICAL TO
1042
00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:12,157
AND IT WAS TOTALLY CRITICAL TO
1043
00:18:12,157 --> 00:18:16,161
THE WHOLE JAPANESE WAR EFFORT.
1044
00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:20,165
THE WHOLE JAPANESE WAR EFFORT.
1045
00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:17,662
>> narrator: TO STOP THE DUTCH
1046
00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:19,164
>> narrator: TO STOP THE DUTCH
1047
00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:19,164
FROM SETTING FIRE TO THE OIL
1048
00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:20,665
FROM SETTING FIRE TO THE OIL
1049
00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:20,665
FIELDS, THE JAPANESE CAPTURED
1050
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,167
FIELDS, THE JAPANESE CAPTURED
1051
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,167
THEM IN A DARING ASSAULT
1052
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:23,668
THEM IN A DARING ASSAULT
1053
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:23,168
BY AN ELITE CORPS
1054
00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:24,169
BY AN ELITE CORPS
1055
00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:24,669
OF PARACHUTE TROOPS WHOSE
1056
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,171
OF PARACHUTE TROOPS WHOSE
1057
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:25,671
OFFICERS HAD BEEN TRAINED
1058
00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,171
OFFICERS HAD BEEN TRAINED
1059
00:18:26,171 --> 00:18:30,175
IN NAZI GERMANY.
1060
00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:34,179
IN NAZI GERMANY.
1061
00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,177
THE COUP BROUGHT THE JAPANESE
1062
00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:34,179
THE COUP BROUGHT THE JAPANESE
1063
00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:33,678
TO THE SHORES OF AUSTRALIA
1064
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,180
TO THE SHORES OF AUSTRALIA
1065
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:36,181
AND GAVE THEM CONTROL OVER MOST
1066
00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:38,683
AND GAVE THEM CONTROL OVER MOST
1067
00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:39,184
OF THE PACIFIC.
1068
00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:42,187
OF THE PACIFIC.
1069
00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:41,686
U.S. FORCES IMMEDIATELY FORMED
1070
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:44,189
U.S. FORCES IMMEDIATELY FORMED
1071
00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:45,691
A COUNTERATTACK PLAN.
1072
00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:49,695
A COUNTERATTACK PLAN.
1073
00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:47,693
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
1074
00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:48,193
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
1075
00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:49,194
WOULD CUT JAPAN OFF FROM ITS
1076
00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:50,195
WOULD CUT JAPAN OFF FROM ITS
1077
00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:50,695
CAPTURED OIL RESOURCES
1078
00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:52,197
CAPTURED OIL RESOURCES
1079
00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:52,197
BEFORE THE BIG FORMATIONS
1080
00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:53,698
BEFORE THE BIG FORMATIONS
1081
00:18:52,197 --> 00:18:54,199
OF B-29s WOULD DELIVER THE FINAL
1082
00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:56,201
OF B-29s WOULD DELIVER THE FINAL
1083
00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:56,701
DEVASTATING BLOW.
1084
00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:59,204
DEVASTATING BLOW.
1085
00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,203
>> THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE
1086
00:18:58,203 --> 00:18:59,704
>> THE AMERICAN SUBMARINE
1087
00:18:58,203 --> 00:19:00,705
CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVELY BLOCKADED
1088
00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:03,208
CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVELY BLOCKADED
1089
00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:02,207
THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS,
1090
00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:03,708
THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS,
1091
00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:04,709
STARVED THEM OF FOOD;
1092
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,212
STARVED THEM OF FOOD;
1093
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,211
STARVED THEM OF RAW MATERIALS;
1094
00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,712
STARVED THEM OF RAW MATERIALS;
1095
00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,712
MOST OF ALL, STARVED THEM
1096
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,214
MOST OF ALL, STARVED THEM
1097
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,214
OF OIL.
1098
00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:10,715
OF OIL.
1099
00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:10,715
>> narrator: AS AMERICA FOUGHT
1100
00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:11,216
>> narrator: AS AMERICA FOUGHT
1101
00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:12,217
BACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC,
1102
00:19:12,217 --> 00:19:12,717
BACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC,
1103
00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:14,219
ITS SUBMARINES SWEPT THE SEAS
1104
00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:15,720
ITS SUBMARINES SWEPT THE SEAS
1105
00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:17,222
OF JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIPS.
1106
00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:20,225
OF JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIPS.
1107
00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:18,723
WHEN THE HOME ISLANDS BEGAN
1108
00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:20,225
WHEN THE HOME ISLANDS BEGAN
1109
00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:20,726
TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, JAPANESE
1110
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,728
TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, JAPANESE
1111
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,227
DESIGNERS BEGAN TO PLAN WAYS OF
1112
00:19:22,227 --> 00:19:23,728
DESIGNERS BEGAN TO PLAN WAYS OF
1113
00:19:22,227 --> 00:19:25,730
OUTWITTING THE U.S. SUBMARINERS.
1114
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:29,234
OUTWITTING THE U.S. SUBMARINERS.
1115
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:27,733
THE RESULT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
1116
00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,735
THE RESULT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
1117
00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,234
FORWARD-THINKING DESIGNS
1118
00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:30,735
FORWARD-THINKING DESIGNS
1119
00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:30,735
IN WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT
1120
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:31,236
IN WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT
1121
00:19:31,236 --> 00:19:36,241
TECHNOLOGY.
1122
00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:41,246
TECHNOLOGY.
1123
00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:38,243
IT WAS CALLED THE PHOENIX
1124
00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,245
IT WAS CALLED THE PHOENIX
1125
00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,245
AFTER THE BIRD THAT IS REBORN
1126
00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:42,247
AFTER THE BIRD THAT IS REBORN
1127
00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:42,247
FROM THE FLAMES.
1128
00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:42,747
FROM THE FLAMES.
1129
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:44,750
THIS PHOENIX WAS A HUGE TANKER
1130
00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,752
THIS PHOENIX WAS A HUGE TANKER
1131
00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,752
AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO FLY
1132
00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:48,754
AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO FLY
1133
00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:48,754
PETROLEUM OVER U.S. SUBS
1134
00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,756
PETROLEUM OVER U.S. SUBS
1135
00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,756
FROM THE OIL FIELDS IN SUMATRA
1136
00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:52,758
FROM THE OIL FIELDS IN SUMATRA
1137
00:19:50,756 --> 00:19:55,260
BACK TO JAPAN.
1138
00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:59,764
BACK TO JAPAN.
1139
00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:57,262
>> THE PHOENIX PROJECT SHOWS
1140
00:19:57,262 --> 00:19:59,264
>> THE PHOENIX PROJECT SHOWS
1141
00:19:57,262 --> 00:19:58,763
HOW DESPERATE THE JAPANESE WERE
1142
00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:00,265
HOW DESPERATE THE JAPANESE WERE
1143
00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:00,265
TO KEEP THEIR OIL PIPELINE
1144
00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:00,765
TO KEEP THEIR OIL PIPELINE
1145
00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:01,767
OPEN.
1146
00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:02,768
OPEN.
1147
00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,769
BUT IT WAS A PROJECT BORN
1148
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,771
BUT IT WAS A PROJECT BORN
1149
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:06,271
OF DESPERATION BECAUSE FLYING
1150
00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:08,773
OF DESPERATION BECAUSE FLYING
1151
00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:08,273
LARGE AIRCRAFT FULL OF FUEL--
1152
00:20:08,273 --> 00:20:10,275
LARGE AIRCRAFT FULL OF FUEL--
1153
00:20:08,273 --> 00:20:09,274
AND THEY WOULD BE SLOW AND
1154
00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:10,275
AND THEY WOULD BE SLOW AND
1155
00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:10,775
LUMBERING--THROUGH ALLIED
1156
00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,277
LUMBERING--THROUGH ALLIED
1157
00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,277
FIGHTERS WAS CLEARLY
1158
00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:13,778
FIGHTERS WAS CLEARLY
1159
00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:13,278
A SUICIDE MISSION.
1160
00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:14,279
A SUICIDE MISSION.
1161
00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:14,279
I DON'T THINK THE PROJECT
1162
00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:15,280
I DON'T THINK THE PROJECT
1163
00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:16,781
WOULD HAVE WORKED IN PRACTICE.
1164
00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:19,284
WOULD HAVE WORKED IN PRACTICE.
1165
00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:18,784
>> narrator: JAPAN WOULD NEED
1166
00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:20,786
>> narrator: JAPAN WOULD NEED
1167
00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:19,785
SOMETHING ELSE TO BREAK
1168
00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:20,285
SOMETHING ELSE TO BREAK
1169
00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:23,788
THE SUB BLOCKADE.
1170
00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:27,292
THE SUB BLOCKADE.
1171
00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,290
THE HOME WATERS CLOSE
1172
00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,791
THE HOME WATERS CLOSE
1173
00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:27,292
TO THE JAPAN COAST:
1174
00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:29,294
TO THE JAPAN COAST:
1175
00:20:27,292 --> 00:20:29,294
A LONE U.S. SUBMARINE GLIDES
1176
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,296
A LONE U.S. SUBMARINE GLIDES
1177
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,296
IN SEARCH OF ITS PREY,
1178
00:20:31,296 --> 00:20:33,298
IN SEARCH OF ITS PREY,
1179
00:20:31,296 --> 00:20:33,298
A SLOW-MOVING OIL TANKER
1180
00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:35,300
A SLOW-MOVING OIL TANKER
1181
00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:34,799
BRINGING ITS PRECIOUS CARGO BACK
1182
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,301
BRINGING ITS PRECIOUS CARGO BACK
1183
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,301
TO POWER JAPANESE FACTORIES
1184
00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:37,802
TO POWER JAPANESE FACTORIES
1185
00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:38,803
AND FIGHTER PLANES.
1186
00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:41,306
AND FIGHTER PLANES.
1187
00:20:38,804 --> 00:20:40,305
SUDDENLY, FROM NOWHERE COME
1188
00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:40,805
SUDDENLY, FROM NOWHERE COME
1189
00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:44,309
LETHAL DEPTH CHARGES.
1190
00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:44,809
LETHAL DEPTH CHARGES.
1191
00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:47,312
>> THE JAPANESE IN WORLD WAR II
1192
00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:49,814
>> THE JAPANESE IN WORLD WAR II
1193
00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:48,813
WERE, IN FACT, THE FIRST NATION
1194
00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,315
WERE, IN FACT, THE FIRST NATION
1195
00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:51,316
TO DEPLOY ROTARY-WING VERTICAL
1196
00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:53,818
TO DEPLOY ROTARY-WING VERTICAL
1197
00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:53,318
TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT.
1198
00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:55,320
TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT IN COMBAT.
1199
00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:55,820
THEY USED THEM FOR TWO PURPOSES:
1200
00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:58,323
THEY USED THEM FOR TWO PURPOSES:
1201
00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:57,823
FOR ARTILLERY SPOTTING
1202
00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:58,323
FOR ARTILLERY SPOTTING
1203
00:20:58,323 --> 00:21:00,325
AND ALSO, DRAMATICALLY,
1204
00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:02,327
AND ALSO, DRAMATICALLY,
1205
00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:02,827
FOR ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE.
1206
00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:05,330
FOR ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE.
1207
00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:04,830
>> narrator: THE FIRST
1208
00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,832
>> narrator: THE FIRST
1209
00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,331
SUCCESSFUL HELICOPTER-TYPE
1210
00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,832
SUCCESSFUL HELICOPTER-TYPE
1211
00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:08,333
MACHINE WAS CALLED AN AUTOGYRO
1212
00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,335
MACHINE WAS CALLED AN AUTOGYRO
1213
00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:11,336
AND FIRST FLEW IN 1923.
1214
00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:11,836
AND FIRST FLEW IN 1923.
1215
00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,338
DUBBED THE "FLYING WINDMILL"
1216
00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:13,838
DUBBED THE "FLYING WINDMILL"
1217
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,841
BY THE PRESS, THE AUTOGYRO
1218
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,843
BY THE PRESS, THE AUTOGYRO
1219
00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,342
LOOKED LIKE AN AIRPLANE
1220
00:21:17,342 --> 00:21:18,843
LOOKED LIKE AN AIRPLANE
1221
00:21:17,342 --> 00:21:19,344
BUT FLEW LIKE A HELICOPTER.
1222
00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,346
BUT FLEW LIKE A HELICOPTER.
1223
00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,346
>> THE AUTOGYRO WAS A PRIMITIVE
1224
00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:23,348
>> THE AUTOGYRO WAS A PRIMITIVE
1225
00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:22,847
FORM OF HELICOPTER.
1226
00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:24,349
FORM OF HELICOPTER.
1227
00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:25,350
IT WAS A WEIGH STAGE ON THE WAY
1228
00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:27,852
IT WAS A WEIGH STAGE ON THE WAY
1229
00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:26,351
TO THE HELICOPTER THAT WE KNOW
1230
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:27,352
TO THE HELICOPTER THAT WE KNOW
1231
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:27,352
TODAY.
1232
00:21:27,352 --> 00:21:28,353
TODAY.
1233
00:21:27,352 --> 00:21:28,853
>> THE JAPANESE WERE ALWAYS
1234
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:30,355
>> THE JAPANESE WERE ALWAYS
1235
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:30,355
QUICK TO PICK UP ON ANYTHING
1236
00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:31,856
QUICK TO PICK UP ON ANYTHING
1237
00:21:30,355 --> 00:21:32,357
NEW, AND IN THE EARLY 1930s,
1238
00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:34,359
NEW, AND IN THE EARLY 1930s,
1239
00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:35,860
THE AUTOGYRO WAS THAT NEW THING.
1240
00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:39,364
THE AUTOGYRO WAS THAT NEW THING.
1241
00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:36,862
THEY PURCHASED
1242
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:37,863
THEY PURCHASED
1243
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,363
TWO KELLETT AUTOGYROS
1244
00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:39,864
TWO KELLETT AUTOGYROS
1245
00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:39,864
FROM THE UNITED STATES,
1246
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,366
FROM THE UNITED STATES,
1247
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,366
BROUGHT THEM TO JAPAN,
1248
00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:42,867
BROUGHT THEM TO JAPAN,
1249
00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:44,369
AND EVALUATED WHAT ITS
1250
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:44,869
AND EVALUATED WHAT ITS
1251
00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:45,871
PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES
1252
00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:46,872
PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES
1253
00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:47,873
COULD BE, WHAT USE COULD THEY DO
1254
00:21:47,873 --> 00:21:49,875
COULD BE, WHAT USE COULD THEY DO
1255
00:21:47,873 --> 00:21:49,875
WITH THE AUTOGYRO.
1256
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,877
WITH THE AUTOGYRO.
1257
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,376
AND, OF COURSE, THE MILITARY
1258
00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:52,877
AND, OF COURSE, THE MILITARY
1259
00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:53,878
PICKED UP ON IT PRETTY QUICK,
1260
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:56,381
PICKED UP ON IT PRETTY QUICK,
1261
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:55,380
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD
1262
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:56,881
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD
1263
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:57,882
MAKE A GOOD AERIAL OBSERVATION
1264
00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:00,385
MAKE A GOOD AERIAL OBSERVATION
1265
00:21:57,883 --> 00:21:58,383
AIRPLANE BECAUSE OF ITS
1266
00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:58,883
AIRPLANE BECAUSE OF ITS
1267
00:21:58,884 --> 00:22:00,385
SLOW SPEED AND ABLE TO LAND
1268
00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:01,886
SLOW SPEED AND ABLE TO LAND
1269
00:22:00,385 --> 00:22:04,889
INTO SMALL PLACES.
1270
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:09,394
INTO SMALL PLACES.
1271
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,391
>> narrator: SHORTLY AFTER
1272
00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:07,892
>> narrator: SHORTLY AFTER
1273
00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:08,393
DELIVERY, THE JAPANESE AUTOGYROS
1274
00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:10,395
DELIVERY, THE JAPANESE AUTOGYROS
1275
00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:10,895
WERE DESTROYED IN TEST FLIGHTS.
1276
00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:13,398
WERE DESTROYED IN TEST FLIGHTS.
1277
00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:11,897
BUT THE ARMY DELIVERED
1278
00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:12,397
BUT THE ARMY DELIVERED
1279
00:22:12,397 --> 00:22:13,898
THE WRECKAGE TO THE KAYABA
1280
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,400
THE WRECKAGE TO THE KAYABA
1281
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,400
ENGINEERING COMPANY WITH ORDERS
1282
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:15,900
ENGINEERING COMPANY WITH ORDERS
1283
00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:18,403
TO DEVELOP A BETTER MACHINE.
1284
00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:20,905
TO DEVELOP A BETTER MACHINE.
1285
00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:19,904
>> WHEN THE JAPANESE KAYABA
1286
00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:21,406
>> WHEN THE JAPANESE KAYABA
1287
00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:21,406
COMPANY REBUILT THE KELLETT
1288
00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:22,907
COMPANY REBUILT THE KELLETT
1289
00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:23,908
AUTOGYRO, THEY DID ONE BRILLIANT
1290
00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:26,411
AUTOGYRO, THEY DID ONE BRILLIANT
1291
00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:25,911
THING: THEY REALIZED THAT ITS
1292
00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:27,913
THING: THEY REALIZED THAT ITS
1293
00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:27,913
LIMITATIONS AS A WAR MACHINE
1294
00:22:27,913 --> 00:22:29,915
LIMITATIONS AS A WAR MACHINE
1295
00:22:27,913 --> 00:22:30,415
WAS THE UNDERPOWERED ENGINE.
1296
00:22:30,415 --> 00:22:32,917
WAS THE UNDERPOWERED ENGINE.
1297
00:22:30,415 --> 00:22:31,916
SO THEY PUT INTO IT A MORE
1298
00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:33,418
SO THEY PUT INTO IT A MORE
1299
00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:33,418
POWERFUL GERMAN ENGINE,
1300
00:22:33,418 --> 00:22:34,919
POWERFUL GERMAN ENGINE,
1301
00:22:33,418 --> 00:22:34,419
AND SUDDENLY THEY HAD
1302
00:22:34,419 --> 00:22:35,420
AND SUDDENLY THEY HAD
1303
00:22:34,419 --> 00:22:35,420
A WEAPON OF WAR.
1304
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:36,421
A WEAPON OF WAR.
1305
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:36,921
>> HAVING SEEN THE MILITARY
1306
00:22:36,922 --> 00:22:38,423
>> HAVING SEEN THE MILITARY
1307
00:22:36,922 --> 00:22:39,424
APPLICATION OF THE AUTOGYRO,
1308
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:41,926
APPLICATION OF THE AUTOGYRO,
1309
00:22:39,424 --> 00:22:41,426
THE ARMY ORDERED PRODUCTION
1310
00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:43,428
THE ARMY ORDERED PRODUCTION
1311
00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:42,927
OF THESE AIRPLANES AND ACQUIRED
1312
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:44,429
OF THESE AIRPLANES AND ACQUIRED
1313
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:44,429
UP TO 98 OF THEM.
1314
00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:45,930
UP TO 98 OF THEM.
1315
00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:47,432
THEY USED THEM FOR ARTILLERY
1316
00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:50,435
THEY USED THEM FOR ARTILLERY
1317
00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:48,933
SPOTTING.
1318
00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:50,435
SPOTTING.
1319
00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:50,435
>> narrator: THE FIRST JAPANESE
1320
00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:51,936
>> narrator: THE FIRST JAPANESE
1321
00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:53,938
AUTOGYRO, NAMED Ka-1, FLEW
1322
00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:57,442
AUTOGYRO, NAMED Ka-1, FLEW
1323
00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:56,441
SIX MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR.
1324
00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:58,943
SIX MONTHS BEFORE PEARL HARBOR.
1325
00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:58,443
DESPITE ITS WIDESPREAD USE
1326
00:22:58,443 --> 00:23:00,445
DESPITE ITS WIDESPREAD USE
1327
00:22:58,443 --> 00:22:59,444
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
1328
00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:00,445
IN THE PHILIPPINES,
1329
00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:00,945
ITS EXISTENCE WENT COMPLETELY
1330
00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:01,446
ITS EXISTENCE WENT COMPLETELY
1331
00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:03,448
UNDETECTED BY TECHNICAL AIR
1332
00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:05,450
UNDETECTED BY TECHNICAL AIR
1333
00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:04,949
INTELLIGENCE, SO THE MACHINE
1334
00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,451
INTELLIGENCE, SO THE MACHINE
1335
00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:05,951
WAS NEVER EVEN GIVEN
1336
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:06,952
WAS NEVER EVEN GIVEN
1337
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,453
AN ALLIED CODE NAME.
1338
00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:10,955
AN ALLIED CODE NAME.
1339
00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:10,455
BUT AS THE TIDE OF WAR TURNED
1340
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:12,457
BUT AS THE TIDE OF WAR TURNED
1341
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:12,457
AGAINST JAPAN, THE JAPANESE ARMY
1342
00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:12,957
AGAINST JAPAN, THE JAPANESE ARMY
1343
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,459
WOULD FIND A STRANGE NEW MISSION
1344
00:23:14,459 --> 00:23:15,960
WOULD FIND A STRANGE NEW MISSION
1345
00:23:14,459 --> 00:23:16,961
FOR THE Ka-1.
1346
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:17,462
FOR THE Ka-1.
1347
00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:18,463
>> STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM,
1348
00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:19,464
>> STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM,
1349
00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:19,964
THE JAPANESE ARMY OPERATED
1350
00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,466
THE JAPANESE ARMY OPERATED
1351
00:23:19,965 --> 00:23:21,466
ITS OWN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS,
1352
00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:22,967
ITS OWN AIRCRAFT CARRIERS,
1353
00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,468
AS WELL AS THE JAPANESE NAVY.
1354
00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:23,968
AS WELL AS THE JAPANESE NAVY.
1355
00:23:23,969 --> 00:23:25,470
OFTEN DURING WORLD WAR II,
1356
00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,971
OFTEN DURING WORLD WAR II,
1357
00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:27,472
THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE JAPANESE
1358
00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:29,474
THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE JAPANESE
1359
00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:28,473
MILITARY COULDN'T GET ON
1360
00:23:28,473 --> 00:23:29,474
MILITARY COULDN'T GET ON
1361
00:23:28,473 --> 00:23:29,974
AND WOULD DUPLICATE EACH OTHER'S
1362
00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:31,476
AND WOULD DUPLICATE EACH OTHER'S
1363
00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:30,976
ACTIVITIES 'CAUSE THEY SIMPLY
1364
00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,977
ACTIVITIES 'CAUSE THEY SIMPLY
1365
00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,977
FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT
1366
00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:32,978
FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT
1367
00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:33,478
TO COOPERATE.
1368
00:23:33,478 --> 00:23:34,979
TO COOPERATE.
1369
00:23:33,478 --> 00:23:34,979
>> narrator: THE JAPANESE ARMY
1370
00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,481
>> narrator: THE JAPANESE ARMY
1371
00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,481
CONVERTED A NUMBER OF TRANSPORT
1372
00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,982
CONVERTED A NUMBER OF TRANSPORT
1373
00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:37,982
SHIPS INTO LIGHT AIRCRAFT
1374
00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,484
SHIPS INTO LIGHT AIRCRAFT
1375
00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,484
CARRIERS BY FITTING A SMALL
1376
00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:40,985
CARRIERS BY FITTING A SMALL
1377
00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:40,485
FLIGHT DECK OVER THE
1378
00:23:40,485 --> 00:23:41,486
FLIGHT DECK OVER THE
1379
00:23:40,485 --> 00:23:45,990
SUPERSTRUCTURE.
1380
00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:51,496
SUPERSTRUCTURE.
1381
00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:47,993
AS DEFEAT LOOMED IN THE WAR,
1382
00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:49,995
AS DEFEAT LOOMED IN THE WAR,
1383
00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:49,494
THESE CARRIERS WERE TRANSFERRED
1384
00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:50,995
THESE CARRIERS WERE TRANSFERRED
1385
00:23:49,494 --> 00:23:50,995
TO ANTISUBMARINE OPERATIONS
1386
00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:52,497
TO ANTISUBMARINE OPERATIONS
1387
00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:52,497
IN THE HOPE OF PROTECTING
1388
00:23:52,497 --> 00:23:53,998
IN THE HOPE OF PROTECTING
1389
00:23:52,497 --> 00:23:53,998
THE DELIVERY OF VITAL SUPPLIES
1390
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:55,500
THE DELIVERY OF VITAL SUPPLIES
1391
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:56,001
OF OIL.
1392
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,003
OF OIL.
1393
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:58,503
IN A BOLD MOVE, THE TRANSPORT
1394
00:23:58,503 --> 00:24:01,005
IN A BOLD MOVE, THE TRANSPORT
1395
00:23:58,503 --> 00:24:01,005
CARRIER AKITSU MARU WAS LOADED
1396
00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:03,508
CARRIER AKITSU MARU WAS LOADED
1397
00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:02,507
WITH Ka-1s ARMED WITH DEPTH
1398
00:24:02,507 --> 00:24:04,008
WITH Ka-1s ARMED WITH DEPTH
1399
00:24:02,507 --> 00:24:07,512
CHARGES IN APRIL 1944.
1400
00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:12,517
CHARGES IN APRIL 1944.
1401
00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:09,013
>> FOR THE AUTOGYRO,
1402
00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:09,514
>> FOR THE AUTOGYRO,
1403
00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:10,515
IT DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH
1404
00:24:10,515 --> 00:24:11,516
IT DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH
1405
00:24:10,515 --> 00:24:12,517
WEIGHT-LIFTING CAPABILITY,
1406
00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:14,519
WEIGHT-LIFTING CAPABILITY,
1407
00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:13,518
BUT BY ELIMINATING
1408
00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:14,018
BUT BY ELIMINATING
1409
00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:15,020
THE FRONT SEAT OBSERVER
1410
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,021
THE FRONT SEAT OBSERVER
1411
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:16,521
AND PUTTING A BOMB SHACKLE
1412
00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,022
AND PUTTING A BOMB SHACKLE
1413
00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:17,522
UNDER THAT POSITION,
1414
00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:18,022
UNDER THAT POSITION,
1415
00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:19,024
THEY WERE ABLE TO CARRY
1416
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:20,025
THEY WERE ABLE TO CARRY
1417
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:22,527
A 60-KILOGRAM DEPTH CHARGE.
1418
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:26,030
A 60-KILOGRAM DEPTH CHARGE.
1419
00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:24,529
AND IT MIGHT BE NOTED THAT THIS
1420
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:26,531
AND IT MIGHT BE NOTED THAT THIS
1421
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:28,032
IS THE ONLY OPERATIONAL USE
1422
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:31,536
IS THE ONLY OPERATIONAL USE
1423
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:30,535
OF THE AUTOGYRO THAT WAS USED
1424
00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:31,035
OF THE AUTOGYRO THAT WAS USED
1425
00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,038
IN WORLD WAR II.
1426
00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,040
IN WORLD WAR II.
1427
00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:34,539
>> narrator: BUT HISTORY HAD
1428
00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:36,040
>> narrator: BUT HISTORY HAD
1429
00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:36,040
ANOTHER FATE IN STORE
1430
00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,542
ANOTHER FATE IN STORE
1431
00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,542
FOR THE AKITSU MARU BEFORE
1432
00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:39,043
FOR THE AKITSU MARU BEFORE
1433
00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:41,546
THE Ka-1s COULD GO INTO ACTION.
1434
00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:45,550
THE Ka-1s COULD GO INTO ACTION.
1435
00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:43,548
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TRANSPORT
1436
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:45,550
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TRANSPORT
1437
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:45,049
WAS DISPATCHED ON A SPECIAL
1438
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:46,551
WAS DISPATCHED ON A SPECIAL
1439
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:46,551
MISSION CARRYING RELIEF SUPPLIES
1440
00:24:46,551 --> 00:24:47,051
MISSION CARRYING RELIEF SUPPLIES
1441
00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:52,557
TO ISOLATED JAPANESE BASES.
1442
00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:58,062
TO ISOLATED JAPANESE BASES.
1443
00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:55,059
ON NOVEMBER THE 15th, 1944,
1444
00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:57,562
ON NOVEMBER THE 15th, 1944,
1445
00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:57,062
THE U.S. SUBMARINE QUEENFISH
1446
00:24:57,062 --> 00:24:59,064
THE U.S. SUBMARINE QUEENFISH
1447
00:24:57,062 --> 00:25:00,565
SIGHTED THE AKITSU MARU.
1448
00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:04,068
SIGHTED THE AKITSU MARU.
1449
00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:03,067
SILENTLY, THE QUEENFISH STALKED
1450
00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,570
SILENTLY, THE QUEENFISH STALKED
1451
00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,570
ITS UNSUSPECTING PREY.
1452
00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:11,576
THE SINKING OF THE AKITSU MARU
1453
00:25:11,576 --> 00:25:13,578
THE SINKING OF THE AKITSU MARU
1454
00:25:11,576 --> 00:25:13,077
PUT AN END TO THE ARMY'S BOLD
1455
00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,579
PUT AN END TO THE ARMY'S BOLD
1456
00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,079
EXPERIMENT IN ANTISUBMARINE
1457
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:15,080
EXPERIMENT IN ANTISUBMARINE
1458
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:16,581
WARFARE.
1459
00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:19,083
WARFARE.
1460
00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:18,082
BUT WORLD WAR II WOULD SEE OTHER
1461
00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:18,583
BUT WORLD WAR II WOULD SEE OTHER
1462
00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:20,084
JAPANESE AEROSPACE PLANS
1463
00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,586
JAPANESE AEROSPACE PLANS
1464
00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,086
EVEN MORE ADVANCED
1465
00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:21,586
EVEN MORE ADVANCED
1466
00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:23,087
THAN THE HELICOPTER,
1467
00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:24,589
THAN THE HELICOPTER,
1468
00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:25,090
FAR IN ADVANCE OF ANYTHING
1469
00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:27,092
FAR IN ADVANCE OF ANYTHING
1470
00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:27,592
THE ALLIES POSSESSED.
1471
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,101
>> narrator: ON JANUARY
1472
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:37,102
>> narrator: ON JANUARY
1473
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:39,104
THE 24th, 1990, A ROCKET BLASTS
1474
00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:42,107
THE 24th, 1990, A ROCKET BLASTS
1475
00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:41,606
OFF FOR THE MOON.
1476
00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:44,108
OFF FOR THE MOON.
1477
00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:43,608
IT IS AN AMAZING 25 YEARS
1478
00:25:43,608 --> 00:25:45,610
IT IS AN AMAZING 25 YEARS
1479
00:25:43,608 --> 00:25:45,109
SINCE MANKIND LAST SENT A ROCKET
1480
00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:45,610
SINCE MANKIND LAST SENT A ROCKET
1481
00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:49,113
TO EARTH'S SATELLITE.
1482
00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:52,617
TO EARTH'S SATELLITE.
1483
00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:50,615
BUT THIS NEITHER AN AMERICAN
1484
00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:52,116
BUT THIS NEITHER AN AMERICAN
1485
00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:52,617
NOR A RUSSIAN MISSION.
1486
00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:53,117
NOR A RUSSIAN MISSION.
1487
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:54,119
A THIRD NATION HAS OPTED
1488
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,120
A THIRD NATION HAS OPTED
1489
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,122
TO EXPLORE DEEP SPACE.
1490
00:25:57,122 --> 00:26:00,125
TO EXPLORE DEEP SPACE.
1491
00:25:57,122 --> 00:25:59,624
THE ROCKET IS JAPANESE,
1492
00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:02,126
THE ROCKET IS JAPANESE,
1493
00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:01,626
AND THE ROOTS OF ITS TECHNOLOGY
1494
00:26:01,626 --> 00:26:03,628
AND THE ROOTS OF ITS TECHNOLOGY
1495
00:26:01,626 --> 00:26:03,628
LIE FAR BACK IN WORLD WAR II
1496
00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:05,630
LIE FAR BACK IN WORLD WAR II
1497
00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:05,630
WITH ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST FAMOUS
1498
00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,632
WITH ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST FAMOUS
1499
00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:08,132
AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS,
1500
00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:10,635
AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS,
1501
00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:11,636
HIDEO ITOKAWA.
1502
00:26:11,636 --> 00:26:15,139
HIDEO ITOKAWA.
1503
00:26:11,636 --> 00:26:14,639
>> HIDEO ITOKAWA IS FAMOUS
1504
00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:17,642
>> HIDEO ITOKAWA IS FAMOUS
1505
00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:17,141
IN JAPANESE AVIATION CIRCLES
1506
00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:19,644
IN JAPANESE AVIATION CIRCLES
1507
00:26:17,142 --> 00:26:18,643
FOR BEING FAMOUS.
1508
00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:20,144
FOR BEING FAMOUS.
1509
00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:20,144
BY THAT, I MEAN HE WAS THE FIRST
1510
00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:20,645
BY THAT, I MEAN HE WAS THE FIRST
1511
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:21,646
PERSON TO STEP OUT OF THE
1512
00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:22,146
PERSON TO STEP OUT OF THE
1513
00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:23,648
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEAM
1514
00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:25,149
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEAM
1515
00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:25,149
STRUCTURE, WHERE EVERYONE WAS
1516
00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:26,651
STRUCTURE, WHERE EVERYONE WAS
1517
00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,652
FACELESS, AND CLAIMS PRIORITY
1518
00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:30,154
FACELESS, AND CLAIMS PRIORITY
1519
00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:29,654
AS A GREAT AVIATION DESIGNER.
1520
00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:31,656
AS A GREAT AVIATION DESIGNER.
1521
00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:30,655
AND TO THIS DAY, MANY JAPANESE
1522
00:26:30,655 --> 00:26:31,155
AND TO THIS DAY, MANY JAPANESE
1523
00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:32,157
AVIATION ENGINEERS HATE HIM
1524
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,158
AVIATION ENGINEERS HATE HIM
1525
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:34,159
FOR THAT.
1526
00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:36,161
FOR THAT.
1527
00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:35,660
>> narrator: IT IS 1939,
1528
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:37,161
>> narrator: IT IS 1939,
1529
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:38,663
AND EUROPE IS AT WAR.
1530
00:26:38,663 --> 00:26:39,163
AND EUROPE IS AT WAR.
1531
00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:40,165
IN THE FAR EAST, THE PILOTS
1532
00:26:40,165 --> 00:26:40,665
IN THE FAR EAST, THE PILOTS
1533
00:26:40,665 --> 00:26:42,166
OF THE JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE
1534
00:26:42,167 --> 00:26:43,668
OF THE JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE
1535
00:26:42,167 --> 00:26:43,168
ARE TESTING A RADICAL NEW
1536
00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:44,169
ARE TESTING A RADICAL NEW
1537
00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:45,170
FIGHTER PLANE.
1538
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:47,172
FIGHTER PLANE.
1539
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:47,672
AT FIRST, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
1540
00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:50,174
AT FIRST, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
1541
00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:48,673
THE AIRCRAFT
1542
00:26:48,673 --> 00:26:49,674
THE AIRCRAFT
1543
00:26:48,673 --> 00:26:51,175
IS THE NAKAJIMA Ki-43,
1544
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:53,678
IS THE NAKAJIMA Ki-43,
1545
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:54,679
ALLIED CODE NAME "OSCAR."
1546
00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:58,182
ALLIED CODE NAME "OSCAR."
1547
00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:56,681
>> WHILE THE JAPANESE NAVY HAD
1548
00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:58,683
>> WHILE THE JAPANESE NAVY HAD
1549
00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:59,183
THE FAMOUS ZERO FIGHTER,
1550
00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:01,686
THE FAMOUS ZERO FIGHTER,
1551
00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:00,185
THE ARMY HAD THEIR FAMOUS
1552
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,186
THE ARMY HAD THEIR FAMOUS
1553
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,686
FIGHTER TOO, WHICH TURNED OUT
1554
00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:03,187
FIGHTER TOO, WHICH TURNED OUT
1555
00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:03,688
TO BE THE OSCAR.
1556
00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:05,690
TO BE THE OSCAR.
1557
00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:04,689
IT WAS AN AIRPLANE
1558
00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:05,189
IT WAS AN AIRPLANE
1559
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:06,691
TO TANGLE WITH AND, IN FACT,
1560
00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:08,192
TO TANGLE WITH AND, IN FACT,
1561
00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:09,193
SO MUCH THAT WHEN ALLIED FIGHTER
1562
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:09,694
SO MUCH THAT WHEN ALLIED FIGHTER
1563
00:27:09,694 --> 00:27:12,196
PILOTS WOULD MEET THE OSCAR,
1564
00:27:12,197 --> 00:27:14,699
PILOTS WOULD MEET THE OSCAR,
1565
00:27:12,197 --> 00:27:14,199
IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM
1566
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:16,201
IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM
1567
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:15,200
TO CALL IT SO MANY ZEROS
1568
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:15,700
TO CALL IT SO MANY ZEROS
1569
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:18,202
AT 12 O'CLOCK HIGH.
1570
00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:20,705
AT 12 O'CLOCK HIGH.
1571
00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:19,704
>> narrator: UNLIKE PREVIOUS
1572
00:27:19,704 --> 00:27:21,205
>> narrator: UNLIKE PREVIOUS
1573
00:27:19,704 --> 00:27:21,205
FIGHTER PLANES OF THE ARMY,
1574
00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:22,707
FIGHTER PLANES OF THE ARMY,
1575
00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:22,207
THE OSCAR HAD A RETRACTABLE
1576
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:23,208
THE OSCAR HAD A RETRACTABLE
1577
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:24,709
UNDERCARRIAGE.
1578
00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:27,211
UNDERCARRIAGE.
1579
00:27:24,709 --> 00:27:27,211
THE JAPANESE ARMY PILOTS WERE
1580
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,714
THE JAPANESE ARMY PILOTS WERE
1581
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:28,713
USED TO LIGHTNESS AND
1582
00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:30,214
USED TO LIGHTNESS AND
1583
00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:31,716
MANEUVERABILITY IN THEIR PLANES.
1584
00:27:31,716 --> 00:27:34,719
MANEUVERABILITY IN THEIR PLANES.
1585
00:27:31,716 --> 00:27:33,217
THEY THOUGHT THE RETRACTABLE
1586
00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:34,719
THEY THOUGHT THE RETRACTABLE
1587
00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:34,219
UNDERCARRIAGE MADE THE PLANE
1588
00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:35,220
UNDERCARRIAGE MADE THE PLANE
1589
00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:36,221
TOO HEAVY.
1590
00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,223
TOO HEAVY.
1591
00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,723
BUT HIDEO ITOKAWA, IN CHARGE OF
1592
00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:41,225
BUT HIDEO ITOKAWA, IN CHARGE OF
1593
00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:40,224
DESIGNING THE OSCAR'S
1594
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:41,726
DESIGNING THE OSCAR'S
1595
00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:41,726
AERODYNAMICS, HAD INVENTED
1596
00:27:41,726 --> 00:27:43,227
AERODYNAMICS, HAD INVENTED
1597
00:27:41,726 --> 00:27:42,727
SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE
1598
00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:43,728
SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE
1599
00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:45,730
THE OSCAR A FIGHTING LEGEND.
1600
00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:48,733
THE OSCAR A FIGHTING LEGEND.
1601
00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:48,232
>> NAKAJIMA DESIGNED INTO TWO OF
1602
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:50,735
>> NAKAJIMA DESIGNED INTO TWO OF
1603
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:50,235
THEIR MAJOR FIGHTERS A DEVICE
1604
00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:50,735
THEIR MAJOR FIGHTERS A DEVICE
1605
00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:52,236
CALLED THE BUTTERFLY FLAP,
1606
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:53,738
CALLED THE BUTTERFLY FLAP,
1607
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:53,238
NAMELY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
1608
00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:53,738
NAMELY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
1609
00:27:53,738 --> 00:27:54,238
IT LOOKED LIKE:
1610
00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:54,739
IT LOOKED LIKE:
1611
00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:55,240
A BUTTERFLY WING.
1612
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,241
A BUTTERFLY WING.
1613
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,242
THIS WAS A FLAP THAT NOT ONLY
1614
00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:59,244
THIS WAS A FLAP THAT NOT ONLY
1615
00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:58,743
WAS A LANDING FLAP AND OPERATED
1616
00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:00,244
WAS A LANDING FLAP AND OPERATED
1617
00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:00,745
THE SAME WAY, BUT IT COULD BE
1618
00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:02,747
THE SAME WAY, BUT IT COULD BE
1619
00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:02,747
EXTENDED IN FLIGHT WHEN ENGAGED
1620
00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:04,749
EXTENDED IN FLIGHT WHEN ENGAGED
1621
00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:04,749
IN COMBAT TO ADD TO THE TURNING
1622
00:28:04,749 --> 00:28:05,249
IN COMBAT TO ADD TO THE TURNING
1623
00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:06,751
RADIUS OF THE AIRPLANE.
1624
00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:08,252
RADIUS OF THE AIRPLANE.
1625
00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:07,752
>> narrator: IN THE BATTLES
1626
00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:08,753
>> narrator: IN THE BATTLES
1627
00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:10,755
TO COME, HIDEO ITOKAWA'S EFFORTS
1628
00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:13,758
TO COME, HIDEO ITOKAWA'S EFFORTS
1629
00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:12,256
PAID OFF.
1630
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,758
PAID OFF.
1631
00:28:12,257 --> 00:28:13,758
THE OSCAR PROVED TO BE ONE
1632
00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,259
THE OSCAR PROVED TO BE ONE
1633
00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:15,259
OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE FIGHTERS
1634
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:16,761
OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE FIGHTERS
1635
00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:17,762
OF WORLD WAR II.
1636
00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:20,264
OF WORLD WAR II.
1637
00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:19,764
>> AS THE WAR PROGRESSED,
1638
00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:21,766
>> AS THE WAR PROGRESSED,
1639
00:28:19,764 --> 00:28:20,765
THE OSCAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE
1640
00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:21,766
THE OSCAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE
1641
00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:21,766
A DRAWBACK.
1642
00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:22,767
A DRAWBACK.
1643
00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:23,768
IT DIDN'T HAVE THE RATE OF
1644
00:28:23,768 --> 00:28:25,770
IT DIDN'T HAVE THE RATE OF
1645
00:28:23,768 --> 00:28:26,270
CLIMB, THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINE
1646
00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:28,773
CLIMB, THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINE
1647
00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:28,773
TO CLIMB UP TO CATCH HIGH-FLYING
1648
00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:31,275
TO CLIMB UP TO CATCH HIGH-FLYING
1649
00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:30,775
U.S. BOMBERS LIKE THE B-29.
1650
00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:32,777
U.S. BOMBERS LIKE THE B-29.
1651
00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:31,776
SO THEY NEEDED A DIFFERENT KIND
1652
00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:32,777
SO THEY NEEDED A DIFFERENT KIND
1653
00:28:31,776 --> 00:28:33,778
OF FIGHTER.
1654
00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:35,780
OF FIGHTER.
1655
00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:34,779
>> narrator: THAT DIFFERENT KIND
1656
00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:35,780
>> narrator: THAT DIFFERENT KIND
1657
00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:36,280
OF FIGHTER WAS ALREADY BEING
1658
00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:37,782
OF FIGHTER WAS ALREADY BEING
1659
00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:39,784
DEVELOPED IN NAZI GERMANY.
1660
00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:43,287
DEVELOPED IN NAZI GERMANY.
1661
00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:41,285
IT WAS CALLED THE MESSERSCHMITT
1662
00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:42,787
IT WAS CALLED THE MESSERSCHMITT
1663
00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:44,289
Me-163 KOMET AND WAS POWERED
1664
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:47,292
Me-163 KOMET AND WAS POWERED
1665
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:49,294
BY A LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET MOTOR.
1666
00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:49,794
BY A LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET MOTOR.
1667
00:28:49,794 --> 00:28:50,795
DISCARDING ITS UNDERCARRIAGE
1668
00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:51,295
DISCARDING ITS UNDERCARRIAGE
1669
00:28:51,296 --> 00:28:52,297
ON TAKEOFF FOR MAXIMUM
1670
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:53,298
ON TAKEOFF FOR MAXIMUM
1671
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:53,798
AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY,
1672
00:28:53,798 --> 00:28:55,299
AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY,
1673
00:28:53,798 --> 00:28:55,299
THE COMET COULD CLIMB LIKE A BAT
1674
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,801
THE COMET COULD CLIMB LIKE A BAT
1675
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,304
TO 30,000 FEET IN 2 1/2 MINUTES.
1676
00:28:59,304 --> 00:29:03,308
TO 30,000 FEET IN 2 1/2 MINUTES.
1677
00:28:59,304 --> 00:29:02,307
>> THE Me-163 ROCKET FIGHTER
1678
00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:05,310
>> THE Me-163 ROCKET FIGHTER
1679
00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:06,311
WAS DESIGNED AS A POINT DEFENSE
1680
00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:10,315
WAS DESIGNED AS A POINT DEFENSE
1681
00:29:06,311 --> 00:29:09,314
INTERCEPTOR POWERED BY ROCKET
1682
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:12,317
INTERCEPTOR POWERED BY ROCKET
1683
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:10,815
MOTOR RATHER THAN A JET
1684
00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:12,316
MOTOR RATHER THAN A JET
1685
00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:12,316
OR A PISTON ENGINE.
1686
00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:13,818
OR A PISTON ENGINE.
1687
00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:14,319
ITS ADVANTAGE WAS THAT IT COULD
1688
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,321
ITS ADVANTAGE WAS THAT IT COULD
1689
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,321
CLIMB EXTREMELY RAPIDLY
1690
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,323
CLIMB EXTREMELY RAPIDLY
1691
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,323
TO HIGH ALTITUDE TO INTERCEPT
1692
00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:20,325
TO HIGH ALTITUDE TO INTERCEPT
1693
00:29:18,323 --> 00:29:19,324
BOMBERS.
1694
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:20,325
BOMBERS.
1695
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:21,326
IT HAD DISTINCT DISADVANTAGES,
1696
00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:23,328
IT HAD DISTINCT DISADVANTAGES,
1697
00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:22,327
HOWEVER.
1698
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:23,328
HOWEVER.
1699
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:24,829
ITS RANGE WAS VERY, VERY
1700
00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:27,331
ITS RANGE WAS VERY, VERY
1701
00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:25,830
LIMITED.
1702
00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:26,831
LIMITED.
1703
00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:27,832
EFFECTIVELY, THE ROCKET FUEL WAS
1704
00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:29,834
EFFECTIVELY, THE ROCKET FUEL WAS
1705
00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:30,835
USED UP IN THE INITIAL CLIMB.
1706
00:29:30,835 --> 00:29:33,838
USED UP IN THE INITIAL CLIMB.
1707
00:29:30,835 --> 00:29:32,837
ONLY ONE ATTACK COULD THEN
1708
00:29:32,837 --> 00:29:34,839
ONLY ONE ATTACK COULD THEN
1709
00:29:32,837 --> 00:29:34,338
BE MADE, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD
1710
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:35,840
BE MADE, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD
1711
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,841
TO RETURN WITHOUT POWER TO LAND.
1712
00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:39,343
TO RETURN WITHOUT POWER TO LAND.
1713
00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:37,842
>> narrator: THE IMPERIAL
1714
00:29:37,842 --> 00:29:38,342
>> narrator: THE IMPERIAL
1715
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:39,844
JAPANESE NAVY, DESPAIRING THAT
1716
00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,345
JAPANESE NAVY, DESPAIRING THAT
1717
00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,345
THE ARMY COULD KEEP THE HOME
1718
00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:42,847
THE ARMY COULD KEEP THE HOME
1719
00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:42,847
SKIES CLEAR OF AMERICAN BOMBERS,
1720
00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:43,347
SKIES CLEAR OF AMERICAN BOMBERS,
1721
00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:44,349
SEIZED ON THE GERMAN KOMET
1722
00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:45,350
SEIZED ON THE GERMAN KOMET
1723
00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:45,850
AS A QUICK SOLUTION
1724
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:47,351
AS A QUICK SOLUTION
1725
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:49,854
TO ITS AIR DEFENSE NEEDS.
1726
00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:53,858
TO ITS AIR DEFENSE NEEDS.
1727
00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:51,856
THIS JAPANESE VERSION
1728
00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:53,858
THIS JAPANESE VERSION
1729
00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:53,357
WAS CALLED THE SHUSUI
1730
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:54,859
WAS CALLED THE SHUSUI
1731
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:54,859
AFTER THE SWISHING SOUND MADE
1732
00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:56,360
AFTER THE SWISHING SOUND MADE
1733
00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:57,862
BY A SAMURAI'S SWORD.
1734
00:29:57,862 --> 00:29:58,362
BY A SAMURAI'S SWORD.
1735
00:29:58,363 --> 00:29:59,864
BUILDING THE SHUSUI WAS
1736
00:29:59,864 --> 00:30:01,365
BUILDING THE SHUSUI WAS
1737
00:29:59,864 --> 00:30:00,865
ENTRUSTED TO THE MITSUBISHI
1738
00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:01,365
ENTRUSTED TO THE MITSUBISHI
1739
00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:02,867
COMPANY, DESIGNERS OF
1740
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:04,368
COMPANY, DESIGNERS OF
1741
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:06,370
THE LEGENDARY ZERO FIGHTER.
1742
00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:06,871
THE LEGENDARY ZERO FIGHTER.
1743
00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:08,873
ON JULY THE 7th, 1945,
1744
00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:10,875
ON JULY THE 7th, 1945,
1745
00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:10,875
THE FIRST ROCKET-POWERED SHUSUI
1746
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:12,877
THE FIRST ROCKET-POWERED SHUSUI
1747
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:13,878
THUNDERED OFF INTO THE SKY.
1748
00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:16,881
THUNDERED OFF INTO THE SKY.
1749
00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:14,879
>> AS WITH OTHER NAZI TECHNOLOGY
1750
00:30:14,879 --> 00:30:15,379
>> AS WITH OTHER NAZI TECHNOLOGY
1751
00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:15,880
THEY ACQUIRED,
1752
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:16,380
THEY ACQUIRED,
1753
00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:17,882
THE JAPANESE DIDN'T JUST COPY;
1754
00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:19,383
THE JAPANESE DIDN'T JUST COPY;
1755
00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:19,383
THEY RADICALLY IMPROVED.
1756
00:30:19,384 --> 00:30:19,884
THEY RADICALLY IMPROVED.
1757
00:30:19,884 --> 00:30:20,885
THEY REALIZED THE PROBLEM
1758
00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:21,385
THEY REALIZED THE PROBLEM
1759
00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:23,388
WITH THE 163 WAS THAT IT
1760
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,390
WITH THE 163 WAS THAT IT
1761
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:24,889
DIDN'T CARRY ENOUGH FUEL,
1762
00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:26,390
DIDN'T CARRY ENOUGH FUEL,
1763
00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:26,891
SO THEY MADE IT BIGGER.
1764
00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:28,893
SO THEY MADE IT BIGGER.
1765
00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:28,392
>> narrator: THIS NEW AND
1766
00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:28,893
>> narrator: THIS NEW AND
1767
00:30:28,893 --> 00:30:30,394
IMPROVED VERSION WAS CALLED
1768
00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:31,896
IMPROVED VERSION WAS CALLED
1769
00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:33,398
THE TYPE TWO ROCKET FIGHTER.
1770
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:36,401
THE TYPE TWO ROCKET FIGHTER.
1771
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:34,899
FITTED WITH DELTA WINGS FOR
1772
00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:36,400
FITTED WITH DELTA WINGS FOR
1773
00:30:34,899 --> 00:30:36,400
SPEED, IT WAS TO BE POWERED
1774
00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:37,902
SPEED, IT WAS TO BE POWERED
1775
00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:39,404
BY TWO ROCKET MOTORS.
1776
00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:39,904
BY TWO ROCKET MOTORS.
1777
00:30:39,904 --> 00:30:40,905
BIGGER AND FASTER
1778
00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:41,906
BIGGER AND FASTER
1779
00:30:40,905 --> 00:30:41,906
THAN THE ORIGINAL KOMET
1780
00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:42,907
THAN THE ORIGINAL KOMET
1781
00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:43,908
AND ARMED WITH MISSILES,
1782
00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:45,910
AND ARMED WITH MISSILES,
1783
00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:45,910
IT WOULD HAVE HUNTED THE B-29s
1784
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,912
IT WOULD HAVE HUNTED THE B-29s
1785
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:48,913
FROM THE SKY.
1786
00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:51,916
FROM THE SKY.
1787
00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:50,414
THE NAVY ALSO DEVELOPED
1788
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:51,916
THE NAVY ALSO DEVELOPED
1789
00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:51,916
A MANNED ROCKET BOMB
1790
00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:53,417
A MANNED ROCKET BOMB
1791
00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:54,919
FOR KAMIKAZE ATTACKS.
1792
00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:57,922
FOR KAMIKAZE ATTACKS.
1793
00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:57,421
>> THE USE OF THE BAKA BOMB,
1794
00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,924
>> THE USE OF THE BAKA BOMB,
1795
00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:58,423
THE FOOL, OR, AS THE JAPANESE
1796
00:30:58,423 --> 00:30:58,923
THE FOOL, OR, AS THE JAPANESE
1797
00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:00,424
CALLED IT, THE OHKA, WAS
1798
00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:01,926
CALLED IT, THE OHKA, WAS
1799
00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:02,927
ESSENTIALLY AS A LONG-RANGE
1800
00:31:02,927 --> 00:31:05,429
ESSENTIALLY AS A LONG-RANGE
1801
00:31:02,927 --> 00:31:04,929
ATTACK AGAINST THE AMERICAN
1802
00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:06,931
ATTACK AGAINST THE AMERICAN
1803
00:31:04,929 --> 00:31:05,930
FLEET.
1804
00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:06,931
FLEET.
1805
00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:07,431
IN DEFENSE OF THE HOME ISLANDS,
1806
00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:08,933
IN DEFENSE OF THE HOME ISLANDS,
1807
00:31:07,432 --> 00:31:09,434
IT HAVING TO BE CARRIED INTO
1808
00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:11,436
IT HAVING TO BE CARRIED INTO
1809
00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:10,935
COMBAT BY A BETTY BOMBER
1810
00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:11,435
COMBAT BY A BETTY BOMBER
1811
00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:13,938
WOULD HAVE BEEN SUICIDAL
1812
00:31:13,938 --> 00:31:16,440
WOULD HAVE BEEN SUICIDAL
1813
00:31:13,938 --> 00:31:16,941
FOR THE BOMBER CREW ITSELF.
1814
00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:19,944
FOR THE BOMBER CREW ITSELF.
1815
00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:18,442
ESSENTIALLY, THE BOMBERS WOULD
1816
00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:19,944
ESSENTIALLY, THE BOMBERS WOULD
1817
00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:18,943
HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN
1818
00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:19,443
HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN
1819
00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:20,945
BEFORE THE BAKA EVER GOT
1820
00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:22,947
BEFORE THE BAKA EVER GOT
1821
00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:22,446
WITHIN RANGE TO GO ON AGAINST
1822
00:31:22,447 --> 00:31:22,947
WITHIN RANGE TO GO ON AGAINST
1823
00:31:22,947 --> 00:31:24,448
THE FLEET.
1824
00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:25,950
THE FLEET.
1825
00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:26,451
>> narrator: AS A RESULT,
1826
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:28,453
>> narrator: AS A RESULT,
1827
00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:27,952
THE JAPANESE NAVY DREW UP PLANS
1828
00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:29,453
THE JAPANESE NAVY DREW UP PLANS
1829
00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:29,453
FOR A JET BOMBER TO REPLACE
1830
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:30,955
FOR A JET BOMBER TO REPLACE
1831
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,456
THE BETTY.
1832
00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:33,458
THE BETTY.
1833
00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:33,958
>> IT WAS CALLED THE R2Y,
1834
00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:36,460
>> IT WAS CALLED THE R2Y,
1835
00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:35,459
OR THE TRANSLATION,
1836
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:36,961
OR THE TRANSLATION,
1837
00:31:35,460 --> 00:31:36,461
THE JAPANESE NAME
1838
00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:37,462
THE JAPANESE NAME
1839
00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:37,462
IS "BEAUTIFUL CLOUD."
1840
00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:38,463
IS "BEAUTIFUL CLOUD."
1841
00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:39,964
BUT THE R2Y WAS NEVER GIVEN
1842
00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:42,466
BUT THE R2Y WAS NEVER GIVEN
1843
00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:42,967
ONE OF THE ALLIED IDENTIFICATION
1844
00:31:42,967 --> 00:31:43,467
ONE OF THE ALLIED IDENTIFICATION
1845
00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:44,969
NAMES BY TECHNICAL AIR
1846
00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:46,470
NAMES BY TECHNICAL AIR
1847
00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:46,470
INTELLIGENCE, BECAUSE THEY
1848
00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:47,972
INTELLIGENCE, BECAUSE THEY
1849
00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:48,973
SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.
1850
00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:51,475
SIMPLY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.
1851
00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:50,474
>> narrator: THE FIRST PROTOTYPE
1852
00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:51,976
>> narrator: THE FIRST PROTOTYPE
1853
00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:52,477
OF THE R2Y WAS FINISHED
1854
00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:54,479
OF THE R2Y WAS FINISHED
1855
00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:55,480
IN APRIL 1945.
1856
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,483
IN APRIL 1945.
1857
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,981
AS ITS TWIN JET ENGINES
1858
00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:58,482
AS ITS TWIN JET ENGINES
1859
00:31:56,981 --> 00:31:58,983
WERE NOT YET READY, IT FLEW
1860
00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:00,985
WERE NOT YET READY, IT FLEW
1861
00:31:58,983 --> 00:31:59,984
FITTED WITH AN ORDINARY
1862
00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:00,985
FITTED WITH AN ORDINARY
1863
00:31:59,984 --> 00:32:03,487
PROPELLER ENGINE.
1864
00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:06,991
PROPELLER ENGINE.
1865
00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:04,989
THE FINAL JET VERSION WOULD HAVE
1866
00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:06,490
THE FINAL JET VERSION WOULD HAVE
1867
00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:06,490
HAD TWO ENGINES SLUNG UNDER
1868
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:07,992
HAD TWO ENGINES SLUNG UNDER
1869
00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:08,493
THE WINGS.
1870
00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:08,993
THE WINGS.
1871
00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:11,495
THE SPEED OF THE JET R2Y WOULD
1872
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:13,998
THE SPEED OF THE JET R2Y WOULD
1873
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:13,498
HAVE BEEN 500 MILES PER HOUR
1874
00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:15,500
HAVE BEEN 500 MILES PER HOUR
1875
00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:15,500
AT OVER 30,000 FEET,
1876
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,502
AT OVER 30,000 FEET,
1877
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,502
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY U.S. FIGHTER
1878
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:19,504
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY U.S. FIGHTER
1879
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:21,005
TO INTERCEPT.
1880
00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:24,508
TO INTERCEPT.
1881
00:32:21,005 --> 00:32:22,506
>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
1882
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:24,008
>> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
1883
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:24,008
TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE KNEW
1884
00:32:24,008 --> 00:32:25,509
TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE KNEW
1885
00:32:24,008 --> 00:32:25,509
NOTHING ABOUT THE NEW GENERATION
1886
00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,011
NOTHING ABOUT THE NEW GENERATION
1887
00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,512
OF JAPANESE JET AIRCRAFT
1888
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,514
OF JAPANESE JET AIRCRAFT
1889
00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,514
LIKE THE R2Y.
1890
00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:31,516
LIKE THE R2Y.
1891
00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:31,015
ESSENTIALLY, THEY WERE MAKING
1892
00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:32,516
ESSENTIALLY, THEY WERE MAKING
1893
00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:33,017
THE SAME MISTAKE AS 1941.
1894
00:32:33,017 --> 00:32:33,517
THE SAME MISTAKE AS 1941.
1895
00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:34,519
THEY THOUGHT, "WELL, WE STOPPED
1896
00:32:34,519 --> 00:32:35,520
THEY THOUGHT, "WELL, WE STOPPED
1897
00:32:34,519 --> 00:32:36,020
THE GERMAN TECHNOLOGY GETTING
1898
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:37,521
THE GERMAN TECHNOLOGY GETTING
1899
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:37,521
TO JAPAN, SO THE JAPANESE CAN'T
1900
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,023
TO JAPAN, SO THE JAPANESE CAN'T
1901
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,023
DO IT ON THEIR OWN."
1902
00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:40,524
DO IT ON THEIR OWN."
1903
00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:39,523
AND THEY WERE IN
1904
00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:40,024
AND THEY WERE IN
1905
00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:41,526
FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
1906
00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,528
FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
1907
00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,528
>> narrator: HOW COSTLY COULD
1908
00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:45,530
>> narrator: HOW COSTLY COULD
1909
00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:44,529
THIS INTELLIGENCE FAILURE
1910
00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:45,530
THIS INTELLIGENCE FAILURE
1911
00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:45,530
HAVE BEEN?
1912
00:32:45,530 --> 00:32:46,030
HAVE BEEN?
1913
00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:47,031
IMAGINE IF THE ALLIES HAD
1914
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:48,032
IMAGINE IF THE ALLIES HAD
1915
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:48,032
BEEN FORCED TO INVADE THE
1916
00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:49,033
BEEN FORCED TO INVADE THE
1917
00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:52,536
JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS.
1918
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:57,041
JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS.
1919
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:57,041
IT IS THE SPRING OF 1946.
1920
00:32:57,041 --> 00:33:01,545
IT IS THE SPRING OF 1946.
1921
00:32:57,041 --> 00:32:58,542
A U.S. AND BRITISH INVASION
1922
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,044
A U.S. AND BRITISH INVASION
1923
00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:00,044
FLEET APPROACHES THE SHORES
1924
00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:01,545
FLEET APPROACHES THE SHORES
1925
00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:02,546
OF THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS.
1926
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:03,047
OF THE JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS.
1927
00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:04,048
CORSAIRS OF THE U.S. NAVY
1928
00:33:04,048 --> 00:33:05,049
CORSAIRS OF THE U.S. NAVY
1929
00:33:04,048 --> 00:33:08,552
FLY PATROL OVERHEAD.
1930
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:13,057
FLY PATROL OVERHEAD.
1931
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:10,054
SUDDENLY, A JAPANESE
1932
00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:11,555
SUDDENLY, A JAPANESE
1933
00:33:10,054 --> 00:33:11,555
SUPERCARRIER LAUNCHES A STRIKE
1934
00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:13,057
SUPERCARRIER LAUNCHES A STRIKE
1935
00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:12,056
OF JET AIRCRAFT
1936
00:33:12,056 --> 00:33:12,556
OF JET AIRCRAFT
1937
00:33:12,056 --> 00:33:14,558
AGAINST THE FLEET.
1938
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:17,061
AGAINST THE FLEET.
1939
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:16,561
>> THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT FLYING
1940
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,563
>> THE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT FLYING
1941
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:17,562
IN FROM THE HOME ISLANDS
1942
00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:18,563
IN FROM THE HOME ISLANDS
1943
00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:20,064
WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM
1944
00:33:20,064 --> 00:33:22,566
WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM
1945
00:33:20,064 --> 00:33:20,564
THE GROUND CLUTTER
1946
00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:21,065
THE GROUND CLUTTER
1947
00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:22,066
OF THE HOME ISLANDS.
1948
00:33:22,066 --> 00:33:23,067
OF THE HOME ISLANDS.
1949
00:33:22,066 --> 00:33:24,068
THE AMERICAN RADAR WOULD NOT
1950
00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:26,070
THE AMERICAN RADAR WOULD NOT
1951
00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:25,569
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PICK THEM UP.
1952
00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:27,071
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PICK THEM UP.
1953
00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:27,071
THEY WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY BEEN
1954
00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:28,572
THEY WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY BEEN
1955
00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:28,572
SEEN THE FIRST TIME WHEN THAT
1956
00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:30,074
SEEN THE FIRST TIME WHEN THAT
1957
00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:30,575
LOOKOUT WITH HIS BINOCULARS
1958
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:32,577
LOOKOUT WITH HIS BINOCULARS
1959
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:33,578
SAW THEM FLYING IN, AND THAT
1960
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:36,581
SAW THEM FLYING IN, AND THAT
1961
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:35,079
WOULD HAVE HAD DEVASTATING
1962
00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:36,580
WOULD HAVE HAD DEVASTATING
1963
00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:38,582
RESULTS ON THE AMERICAN FLEET.
1964
00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:42,086
RESULTS ON THE AMERICAN FLEET.
1965
00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:40,084
>> narrator: FLYING TOO FAST
1966
00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:41,585
>> narrator: FLYING TOO FAST
1967
00:33:40,084 --> 00:33:41,085
FOR U.S. FIGHTERS OR
1968
00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:42,086
FOR U.S. FIGHTERS OR
1969
00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:42,586
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNNERS,
1970
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,088
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNNERS,
1971
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,590
THE R2Ys WOULD STREAK HOME,
1972
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:48,593
THE R2Ys WOULD STREAK HOME,
1973
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:47,091
DROPPING TORPEDOS OR FIRING
1974
00:33:47,091 --> 00:33:48,592
DROPPING TORPEDOS OR FIRING
1975
00:33:47,091 --> 00:33:52,096
AIR-TO-SURFACE GUIDED MISSILES.
1976
00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:57,101
AIR-TO-SURFACE GUIDED MISSILES.
1977
00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:53,597
THE ALLIED CARRIERS WOULD BE
1978
00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:55,099
THE ALLIED CARRIERS WOULD BE
1979
00:33:53,598 --> 00:33:56,601
REDUCED TO FLOATING HULKS.
1980
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:59,604
REDUCED TO FLOATING HULKS.
1981
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:58,102
WAVES OF KIKKA ATTACK PLANES
1982
00:33:58,102 --> 00:33:59,603
WAVES OF KIKKA ATTACK PLANES
1983
00:33:58,102 --> 00:34:00,104
AND R2Y BOMBERS WOULD THEN FLY
1984
00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:02,106
AND R2Y BOMBERS WOULD THEN FLY
1985
00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:01,605
OUT FROM THEIR MOUNTING CAVES
1986
00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:03,107
OUT FROM THEIR MOUNTING CAVES
1987
00:34:01,606 --> 00:34:04,609
TO STRIKE AT THE TROOP SHIPS.
1988
00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:07,612
TO STRIKE AT THE TROOP SHIPS.
1989
00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:06,611
>> THE PLANES WOULD HAVE COME IN
1990
00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:08,613
>> THE PLANES WOULD HAVE COME IN
1991
00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:09,113
WITH VERY SHORT FLIGHT TIMES
1992
00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:11,615
WITH VERY SHORT FLIGHT TIMES
1993
00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:10,614
AND WOULD HAVE HIT THE MOST
1994
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,116
AND WOULD HAVE HIT THE MOST
1995
00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:11,616
VULNERABLE SHIPS FIRST:
1996
00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:12,617
VULNERABLE SHIPS FIRST:
1997
00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:13,117
THE TROOP TRANSPORTS,
1998
00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:14,618
THE TROOP TRANSPORTS,
1999
00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:14,118
THE HOSPITAL SHIPS,
2000
00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:15,119
THE HOSPITAL SHIPS,
2001
00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:17,121
THE AMMUNITION SHIPS.
2002
00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:21,626
>> narrator: FORTUNATELY,
2003
00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:22,627
>> narrator: FORTUNATELY,
2004
00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:23,628
HISTORY HAD A DIFFERENT ENDING.
2005
00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:24,128
HISTORY HAD A DIFFERENT ENDING.
2006
00:34:24,128 --> 00:34:26,130
THE B-29 DID INDEED DELIVER
2007
00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:28,132
THE B-29 DID INDEED DELIVER
2008
00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:27,631
THE KNOCK-OUT BLOW THAT
2009
00:34:27,632 --> 00:34:29,133
THE KNOCK-OUT BLOW THAT
2010
00:34:27,632 --> 00:34:29,133
THE JAPANESE HAD SO FEARED
2011
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:30,634
THE JAPANESE HAD SO FEARED
2012
00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:31,135
BEFORE PLANES LIKE THE TYPE TWO
2013
00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:33,137
BEFORE PLANES LIKE THE TYPE TWO
2014
00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:32,136
ROCKET FIGHTER COULD BE
2015
00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:33,137
ROCKET FIGHTER COULD BE
2016
00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:36,140
MASS PRODUCED.
2017
00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:36,640
MASS PRODUCED.
2018
00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:38,142
BUT ONE DISTURBING QUESTION
2019
00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:39,643
BUT ONE DISTURBING QUESTION
2020
00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:41,145
REMAINS: HOW JAPAN KEPT
2021
00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:44,148
REMAINS: HOW JAPAN KEPT
2022
00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:43,147
ITS SECRET AIR FORCE HIDDEN
2023
00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:45,149
ITS SECRET AIR FORCE HIDDEN
2024
00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:44,648
FROM TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
2025
00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:46,150
FROM TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
2026
00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:47,151
FOR SO LONG.
2027
00:34:47,151 --> 00:34:49,653
FOR SO LONG.
2028
00:34:47,151 --> 00:34:49,153
THE ANSWER LIES HIDDEN DEEP
2029
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:51,155
THE ANSWER LIES HIDDEN DEEP
2030
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,654
UNDER JAPAN'S MOUNTAINOUS
2031
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,156
UNDER JAPAN'S MOUNTAINOUS
2032
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:53,157
TERRAIN.
2033
00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:01,666
>> narrator: AUGUST THE 9th,
2034
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:02,667
>> narrator: AUGUST THE 9th,
2035
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:04,669
1945, TWO DAYS AFTER THE ATOM
2036
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:05,169
1945, TWO DAYS AFTER THE ATOM
2037
00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:07,171
BOMB FALLS ON HIROSHIMA,
2038
00:35:07,171 --> 00:35:09,173
BOMB FALLS ON HIROSHIMA,
2039
00:35:07,171 --> 00:35:09,173
COMMUNIST RUSSIA DECLARES WAR
2040
00:35:09,173 --> 00:35:11,175
COMMUNIST RUSSIA DECLARES WAR
2041
00:35:09,173 --> 00:35:11,175
ON JAPAN.
2042
00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:13,177
ON JAPAN.
2043
00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:12,676
THE SOVIET SECRET SERVICE
2044
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:14,178
THE SOVIET SECRET SERVICE
2045
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:14,178
IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO SCOUR
2046
00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:15,679
IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO SCOUR
2047
00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:15,679
MANCHURIA FOR EVIDENCE
2048
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,181
MANCHURIA FOR EVIDENCE
2049
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,181
OF ADVANCED JAPANESE
2050
00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:18,682
OF ADVANCED JAPANESE
2051
00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:19,183
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY.
2052
00:35:19,183 --> 00:35:19,683
AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY.
2053
00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:23,187
THE U.S. IS NOT FAR BEHIND.
2054
00:35:23,187 --> 00:35:26,690
THE U.S. IS NOT FAR BEHIND.
2055
00:35:23,187 --> 00:35:24,688
>> AT THE END OF THE WAR
2056
00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:26,190
>> AT THE END OF THE WAR
2057
00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:26,190
WITH JAPAN, TECHNICAL AIR
2058
00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,691
WITH JAPAN, TECHNICAL AIR
2059
00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,691
INTELLIGENCE UNITS RUSHED
2060
00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:29,193
INTELLIGENCE UNITS RUSHED
2061
00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:30,194
TO TOKYO, DESPERATE TO FIND OUT
2062
00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:30,694
TO TOKYO, DESPERATE TO FIND OUT
2063
00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:31,696
THE STATE OF JAPANESE AVIATION
2064
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:32,697
THE STATE OF JAPANESE AVIATION
2065
00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:32,697
TECHNOLOGY.
2066
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:33,698
TECHNOLOGY.
2067
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:34,198
IN PARTICULAR, THEY WERE WORRIED
2068
00:35:34,198 --> 00:35:35,699
IN PARTICULAR, THEY WERE WORRIED
2069
00:35:34,198 --> 00:35:35,699
THAT A LOT OF THE PRIZES
2070
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,201
THAT A LOT OF THE PRIZES
2071
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,702
OF JAPANESE INVENTION WOULD FALL
2072
00:35:37,702 --> 00:35:39,704
OF JAPANESE INVENTION WOULD FALL
2073
00:35:37,702 --> 00:35:39,203
TO THE RUSSIANS, WHO HAD JUST
2074
00:35:39,203 --> 00:35:40,704
TO THE RUSSIANS, WHO HAD JUST
2075
00:35:39,203 --> 00:35:41,705
INVADED MANCHURIA.
2076
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:44,208
INVADED MANCHURIA.
2077
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:42,707
>> narrator: BUT THE PRIZE
2078
00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:43,708
>> narrator: BUT THE PRIZE
2079
00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:44,709
IS NOT IN MANCHURIA.
2080
00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:46,711
IS NOT IN MANCHURIA.
2081
00:35:44,709 --> 00:35:46,210
JUST SIX MONTHS EARLIER,
2082
00:35:46,210 --> 00:35:47,711
JUST SIX MONTHS EARLIER,
2083
00:35:46,210 --> 00:35:47,711
THE JAPANESE HIGH COMMAND HAD
2084
00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:49,213
THE JAPANESE HIGH COMMAND HAD
2085
00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:49,213
ORDERED ITS AIRCRAFT
2086
00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:50,714
ORDERED ITS AIRCRAFT
2087
00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:50,714
MANUFACTURING PLANTS TO BE BUILT
2088
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,216
MANUFACTURING PLANTS TO BE BUILT
2089
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,216
OUT OF REACH OF UNITED STATES
2090
00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:53,717
OUT OF REACH OF UNITED STATES
2091
00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:55,219
BOMBING.
2092
00:35:55,219 --> 00:35:58,222
BOMBING.
2093
00:35:55,219 --> 00:35:57,221
JAPAN'S MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WAS
2094
00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,223
JAPAN'S MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WAS
2095
00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,723
PERFECT IN WHICH TO HIDE.
2096
00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:02,226
PERFECT IN WHICH TO HIDE.
2097
00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:02,226
ABANDONED MINE WORKINGS
2098
00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:04,728
ABANDONED MINE WORKINGS
2099
00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:03,227
AND RAILWAY TUNNELS WERE TURNED
2100
00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:04,228
AND RAILWAY TUNNELS WERE TURNED
2101
00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:06,230
INTO FACTORIES.
2102
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:09,233
INTO FACTORIES.
2103
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:07,231
NEW TUNNELS WERE DUG DEEP
2104
00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:08,232
NEW TUNNELS WERE DUG DEEP
2105
00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:08,732
INTO VOLCANIC HILLSIDES
2106
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,234
INTO VOLCANIC HILLSIDES
2107
00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:11,235
BY JAPAN'S ARMY OF MINERS.
2108
00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:13,737
BY JAPAN'S ARMY OF MINERS.
2109
00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:14,238
[explosion]
2110
00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:17,241
[explosion]
2111
00:36:14,238 --> 00:36:15,739
>> TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
2112
00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:17,241
>> TECHNICAL AIR INTELLIGENCE
2113
00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:18,743
DISCOVERED OVER 100 UNDERGROUND
2114
00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:21,746
DISCOVERED OVER 100 UNDERGROUND
2115
00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:20,244
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
2116
00:36:20,244 --> 00:36:21,745
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
2117
00:36:20,244 --> 00:36:22,746
BURIED DEEP UNDER THE MOUNTAINS.
2118
00:36:22,747 --> 00:36:25,249
BURIED DEEP UNDER THE MOUNTAINS.
2119
00:36:22,747 --> 00:36:23,748
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE EVEN
2120
00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:24,749
THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE EVEN
2121
00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:25,750
FROM NUCLEAR ATTACK.
2122
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:27,752
FROM NUCLEAR ATTACK.
2123
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:27,752
2124
00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:29,754
2125
00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:29,253
MILITARY HAD CALCULATED THAT
2126
00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:30,754
MILITARY HAD CALCULATED THAT
2127
00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:30,754
EVEN IF JAPAN COULD NO LONGER
2128
00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:32,256
EVEN IF JAPAN COULD NO LONGER
2129
00:36:30,755 --> 00:36:32,256
WIN THE WAR OUTRIGHT,
2130
00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:32,756
WIN THE WAR OUTRIGHT,
2131
00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:33,758
THEN SHE COULD MAKE THE CAPTURE
2132
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:34,258
THEN SHE COULD MAKE THE CAPTURE
2133
00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:35,259
OF HER IMPERIAL HEARTLAND
2134
00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:36,260
OF HER IMPERIAL HEARTLAND
2135
00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:38,262
COST A MILLION AMERICAN LIVES.
2136
00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:41,265
COST A MILLION AMERICAN LIVES.
2137
00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:41,765
THE IMPLICATIONS ARE ENORMOUS.
2138
00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:45,269
THE IMPLICATIONS ARE ENORMOUS.
2139
00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:43,267
SAFELY HIDDEN IN THEIR
2140
00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:44,768
SAFELY HIDDEN IN THEIR
2141
00:36:43,267 --> 00:36:45,269
BOMB-PROOF CAVES, THE NEW ROCKET
2142
00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:47,271
BOMB-PROOF CAVES, THE NEW ROCKET
2143
00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:47,271
AND JET PLANES MIGHT HAVE
2144
00:36:47,271 --> 00:36:49,273
AND JET PLANES MIGHT HAVE
2145
00:36:47,271 --> 00:36:48,772
PROVIDED THE MEANS
2146
00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:50,274
PROVIDED THE MEANS
2147
00:36:48,773 --> 00:36:50,274
IF THEY'D BEEN READY.
2148
00:36:50,274 --> 00:36:50,774
IF THEY'D BEEN READY.
2149
00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:52,276
>> THEY FOUND A SECRET NAKAJIMA
2150
00:36:52,276 --> 00:36:53,777
>> THEY FOUND A SECRET NAKAJIMA
2151
00:36:52,276 --> 00:36:53,777
FACTORY WITH A PRODUCTION LINE
2152
00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:55,279
FACTORY WITH A PRODUCTION LINE
2153
00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:56,280
FOR THE KIKKA JET FIGHTER.
2154
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,782
FOR THE KIKKA JET FIGHTER.
2155
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,282
OVER 25 AIRCRAFT WELL INTO
2156
00:36:58,282 --> 00:37:00,284
OVER 25 AIRCRAFT WELL INTO
2157
00:36:58,282 --> 00:37:00,284
THE FINAL STAGES OF ASSEMBLY.
2158
00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:02,286
THE FINAL STAGES OF ASSEMBLY.
2159
00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:01,785
AND THEY FOUND A SEPARATE
2160
00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:03,287
AND THEY FOUND A SEPARATE
2161
00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:03,788
PRODUCTION LINE FOR THE R2Y
2162
00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:05,790
PRODUCTION LINE FOR THE R2Y
2163
00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:05,289
BOMBER.
2164
00:37:05,289 --> 00:37:06,790
BOMBER.
2165
00:37:05,289 --> 00:37:06,290
2166
00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:07,291
2167
00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:07,791
INTELLIGENCE HAD BEEN OUTWITTED
2168
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:09,293
INTELLIGENCE HAD BEEN OUTWITTED
2169
00:37:07,792 --> 00:37:11,796
BY THE JAPANESE ONE LAST TIME.
2170
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:15,800
BY THE JAPANESE ONE LAST TIME.
2171
00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:13,798
T.A.I. PERSONNEL FOUND OVER
2172
00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:15,800
T.A.I. PERSONNEL FOUND OVER
2173
00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:15,800
12,000 COMBAT PLANES HIDDEN
2174
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,802
12,000 COMBAT PLANES HIDDEN
2175
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,301
IN JAPAN'S UNDERGROUND FACTORIES
2176
00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:18,802
IN JAPAN'S UNDERGROUND FACTORIES
2177
00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:19,303
AND AIRFIELDS,
2178
00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:21,305
AND AIRFIELDS,
2179
00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:20,804
A SECRET AIR FORCE
2180
00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:22,306
A SECRET AIR FORCE
2181
00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:23,307
COMPLETELY UNDETECTED BY ALLIED
2182
00:37:23,307 --> 00:37:25,809
COMPLETELY UNDETECTED BY ALLIED
2183
00:37:23,307 --> 00:37:26,810
HIGH COMMAND.
2184
00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:30,314
HIGH COMMAND.
2185
00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:28,312
MANY OF THE MOST ADVANCED
2186
00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:29,813
MANY OF THE MOST ADVANCED
2187
00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:29,813
OF THESE AIRCRAFT WERE BROUGHT
2188
00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:31,315
OF THESE AIRCRAFT WERE BROUGHT
2189
00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:31,315
BACK TO AMERICA AND THEIR
2190
00:37:31,315 --> 00:37:32,816
BACK TO AMERICA AND THEIR
2191
00:37:31,315 --> 00:37:32,816
SECRETS INCORPORATED IN POST-WAR
2192
00:37:32,817 --> 00:37:34,318
SECRETS INCORPORATED IN POST-WAR
2193
00:37:32,817 --> 00:37:37,822
U.S. JET AND ROCKET TECHNOLOGY.
2194
00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:42,827
U.S. JET AND ROCKET TECHNOLOGY.
2195
00:37:37,822 --> 00:37:40,825
BACK IN JAPAN, ENGINEERS LIKE
2196
00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:43,828
BACK IN JAPAN, ENGINEERS LIKE
2197
00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:42,827
HIDEO ITOKAWA, THE MAN WHO
2198
00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,829
HIDEO ITOKAWA, THE MAN WHO
2199
00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,328
HELPED CREATE THE OSCAR FIGHTER,
2200
00:37:44,328 --> 00:37:45,829
HELPED CREATE THE OSCAR FIGHTER,
2201
00:37:44,328 --> 00:37:46,830
WERE OUT OF A JOB.
2202
00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:49,333
WERE OUT OF A JOB.
2203
00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:48,833
>> BY TERMS OF THE SURRENDER
2204
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:50,835
>> BY TERMS OF THE SURRENDER
2205
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:52,837
WHEN THE WAR ENDED, ALL AVIATION
2206
00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:56,841
WHEN THE WAR ENDED, ALL AVIATION
2207
00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:54,338
ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN WERE
2208
00:37:54,338 --> 00:37:55,839
ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN WERE
2209
00:37:54,338 --> 00:37:56,840
IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED.
2210
00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:59,343
IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED.
2211
00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:57,842
THAT MEANT A LOT OF PEOPLE
2212
00:37:57,842 --> 00:37:58,843
THAT MEANT A LOT OF PEOPLE
2213
00:37:57,842 --> 00:37:59,343
OUT OF WORK, INCLUDING MANY
2214
00:37:59,343 --> 00:38:00,844
OUT OF WORK, INCLUDING MANY
2215
00:37:59,343 --> 00:38:01,345
VERY GOOD ENGINEERS
2216
00:38:01,345 --> 00:38:03,347
VERY GOOD ENGINEERS
2217
00:38:01,345 --> 00:38:02,846
AND DESIGNERS.
2218
00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:04,348
AND DESIGNERS.
2219
00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:05,850
>> AFTER THE WAR, ITOKAWA TURNED
2220
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:08,853
>> AFTER THE WAR, ITOKAWA TURNED
2221
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:08,352
TO MEDICAL ENGINEERING.
2222
00:38:08,352 --> 00:38:10,854
TO MEDICAL ENGINEERING.
2223
00:38:08,352 --> 00:38:09,353
IN FACT, HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO
2224
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:10,354
IN FACT, HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO
2225
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:10,854
DEVELOP AN ARTIFICIAL HEART
2226
00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:12,356
DEVELOP AN ARTIFICIAL HEART
2227
00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:11,856
IN JAPAN.
2228
00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:12,356
IN JAPAN.
2229
00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:13,857
BUT HE WAS SOON TO BE CALLED
2230
00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:14,358
BUT HE WAS SOON TO BE CALLED
2231
00:38:14,358 --> 00:38:16,860
BACK TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.
2232
00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:19,363
BACK TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.
2233
00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:18,863
>> narrator: IN 1951, NORTH
2234
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,865
>> narrator: IN 1951, NORTH
2235
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:21,365
KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA,
2236
00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:23,867
KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA,
2237
00:38:21,365 --> 00:38:23,867
AND THE COLD WAR TURNED HOT.
2238
00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:24,368
AND THE COLD WAR TURNED HOT.
2239
00:38:24,368 --> 00:38:26,370
A YEAR LATER, AMERICA SIGNED
2240
00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:28,372
A YEAR LATER, AMERICA SIGNED
2241
00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:27,871
A FORMAL PEACE WITH ITS NEW
2242
00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:29,373
A FORMAL PEACE WITH ITS NEW
2243
00:38:27,872 --> 00:38:31,876
ALLY, JAPAN.
2244
00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:35,880
ALLY, JAPAN.
2245
00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,377
FORMER AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS IN
2246
00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:33,877
FORMER AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS IN
2247
00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,880
JAPAN RUSHED BACK INTO JET PLANE
2248
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,882
JAPAN RUSHED BACK INTO JET PLANE
2249
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,884
RESEARCH.
2250
00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:43,888
RESEARCH.
2251
00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:41,886
THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE KIKKA,
2252
00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,888
THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE KIKKA,
2253
00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,888
HIDEO ITOKAWA'S OLD NAKAJIMA
2254
00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:45,890
HIDEO ITOKAWA'S OLD NAKAJIMA
2255
00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:45,389
COMPANY, ALSO RETURNED
2256
00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:46,890
COMPANY, ALSO RETURNED
2257
00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:47,891
TO JET PRODUCTION.
2258
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:50,394
TO JET PRODUCTION.
2259
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:49,894
>> AFTER THE WAR, THE NAKAJIMA
2260
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:51,896
>> AFTER THE WAR, THE NAKAJIMA
2261
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:51,896
AIRCRAFT COMPANY CHANGES ITS
2262
00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:53,898
AIRCRAFT COMPANY CHANGES ITS
2263
00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:54,398
NAME TO FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
2264
00:38:54,398 --> 00:38:56,900
NAME TO FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
2265
00:38:54,398 --> 00:38:56,400
AND TRANSFERRED OUT OF WAR WORK,
2266
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:56,900
AND TRANSFERRED OUT OF WAR WORK,
2267
00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:57,902
OBVIOUSLY, INTO COMMERCIAL
2268
00:38:57,902 --> 00:38:58,903
OBVIOUSLY, INTO COMMERCIAL
2269
00:38:57,902 --> 00:38:59,403
ENGINEERING.
2270
00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:00,904
ENGINEERING.
2271
00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:01,905
BUT WHEN THE COLD WAR TURNED HOT
2272
00:39:01,906 --> 00:39:04,408
BUT WHEN THE COLD WAR TURNED HOT
2273
00:39:01,906 --> 00:39:04,909
IN KOREA, FUJI GOT BACK INTO
2274
00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:07,912
IN KOREA, FUJI GOT BACK INTO
2275
00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:06,410
THE AVIATION BUSINESS.
2276
00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:07,911
THE AVIATION BUSINESS.
2277
00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:08,412
>> narrator: NAKAJIMA FUJI BUILT
2278
00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:08,912
>> narrator: NAKAJIMA FUJI BUILT
2279
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,414
ITS FIRST POST-WAR MILITARY
2280
00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:11,915
ITS FIRST POST-WAR MILITARY
2281
00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:13,417
JET PLANE IN 1958.
2282
00:39:13,417 --> 00:39:13,917
JET PLANE IN 1958.
2283
00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:16,420
IT WAS CALLED THE T-1.
2284
00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:18,922
IT WAS CALLED THE T-1.
2285
00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:18,922
>> POST-WAR JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
2286
00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:21,425
>> POST-WAR JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
2287
00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:21,926
ENGINEERING REAPPEARED IN THE
2288
00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:24,929
ENGINEERING REAPPEARED IN THE
2289
00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:24,428
DISGUISE OF AMERICAN AIRPLANES.
2290
00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:26,930
DISGUISE OF AMERICAN AIRPLANES.
2291
00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:25,929
THESE WERE BUILT UNDER LICENSE
2292
00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:27,431
THESE WERE BUILT UNDER LICENSE
2293
00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:28,432
FOR THEIR OWN ARMED FORCES
2294
00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:30,934
FOR THEIR OWN ARMED FORCES
2295
00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:31,935
THROUGH THEIR OWN MANUFACTURER.
2296
00:39:31,936 --> 00:39:35,439
THROUGH THEIR OWN MANUFACTURER.
2297
00:39:31,936 --> 00:39:33,938
AND AMONG THESE WERE THE F-86
2298
00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:35,940
AND AMONG THESE WERE THE F-86
2299
00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:36,941
SABRE THAT THE JAPANESE AIR
2300
00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:39,944
SABRE THAT THE JAPANESE AIR
2301
00:39:36,941 --> 00:39:38,442
SELF-DEFENSE FORCE USED,
2302
00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:38,942
SELF-DEFENSE FORCE USED,
2303
00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:40,945
THE LOCKHEED P-2 THAT KAWASAKI
2304
00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:41,445
THE LOCKHEED P-2 THAT KAWASAKI
2305
00:39:41,445 --> 00:39:43,947
BUILT FOR THE JAPANESE NAVY.
2306
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:46,450
BUILT FOR THE JAPANESE NAVY.
2307
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:45,950
THERE WERE EVEN
2308
00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,952
THERE WERE EVEN
2309
00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,451
LIGHTER AIRCRAFT,
2310
00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:48,952
LIGHTER AIRCRAFT,
2311
00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:48,952
SUCH AS THE STARFIGHTER.
2312
00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:49,453
SUCH AS THE STARFIGHTER.
2313
00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:50,454
>> narrator: BUT ONE MAN WHO
2314
00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:51,455
>> narrator: BUT ONE MAN WHO
2315
00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:51,955
REFUSED TO RETURN TO AVIATION
2316
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:52,456
REFUSED TO RETURN TO AVIATION
2317
00:39:52,456 --> 00:39:54,458
WORK WAS HIDEO ITOKAWA.
2318
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:54,958
WORK WAS HIDEO ITOKAWA.
2319
00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:56,961
>> IN 1953, ITOKAWA PAID
2320
00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:58,963
>> IN 1953, ITOKAWA PAID
2321
00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:57,962
A RESEARCH VISIT
2322
00:39:57,962 --> 00:39:58,963
A RESEARCH VISIT
2323
00:39:57,962 --> 00:39:58,963
TO THE UNITED STATES.
2324
00:39:58,963 --> 00:39:59,463
TO THE UNITED STATES.
2325
00:39:59,463 --> 00:40:00,464
HE WAS STILL INVOLVED IN MEDICAL
2326
00:40:00,464 --> 00:40:01,465
HE WAS STILL INVOLVED IN MEDICAL
2327
00:40:00,464 --> 00:40:01,965
ENGINEERING AT THAT TIME.
2328
00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:03,467
ENGINEERING AT THAT TIME.
2329
00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:03,968
BUT WHEN HE GOT TO AMERICA,
2330
00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,970
BUT WHEN HE GOT TO AMERICA,
2331
00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,469
HE DISCOVERED SOMETHING THAT HE
2332
00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:06,970
HE DISCOVERED SOMETHING THAT HE
2333
00:40:05,469 --> 00:40:06,470
HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
2334
00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:07,471
HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF BEFORE.
2335
00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:07,471
HE DISCOVERED THE AMERICAN
2336
00:40:07,471 --> 00:40:07,971
HE DISCOVERED THE AMERICAN
2337
00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:09,473
SPACE PROGRAM.
2338
00:40:09,473 --> 00:40:10,974
SPACE PROGRAM.
2339
00:40:09,473 --> 00:40:10,974
>> narrator: RETURNING HOME,
2340
00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:12,476
>> narrator: RETURNING HOME,
2341
00:40:10,975 --> 00:40:12,977
ITOKAWA RESTARTED THE JAPANESE
2342
00:40:12,977 --> 00:40:14,979
ITOKAWA RESTARTED THE JAPANESE
2343
00:40:12,977 --> 00:40:14,979
ROCKET PROGRAM, THIS TIME
2344
00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:16,981
ROCKET PROGRAM, THIS TIME
2345
00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:17,481
FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES.
2346
00:40:17,481 --> 00:40:17,981
FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES.
2347
00:40:17,982 --> 00:40:20,985
>> BY AS EARLY AS 1945, ITOKAWA
2348
00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:23,988
>> BY AS EARLY AS 1945, ITOKAWA
2349
00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:22,987
HAD TESTED HIS FIRST HOMEMADE
2350
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,989
HAD TESTED HIS FIRST HOMEMADE
2351
00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,488
JAPANESE ROCKETS.
2352
00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:25,989
JAPANESE ROCKETS.
2353
00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:25,489
THEY ACTUALLY REACHED
2354
00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:26,490
THEY ACTUALLY REACHED
2355
00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:27,491
AN ALTITUDE OF 100 KILOMETERS.
2356
00:40:27,491 --> 00:40:27,991
AN ALTITUDE OF 100 KILOMETERS.
2357
00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:29,493
WITH THIS ACHIEVEMENT, ITOKAWA
2358
00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:30,994
WITH THIS ACHIEVEMENT, ITOKAWA
2359
00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:31,495
BECAME KNOWN AS THE FATHER
2360
00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:33,497
BECAME KNOWN AS THE FATHER
2361
00:40:31,495 --> 00:40:33,997
OF THE ROCKET IN JAPAN.
2362
00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:36,500
OF THE ROCKET IN JAPAN.
2363
00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:34,999
>> narrator: JAPAN LAUNCHED
2364
00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:35,499
>> narrator: JAPAN LAUNCHED
2365
00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:37,501
ITS FIRST SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
2366
00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:39,503
ITS FIRST SATELLITE INTO ORBIT
2367
00:40:37,501 --> 00:40:40,003
ON FEBRUARY THE 11th, 1970,
2368
00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,506
ON FEBRUARY THE 11th, 1970,
2369
00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:42,506
MAKING IT ONLY THE FOURTH NATION
2370
00:40:42,506 --> 00:40:43,006
MAKING IT ONLY THE FOURTH NATION
2371
00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:44,508
TO REACH SPACE AFTER RUSSIA,
2372
00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:46,009
TO REACH SPACE AFTER RUSSIA,
2373
00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:51,014
AMERICA, AND FRANCE.
2374
00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:57,521
AMERICA, AND FRANCE.
2375
00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:53,017
THE COLD WAR MADE OLD ENEMIES
2376
00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:55,019
THE COLD WAR MADE OLD ENEMIES
2377
00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:54,518
FRIENDS.
2378
00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:56,019
FRIENDS.
2379
00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:56,520
IT ALSO CHANGED THE FORTUNES
2380
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,522
IT ALSO CHANGED THE FORTUNES
2381
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,022
OF FRANK T. McCOY OF TECHNICAL
2382
00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:01,525
OF FRANK T. McCOY OF TECHNICAL
2383
00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:01,025
AIR INTELLIGENCE, WHO RETURNED
2384
00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:03,027
AIR INTELLIGENCE, WHO RETURNED
2385
00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:02,026
TO DUTY WITH THE UNITED STATES
2386
00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:03,027
TO DUTY WITH THE UNITED STATES
2387
00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:06,530
AIR FORCE.
2388
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:11,034
AIR FORCE.
2389
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:08,031
IN AN IRONIC TWIST, THE SAME
2390
00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:08,532
IN AN IRONIC TWIST, THE SAME
2391
00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:10,033
PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFYING AND
2392
00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:11,535
PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFYING AND
2393
00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:11,535
NAMING JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
2394
00:41:11,535 --> 00:41:13,036
NAMING JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
2395
00:41:11,535 --> 00:41:13,537
IN WORLD WAR II EMERGED
2396
00:41:13,537 --> 00:41:15,539
IN WORLD WAR II EMERGED
2397
00:41:13,537 --> 00:41:15,038
WITH RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
2398
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:15,539
WITH RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT.
2399
00:41:15,539 --> 00:41:17,541
SO McCOY WAS ASSIGNED TO NATO
2400
00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,543
SO McCOY WAS ASSIGNED TO NATO
2401
00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,543
TO SET UP A SYSTEM OF CODE NAMES
2402
00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,545
TO SET UP A SYSTEM OF CODE NAMES
2403
00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,545
FOR SOVIET WARPLANES.
2404
00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:22,045
FOR SOVIET WARPLANES.
2405
00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:23,047
HE GAVE BOMBERS NAMES BEGINNING
2406
00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:24,048
HE GAVE BOMBERS NAMES BEGINNING
2407
00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:26,050
WITH "B," SUCH AS THE "BEAR."
2408
00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:29,053
WITH "B," SUCH AS THE "BEAR."
2409
00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,551
FIGHTER NAMES BEGAN WITH "F,"
2410
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:28,051
FIGHTER NAMES BEGAN WITH "F,"
2411
00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:31,555
LIKE THE MiG-21 "FISHBED."
2412
00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:35,058
LIKE THE MiG-21 "FISHBED."
2413
00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:34,057
BUT SOMEHOW THESE CODE NAMES
2414
00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:36,560
BUT SOMEHOW THESE CODE NAMES
2415
00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:35,559
WERE NEVER AS ROMANTIC AS THOSE
2416
00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:37,060
WERE NEVER AS ROMANTIC AS THOSE
2417
00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:37,561
CHOSEN FOR JAPANESE PLANES
2418
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:39,563
CHOSEN FOR JAPANESE PLANES
2419
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:38,562
IN THE DARK DAYS
2420
00:41:38,562 --> 00:41:39,563
IN THE DARK DAYS
2421
00:41:38,562 --> 00:41:41,064
OF WORLD WAR II, WHEN TECHNICAL
2422
00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:43,567
OF WORLD WAR II, WHEN TECHNICAL
2423
00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:42,566
AIR INTELLIGENCE HELPED TURN
2424
00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:44,067
AIR INTELLIGENCE HELPED TURN
2425
00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:46,069
THE TIDE OF THE PACIFIC WAR.
2426
00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:49,573
THE TIDE OF THE PACIFIC WAR.
2427
00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:47,571
>> MODERN HISTORICAL RESEARCH
2428
00:41:47,571 --> 00:41:49,072
>> MODERN HISTORICAL RESEARCH
2429
00:41:47,571 --> 00:41:49,573
HAS UNCOVERED THE FACT THAT
2430
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:51,575
HAS UNCOVERED THE FACT THAT
2431
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:52,075
JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II, WITH VERY
2432
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,578
JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II, WITH VERY
2433
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,078
MINIMAL HELP FROM OUTSIDE,
2434
00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:56,080
MINIMAL HELP FROM OUTSIDE,
2435
00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:55,579
HAD DEVELOPED A WHOLE RANGE OF
2436
00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:56,079
HAD DEVELOPED A WHOLE RANGE OF
2437
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,581
ADVANCED AVIATION TECHNOLOGY:
2438
00:41:57,581 --> 00:41:59,082
ADVANCED AVIATION TECHNOLOGY:
2439
00:41:57,581 --> 00:42:00,083
JETS, ROCKETS, GUIDED MISSILES.
2440
00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:02,586
JETS, ROCKETS, GUIDED MISSILES.
2441
00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:03,087
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
2442
00:42:03,087 --> 00:42:06,090
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
2443
00:42:03,087 --> 00:42:04,088
>> narrator: TODAY JAPAN
2444
00:42:04,088 --> 00:42:05,089
>> narrator: TODAY JAPAN
2445
00:42:04,088 --> 00:42:05,589
IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE
2446
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:07,090
IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE
2447
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:07,090
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
2448
00:42:07,091 --> 00:42:08,592
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
2449
00:42:07,091 --> 00:42:08,592
PROJECT.
2450
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:10,093
PROJECT.
2451
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:09,593
PLANS EXIST FOR A JAPANESE
2452
00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:10,093
PLANS EXIST FOR A JAPANESE
2453
00:42:10,094 --> 00:42:12,096
MANNED SPACE SHUTTLE
2454
00:42:12,096 --> 00:42:14,098
MANNED SPACE SHUTTLE
2455
00:42:12,096 --> 00:42:16,100
MANUFACTURED BY NAKAJIMA FUJI.
2456
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:20,104
MANUFACTURED BY NAKAJIMA FUJI.
2457
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,102
IT WILL BE THE DIRECT DESCENDANT
2458
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:20,104
IT WILL BE THE DIRECT DESCENDANT
2459
00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:20,104
OF THE TYPE TWO ROCKET FIGHTER
2460
00:42:20,104 --> 00:42:22,106
OF THE TYPE TWO ROCKET FIGHTER
2461
00:42:20,104 --> 00:42:24,108
OF 1945, ONE OF THE MANY SECRET
2462
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:28,112
OF 1945, ONE OF THE MANY SECRET
2463
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:25,609
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THAT COULD
2464
00:42:25,609 --> 00:42:27,110
JAPANESE AIRCRAFT THAT COULD
2465
00:42:25,609 --> 00:42:27,110
HAVE TIPPED THE SCALES
2466
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:28,612
HAVE TIPPED THE SCALES
2467
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:29,613
OF VICTORY HAD TIME BEEN
2468
00:42:29,613 --> 00:42:32,115
OF VICTORY HAD TIME BEEN
2469
00:42:29,613 --> 00:42:32,616
ON JAPAN'S SIDE.

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