Japanese Archival Footage from 1942 - Episode 541

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall take a fascinating look at some Japanese archival footage from 1942 (and a bit from 43). The guys look at footage, that for the most part, they have never seen before. There are some really amazing shots of Japanese aircraft including, Jakes and Mavis', as well as some glorious shots of Japanese heavy cruisers like Tone, Haguro, and the Mogami class, as well as carriers Junyo and Zuiho at sea. Japanese camermen take us from Indonesia, Burma, and Rabaul to Tulagi, and Guadalcanal. Previously unseen footage of the Battle of Santa Cruz through Japanese eyes is incredibly cool, shots showing Enterprise and South Dakota through a Japanese camera lens on October 26, 1942 are a highlight. Incredibly cool stuff. The Nerderatti will eat this up! #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to episode 541 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:42.9	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:46.2	And with me as always is my co-host author and historian, Good Dude, and Happy New Year.
0:51.3	John Partial, how are you?
0:53.2	Happy New Year. I'm okay, how are you? Happy New Year.
0:54.7	I'm okay, man.
0:56.8	A little book update here.
0:59.0	I am in the process as we speak of getting the end notes into shape for this book.
1:05.8	And when you have a book that is large enough that it has 100 hundred plus pages of end notes my goodness right it actually
1:13.7	it was 120 pages until i was like you know what i'm going to consolidate them all into a single
1:18.5	end note per paragraph so anyway i'm going to get it down to probably 90 pages worth of end notes
1:25.7	but uh yeah getting really getting really close to being done
1:29.6	with this thing at this point.
1:30.6	So that's awesome.
1:31.5	That's good.
1:32.5	Good deal.
1:34.0	Well, as you can tell by today's setup,
1:36.1	probably I assume as much that we're going to be diving
1:38.7	into some archival footage today.
1:40.7	And John, this stuff is freaking cool.
1:42.9	So cool. Obviously we're going to get into it. But this is all strictly Japanese footage from
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