" STORY OF THE BLACK CATS " PBY CATALINA NIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT WWII U.S. NAVY FILM 21850

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Written and produced in the Southwest Pacific and presented by the Industrial Incentive Division of the United States Navy, “Story of the Black Cats” is a black-and-white World War II-era U.S. Navy film that was intended for workers in war plants and aircraft factories across America. Dedicated to the officers and men of VP Squadrons, Commander of Aircraft Seventh Fleet, this film discuses the Black Cats Squadron which was a rare night fighter aircraft used by the US Navy during World War II from 1943-1945. The planes were PBY Catalina amphibian aircraft that were painted black and converted into bombers and would attack Japanese Imperial Navy targets at night across the Pacific.
Film opens, “Restricted” message, title page, credits (0:07). Ocean at night; Convoy of Imperial Japanese Navy ships and cargo vessels appears, narrator details stealth attacks on Japanese cargo vessels and convoys (0:48). Exterior J.O.A.K. Japan Radio headquarters in Tokyo (1:44). Exterior of Tokyo Station (c.1914) (1:55). Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" takes off (1:59). Airborne Consolidated PBY Catalina drops bombs, big explosion (2:16). More footage, various angles and shots of PBY (2:33). Aerial view of island in Pacific, secret Cat bases (perhaps Naval Base Funafuti) (3:09). Base personnel gather early in morning, looking out for Black Cat that went out for mission the night before; Plane appears and makes water landing and taxis towards shore (3:22). Commodore Thomas S. Combs (Commander Aircraft 7th Fleet) and Group Commander Captain Peck arrive to tow-in sight on Willys MB Jeep (4:37). Corpsmen take wounded combat cameraman from PBY on stretcher (5:04). Blitz Buggy tows PBY to next location for overhaul/ repairs; Mechanics examine engines, propellers of plane, bullet holes while officer records issues in report (5:20). Repair gas tank and refuel plane (6:27). Close-up 525lb and 1000lb bombs dropped by PBYs (6:50). Corpsmen sit outside hut, assemble belts of 50cal machine gun ammunition (6:59). Corpsmen use crane to reload armament onto PBY: Bombs (under wing), torpedo (port wing), machine gun (cockpit) (7:07). Corpsmen remove two literal wild black cats that found their way into PBY during repairs (8:34). PBY crew members play impromptu game of water polo using a coconut (8:40). Interior view of officers’ quarters (9:02). Officers drive off into jungle in Willys MB Jeep, meeting regarding next mission; Arrive at shed with sign that reads “Intelligence, unauthorized personnel keep out,” men briefed on mission and details about convoy that had been spotted (9:38-12:14). Men supply plane with packed lunch, comfort foods from home (12:23). PBY heads out from base for next mission, towed back into water (12:40). PBY flies into bad weather, lightning strikes close to flying plane (13:51) PBY spotted and comes under fire from land, anti-aircraft gun (15:42). PBY resumes convoy search, spots enemy ships and prepares for attack, gun fire exchanged and dots sky (16:35). Aerial view of tanker ship going up in flames; Loss of one Black Cat during battle (18:24). Return to shot of ocean at night (18:55). Troops landing on beach in Pacific (19:23). Final shot of airborne PBY (19:45). Closing credits (19:55). Film ends (20:03).
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[@flyingcatsofthesalishsea.]

Long live the BLACK CAT crews, their contributions in WWII will never be forgotten..ever...RIP...boys..

[@24Mossberg]

The support teams really did a fantastic job. Nothing would be flying or sinking without them. Well done men!

[@plushluigi7417]

certified PT boat moment

[@rafsmith1993]

Some of those Cats had British insignia on the wings. Probably New Zealand or Australian crewed.

[@gerarddurocher108]

My dad was a pilot and Patrol Plane Commander flying Black Cats in the Solomon Islands 1943. His crew likes him because he brought them back alive.

[@jasonstrydom6148]

JOUR DAD SOUNDS LIKE HE GOT LOTS OF COURSE

[@prayerpatroller]

My dad flew the same plane in the Solomons at the same time. I wonder if they knew each other.

[@solsolsolomon]

Lol my name is solomon

[@Kuroiwa1988]

@@solsolsolomon Lol my name is Islands

[@solsolsolomon]

@@Kuroiwa1988 brother??

[@thatoneguyattacobell8118]

Man the plane on Cod WAW seemed like it was way ahead of its time

[@luciusvorenus9445]

As a Navy veteran, I'm ashamed to admit I didn't know about the Black Cat. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Black Cat crews and BZ on a job well done!

[@bigbob1699]

My father flew in the Catalina after the war and told me they always put the new guy in the gun blister so he could watch the wings flap .

[@geoben1810]

Another example of U.S. NAVY capabilities. The Navy does it all, and does it ALL AT ONCE ! U.S. NAVY veteran. PO3 '73>'77 👍😉🇺🇸

[@dkompres6889]

The SeaBee’s were an integral part of the war and did hard work in unimaginable conditions!

[@paigetomkinson1137]

SeaBees are Exceptional! The things they did during the war, it was like magic. You and your men get to a river, but the bridges are blown! What to do? Don't worry, the SeaBees will create a new bridge, and have it done in no time.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

Magnificent! They were indeed the greatest generation.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Nice to see the PBY-3 it was not amphibian but a true floatplane the PBY-5a was an amphibian denoted by the "a" at the end. What a great film probably filmed in early 43.

[@larryhenry631]

My father's CB outfit built their bases. E. R. Henry was a 2nd class P.O. 84 th. CB Co. A.

[@achillebelanger9866]

My Uncle Marcel Belanger was a G*Damned U.S. Navy Seabee there.

[@GaryBickford]

My dad talked about the SeaBees sometimes welcoming the Marines, having got there first!😁

[@haveanicedave1551]

when i see rows and rows of clouds, it always reminded me of WWII at sea. I called them war clouds. I don't see them often.

[@donaldpruett852]

In the mid 60's there was a red Catalina in Arizona being used as a slurry bomber for the US Forest service. I only saw it for one summer season. An awesome sight for sure. It would land on one of the lakes, pick up a load of water and continue on. I was born during WWII.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

My gosh this was...Excellent...Thanks you so very much....!

[@steveb6103]

Take off at 85 knotts , cruise speed 85 knotts, and landing speed 85 knotts.

[@rogerdixon3700]

Stalls at 85 Knots as well!!

[@markblix6880]

My father saw them fly backwards up at Dutch Harbor. Terrible weather!

[@harrywagner3877]

Kind of like a J3 - takeoff, fly & land at 45. Could fly backwards in a good headwind - LOL

[@handico77]

Rest in peace Elbert Bates, Black Cat crewman, of Greenlee County Arizona.

[@cf6282]

It is an early Catalina. Just the boat not that landing gear so no amphibian. Haven’t seen it before.

[@craigwilcox4403]

As a Navy junior, out in the Philippines at the ages of 11-13, I got to fly in the big Martin P-5M's - lots of hours! Only a short hop to Subic in a cat, tho. I do wish Periscope would re-locate their logo to the bottom of the screen.

[@rupertcortes3980]

The first gunship of US. And thank you CoD: WaW.

[@paulfontaine4917]

It is too bad that most WWll films have such low audio. Love to watch, but can' t hear a thing.

[@TheCecil64]

My favorite part is 8:19. Thanks for sharing.

[@BrokeDownBob]

My father in law was a gunner on a black cat.

[@Kr33d5ki]

Is that Claude Akins (Sheriff Lobo) 1:10:30:07? He was in the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific during WWII.

[@siliconvalleyengineer5875]

My hero father enlisted in the Navy start of WWII. He would become a search and rescue PBY Catalina Pilot, his plane and crew were stationed on Cuba of all places. My fathers crew saved many sailors a drift on the ocean clinging to what ever they could find when their ship was sunk or plane crashed. While stationed on Cuda my father had to the opportunity to test fly nearly every plane in the American inventory at that time, thats another story.

[@michaeljones1013]

My uncle Bill was a pilot his call sign was Wild Bill he also carry a 45 too

[@Russia-bullies]

As I like Consolidated Catalinas,thanks for the good show.

[@sewskates]

Had to put the volume at 100% on my TV to barely hear it. Can't believe they couldn't fix the audio!

[@raybin6873]

I have audio up 100% - I think audio record level was set too low when it was digitized.

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

lovely relics.

[@artisticblissportraits3388]

its me h0n3ygh0sty! i subed to you!! i like the vid make more!!

[@amingussus]

i just know this because of COD WAW

[@itsyaboi160]

Ethan The Gamer I think pretty much every here is because of World at War's mission tbh.

[@slayedartifact0999]

Truth!

[@moistexistence3090]

Gotta say that cod waw taught us something.

[@achillebelanger9866]

My Father did two Missions as a U.S. Navy Beach Jumper on the Black Cats,and two Technical Air Intelligence Branch Missions in a Black Widow. The Black Cats had T.V. and Radio Guided Ordanance by 1945. Radar too.

[@tripacer8259]

WHY does the timer "BOX" have to be there?

[@P-B-G_YT]

I'll start watching, and the box annoys me so much, I'll stop watching.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@tripacer8259]

@@PeriscopeFilm Was NOT trying to be a jerk. THANK YOU for your efforts. I will make a donation, I can't do much but appreciate your films!

[@grege2383]

Good video but the countdown label in the middle ruined it!

[@trimule]

Presented by a commercial company acts as a watermark. If you want a clean copy it's for sale. That's how they make a living.

[@gilangfebrian3468]

Call of duty world at war brought me here

[@glennledrew8347]

The producer sure had to scrounge from among a lot of unrelated sources to get some halfway representative battle footage.

[@MarcStjames-rq1dm]

love this but volume so low i'm leaning into my lap top!

[@justforfux]

Get headphones; it's the only way.

[@raymondyee2008]

They should have included this bonus feature for “COD WAW”.

[@rascal0175]

So sorry for Nippon sailer man. Remember Pearl Harbor.

[@larryblanks6306]

Good video but sound didn't transfer well.

[@mikehagan4320]

I don't know about the rest of you but I can't hardly hear the video.

[@raybin6873]

Audio record level set too low when it was digitized....maybe they will catch it and fix it...

[@stevengrotte2987]

Blitz Buggy----please enlighten me?

[@tarasbulba3190]

Holy smokes!!! Never heard of the Black cats!!!

[@Demun1649]

You REALLY need to move your count caption. It obstructs the captions, and should be closer to the bottom where it would be less irritating. Can easily be done by varying you aspect ratios and placing the count caption OUTSIDE of the film. Simple really, but it takes a non-American to think of it. But then, we are much more intelligent.

[@michaelkramer1774]

WHY DO YOU PLACE YOUR CLOCK BLOCKING OUR VEIW

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@GRANDMASTER3D]

I would probably love this but I have bad ears. You know like veterans do sometimes!

[@peteloomis8456]

Dave go out & get yourself a good pair of audio headphones because that will help tremendously on being able to hear these .

[@tonysigsby870]

Pilots Navigators and they had a radio men

[@MarcStjames-rq1dm]

The pilot flying looks like he's taking speed bet lots of them did in order to survive.

[@SteinArneJensen]

The KZbin channel Nuclear vault has a MUCH better restored copy of this film.

[@chupacabra1765]

MEOW!!!!

[@charlescastillo8870]

This type of airplane was used in the movie The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham

[@StevenSmith-kf7tr]

Get that damned timer box off my screen. These guys are heroes. You guys are $%^*(

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@raybin6873]

@@PeriscopeFilm Can you guys fix audio level? It's too low...👍

[@rikmoyle3610]

Says Japanese radio station (J.O.A.K) Is a joke?

[@PeriscopeFilm]

No, but good question. Listeners around the Pacific region could easily hear broadcasts of the two most powerful stations, JOAK-1 on 590 AM and JOAK-2 on 870 AM both broadcasting from modern studios in the heart of the bustling capital city of Tokyo. Source: www.radioheritage.net/story176.asp

[@rikmoyle3610]

Am aware of the significance (Tokyo Rose/ Lord Ha Ha etc)...It's no joak/ha ha!!!

[@achillebelanger9866]

Axis Sally was from Portland Maine. She was tried,served a brief Prison sentence,then released to a Catholic Convent.

[@zillsburyy1]

TAIWAN #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@borden2417]

Get rid of the time lapse bar. It ruins the picture.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@terrygregg1228]

volumn too low tedious to try to hear it; sorry

[@townandcountrytallywhacker2968]

Is that rolling number for anti theft purposes? It makes this a 5th class video. Aren't these available from the US government unblemished?

[@312SES]

Take off that frame counter or whatever it is. There's no reason to have it there.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@jimmypage632]

Take that stupid clock off the bottom!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous KZbin users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

[@jimmypage632]

@@PeriscopeFilm fair enough..

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

Today is 6th July 2021 while I'm writing this comment the world most modren armies of USA and NATO are running out of Afghanistan living behind their boots and trousers after the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan by small militia force of Talibans,this defeat is bigger than vitamins defeat. It is true that Afghanistan is graveyard of empires.

[@willboudreau1187]

SHITTY SOUND VALUES, SORRY, SKIP, DOWN ARROW AND MOVE ON.

[@piranhaattack4836]

Here from cod waw black cat mission