2 Hours of WW2: A Night Fighter, a Nuked Fleet and a Carrier Lost

From start to finish and without cuts: 5 complete episodes of RivetAndRecord, one after another (Bristol Beaufighter, Operation Crossroads, Shinano, USS Utah and Iowa Class). That is 2 hours of military history told with archive photographs. Subscribe to RivetAndRecord: https://www.youtube.com/@RivetAndRecord Sources (each episode has its full list in its own video): Bristol Beaufighter · Why Did Britain Turn a Torpedo Bomber Into a Night Fighter? | Bristol Beaufighter — https://youtu.be/25YqHZ0S9gQ Operation Crossroads · Why Has Nobody Ever Raised the Ships Sunk at Bikini Atoll? | Operation Crossroads — https://youtu.be/z3Afr7NA6W0 Shinano · Why Has Nobody Ever Found the Largest Ship Sunk by a Submarine? | Shinano — https://youtu.be/0ujp1yQnOtI USS Utah · Why Can't You Visit the Other Battleship Still at Pearl Harbor? | USS Utah — https://youtu.be/bK9iot56xdk Iowa Class · What Happened to America's Last Four Battleships? | Iowa Class — https://youtu.be/LKZfYldQUeU Image credits: Vivigani Airfield Beaufighter and Hangar 1943.jpg — John Thomas Harrison, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vivigani_Airfield_Beaufighter_and_Hangar_1943.jpg) Beaufighter at IWM Duxford Flickr 4889991710.jpg — Chad Kainz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaufighter_at_IWM_Duxford_Flickr_4889991710.jpg) Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands (35055478541).jpg — O.V.E.R.V.I.E.W, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bikini_Atoll,_Marshall_Islands_(35055478541).jpg) Yontan Airbase.jpg — Navy Medicine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yontan_Airbase.jpg) USS Iowa Port of Los Angeles 2014 - panoramio.jpg — Michael Boyd, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa_Port_of_Los_Angeles_2014_-_panoramio.jpg) 160930-D-GO396-407 (29965125491).jpg — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley (DoD photo; Ash Carter), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:160930-D-GO396-407_(29965125491).jpg) Gunship in Downtown USS Wisconsin (7315918464).jpg — Peretz Partensky, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunship_in_Downtown_USS_Wisconsin_(7315918464).jpg) USS Iowa passing under Golden Gate.jpg — Hitchster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa_passing_under_Golden_Gate.jpg) USS Iowa full view.jpg — Ertly, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa_full_view.jpg) USS New Jersey (6219200752).jpg — R'lyeh Imaging, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_New_Jersey_(6219200752).jpg) USS New Jersey (6219214852).jpg — R'lyeh Imaging, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_New_Jersey_(6219214852).jpg) In Philadelphia - panoramio - ---=XEON=--- (7).jpg — ---=XEON=---, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_Philadelphia_-_panoramio_-_---%3DXEON%3D---_(7).jpg) USS Wisconsin BB-64 (7760354398).jpg — Tony Alter, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Wisconsin_BB-64_(7760354398).jpg) USS Iowa, Portsmouth, July 1989.jpg — Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa,_Portsmouth,_July_1989.jpg) USS Iowa, Portsmouth, Great Britain, July 1989 (3).jpg — Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa,_Portsmouth,_Great_Britain,_July_1989_(3).jpg) USS Iowa, Portsmouth, July 1989 (2).jpg — Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Iowa,_Portsmouth,_July_1989_(2).jpg) Public domain and unrestricted archive photographs: each episode lists its authors in its own video (links above). 0:00 Bristol Beaufighter: the torpedo bomber that became a night fighter 1:52 A fighter off the drawing board 4:11 The finished fighter: four cannons and six machine guns 30:37 Operation Crossroads: the ships at the bottom of Bikini lagoon 34:11 Bikini, and the people who lived there 36:04 Ninety-five targets 1:00:43 Shinano: the largest ship ever sunk by a submarine 1:02:56 Four carriers lost in one day 1:06:18 Her sisters at war 1:15:43 USS Utah: the battleship nobody visits 1:18:19 From Veracruz to the London treaty 1:21:57 A battleship with nobody at the wheel 1:31:58 The Iowa class: America's last battleships 1:34:07 Built for 33 knots 1:36:13 Six hulls on the slipways Each episode was researched and written from published sources; the photographs are period archive images, except the modern photographs of what survives today. The narration is a synthetic voice.