Tom wrote:
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:06:01 -0700 (PDT), David E. Powell wrote:

Some felt it was a false alarm brought on by war hysteria.

Then they would have had to falsify the stunning videos and photos.
Don't think so but...

And how many 'video' cameras do you think were around in 1942 ?

Fact is the beast that would be available to even a wealthy amateur
and most newsreel cinematographers was 16mm film. Film stock was
relatively expensive , especially in colour and film speeds were low.
Getting useful shots at night was well nigh impossible. Most of the
alleged film of night attacks in WW2 was faked afterwards.

If you see 'stunning' video from that period the chances are its faked.

Keith