Thanks for the info, it may well have been the Robert Rowan; I haven't had any luck finding a video clip, but I'm still looking when I get a chance.
I seem to remember it being shown in the context of a Pacific battle, but that doesn't mean much considering all the chronological and historical inaccuracies dealing with archival film in documentaries.
Yep...that's the kicker. I've also seen footage of Japanese zeroes getting splashed in the Battle of Britain, Stuka's bombing Truk in the Pacific, and my personal favorite: The WW1 Austrian Battlehip Szent István capsizing in 1918 used to represent any number of WW2 ships capsizing.