Two surviving Japanese crew rescued from their boat damaged by gunfire from a U.S. submarine in the Pacific, during World War 2. View from submarine deck as Japanese sailor wearing personal life vest and a ring life preserver, swims alongside. He grabs rope ladder on side of submarine and pulls himself aboard.Next he is seen on deck with a U.S. sailor. He bows as he sees the cameraman. View of ring life preserver floating beside the submarine. The Japanese sailor removes his personal flotation vest which a U.S. sailor displays for the camera. Two U.S. crewmen pose with the ring life preserver, which they fetched from the water. Another Japanese sailor swims to the Submarine and is helped aboard by the first. U.S. crew give him some dry clothes.The U.S. submarine approaches the battered Japanese vessel. A crewman on the bow throws something at the Japanese boat and starts a fire. Soon flames burst out on the boat's wooden deck.
A Japanese crewman from nearby boat,disabled by gunfire from a U.S. submarine, is helped aboard the submarine by its crew. They help remove his life vest and most of his wet clothing. One poses with him for the camera. A crewman works with line and flotation gear on the submarine deck.Two more Japanese are seen in the water holding on to floating debris. These men are also helped aboard the submarine. View of the Japanese boat close to the submarine. Smoke is rising from its engine compartment.The superstructure is wrecked. Sailors on the submarine prepare to fire at the boat to sink it.They load shells and fire at the floating hulk.
U.S. submarine on surface of a bay in Japanese waters, during World War 2. It fires at boats and installations in the head of the bay. View of gun crew on the submarine as they load and fire a deck gun. sunset view as the submarine cruises across the bay firing two 5 inch deck guns.Crew members throwing empty shell casings overboard. Officers on conning tower looking through binoculars. Crew continues to fire the guns rapidly, as sunlight fades. Some striking views of clouds at sunset.
Machine gun and cannon tracer rounds being fired by the United States submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) at a Japanese Junk boat (Wasen) during nighttime in World War 2. Neither submarine nor Junk boat is visible. A burning wooden Junk boat with flames that gradually fades away in the distance. Suddenly a closeup of the flaming Junk boat is seen and it again fades away. Some brief gunfire is seen.
The USS Tirante (SS-420) submarine attacks a Japanese Junk boat in semidarkness during World War II. The submarine fires surface gunfire at the Junk boat. Numerous rounds strike the vessel and set it afire. United States sailors aboard the submarine, load and fire 3'' guns.
American submarine, USS Tirante (SS-420) torpedoes a Japanese freighter in waters off Japan, in World War 2. Periscope shot shows direct hit scored on bow of the freighter. Views from periscope show mountainous shoreline of Japan in the background. Explosion throws billows of smoke. Coastline of Japan. Formations of cloud. Japanese freighter underway.
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