Animated map shows Indian Ocean,with Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; India and cities of Madras and Calcutta; and Burma and city of Rangoon. Two Japanese aircraft carriers are seen in waters off Rangoon, during World War 2. Officers aboard looking through binoculars. Antiaircraft guns on one of the carriers. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (zero/Zeke) airplane is readied and takes off from the carrier, followed by another. Several are seen flying in formation over the city of Rangoon. Sounds of explosions and smoke rising, as the Japanese bomb the city. Black smoke from exploding flak is also seen. Scene shifts to a Japanese warship firing 5.5 inch guns at a British ship which is hit by shellfire. The ship explodes emitting dense white smoke, and sinks from sight. Three A6M Zeros fly overhead. Aerial view of a British ship being bombed, and burning.
Film begins showing closeup of a Japanese submarine surfacing in the Indian Ocean during World War 2. As it reaches the surface, crew members rush to the boat's 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun on deck. They uncover it, rotate it to starboard, and then load and fire it several times. Reflection of sunset on surface of the water. Crew members silhouetted against the sunset as they look through binoculars. View of bow wave on starboard as the submarine travels at high speed on the surface. Glimpse of crew members on the deck. View of bow wave on port as the boat is underway on surface.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A doll and keepsakes are seen hangin from bunks, as crewmen sleep. A man reads. Other men play a board game and some play cards. The functioning of the engine and a reading on a meter. Men standing on the deck look through binoculars.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A cook empties a carton and takes out tins. He opens a tin and pours sea food in a basket. A man collects fish swept by water on the deck. Crewmen dine. Bottles of vitamin tablets kept on the dining table. A doctor examines a crewman.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. Crewmen look at maps and discuss. A glass is filled with an eye solution. Men place the glass and pour the solution in their eyes. They climb up a ladder.
Japanese submarines in action in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A Japanese crew member looks through the periscope of a submarine. Men go up a ladder and through hatch to exterior deck. Deck guns being fired at night. An enemy vessel burns at night. An Allied sailor wearing a life jacket comes down a ladder aboard the submarine and sits near the bulkhead.
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