Four Japanese Ministry of the Navy admirals gather for address on radio, appealing to Japanese defense workers to increase their efforts, during World War 2. Map of the Philippines in Japanese. Japanese shipyard workers listening to the radio address. Young Japanese women, wearing white bands around their heads, listening to the radio address. Shipyard workers in moving cab of a crane, listening. Large formation of Japanese women wearing the white headbands, listening.
Japanese Lieutenant General steps from a headquarters building and walks toward airfield ramp, during World War 2. He poses for photograph with staff officers in background. In change of scene, The general, dressed in flight gear, is escorted with an aide, to a kawasaki ki-49 bomber (Helen), which they board through a door in the roundel on the aircraft fuselage. The General goes forward to pilot's seat and secures cockpit canopy. The aircraft is seen taking off. change of scene shows a Japanese Squadron Commander standing on a step stool, to brief his pilots. After the briefing, they salute and go to their aircraft. Engine being started on a kawasaki ki-49 bomber.Two are seen taking off as ground crews wave to them.
United States Navy FJ-3 aircraft being towed by a yellow tractor up the deck of USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31) in waters off coast of California. The aircraft is from Navy Squadron VF-211 (Red Checkertails). It carries tail code "G" of Carrier Group 21. Ordnance men load Sidewinder missile on underside of wings of FJ-3 aircraft. A man polishes nose of the missile as another man conducts flashlight test check on the nose. The FJ-3 aircraft is catapulted from the carrier.
April 1, 1946: “Operation “Road’s End.” View from the Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) as it accompanies Imperial Japanese Navy submarines headed out of Sasebo Bay, headed to "Point Deep Six," (reportedly about 60 km west of Nagasaki and off the Gotō Islands) where they are to be scuttled by demolition charges and/or gunfire from the Larson or the USS Nereus (AS-17) (not seen). Captain Bell and Commander D.A. Mckee are seen on deck of the Larson with a Japanese interpreter who is issuing instructions to the skeleton Japanese crews through a megaphone. Views of the submarines underway.
Various Japanese ships hit by United States cruisers during Operation Road's End after WWII. Smoke and fire rising from the targeted ships. View of Japanese ships sinking.
Captured Japanese submarine sinks during Operation Road's End. USS Chicago (CA-136) in the background. Smoke rises from the submarine after it is bombed. United States PBM Mariner flies over. Japanese submarine sinks.