Animated map of fishing grounds around Japan that provide one fourth of the world's catch. Movement of the seasonal catch is tracked as it moves Northward during the year. Men and women engaged in commercial fishing, gathering in nets teeming with fish. Fishing boats plying waters of an inland sea. Fishing boats moored along the shores. Larger seagoing fishing boats leaving to operate along the coast of Honshu. Fishermen letting out nets from these boats and using cable winches to retrieve them. Views of refrigerated Japanese fishing ships that also freeze their catches, operatiing in the Siberian maritime provinces and in Alaskan and Arctic waters. Fishing boats, operating before World War 2, are seen pulling crabs aboard. View inside a floating cannery ship where salmon and crabmeat are being canned for export to places like the U.S.A. Closeup of a can displaying "ICEBOUNDBRAND" and text reading: " World Renowned Floating Cannery Pack Fresh from the Deep Sea Waters of Northern Japan. Net contents 13ounces. SELECTED CRABMEAT." Japanese wading in a river, and using trained cormorants, to catch fish. View of fisherman taking fish from his cormorant and placing them into a large jug. view of edible seaweed being harvested and laid out in the sun, in racks. Animated illustration of Japanese man and items included in his dinner of rice, soybean, fish, sea slugs, sea urchins, octopus, lily bulbs, bamboo shoots, bean curd and pickled fruits and vegetables, accompanied by a little saki (rice wine).
A U.S. Task Force destroys Japanese aircraft in the Northern Mariana Islands during World War II. The Japanese aircraft in flight. A U.S. war ship in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. soldiers at a gun barrel. Explosions in the air. A Japanese aircraft catches fire and plunges in the sea.
Italian Expeditionary Forces at Northern Africa Front. Soldiers of Italian Expedition Force comes out of fox holes. They run out from dugouts. Machine gun emplacement at battle field. Soldiers fire guns. They look through binocular. Trucks and bikes in field. Soldiers run in trenches. Soldiers run in field with machine guns and fire in prone position. Airborne troops land on isolated emergency airfield built by Britishers on the desert. Paratroopers destroy gasoline and munition dumps in field. Soldiers stand with covered artillery. Troops get in aircraft with guns. Italian Expeditionary Forces in Malta: Air raid over Malta. Pilots get on planes. Plane taxis and takes off. Airplane in flight. Pilots in cockpit. Air plane in flight over sea. Aerial view of Malta Island. (World War II period).
American troops returning home from Europe after conclusion of World War 1. Coast Guard cutters removing wounded U.S. soldiers from the troop carrier "Northern Pacific," which is aground at Fire Island, New York. Man gives flag signals. Men load goods on a boat to carry it to the ship. People disembark from a boat. View of various other ships in sea. Men camp on the coast with the ship in background. Officials taking a drink and reading a newspaper.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Northern attack force departs from San Diego, United States for the Hawaiian area. A convoy of ships underway at sea. Aircraft in flight over the target area. High altitude view of the area. Smoke rises from bombardment by the aircraft. Several enemy airplanes are damaged. Enemy ships are also bombed. The ships explode.
Nazi seaplane patrols the North Sea. A sketch of the German Blohm and Voss Bv 138 floatplane. A BV 138 seaplane takes off, by catapult, from a base in the North Sea. Views of aircraft in flight. Observer-gunner uses binoculars to observe area. Pilot and copilot in the cockpit of the aircraft. Plane in flight over German ships in the North Sea. Views from the BV 138 flying over ships putting up smoke screens.
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