Navy personnel aboard ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. Man carries aerial camera on deck of ship. Navy personnel at work. Officers dry aerial negative. Smith dryer in operation. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter takes off from flight deck of carrier. Man examines aerial camera in photo lab.
U.S. Army Air Forces bombardment group return to West Field, Tinian after bombing missions over Nagoya, Japan during World War II. U.S. 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bombardment Group B-29 Superfortress bombers land on runways 1 and 2, West Field. B-29s taxi after landing.
Planning of last bomber attack on Japan by the U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) during World War II. An officer points out positions on a section of map of the Pacific in in Guam, Mariana Islands.
Periscope view of the Pacific Ocean. Mountains in the foreground. Coastline of Japan. Houses and buildings at the coastline.
The USS Crevalle (SS-291) on war patrols in East China Sea and Sea of Japan in final days of World War II. Crew members hold a flag they made depicting their engagements with Japanese shipping. It shows Japanese Navy Rising Sun flag with marks below for five Japanese Navy ships. It also shows the Japanese Red Ball flag and fourteen marks for other Japanese ships. As the film continues, it reveals more of the flag, showing more encounters with enemy shipping. A Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) passing by. Sailors standing on deck in bright sunlight with breeze blowing. One of the sailors is drinking from a mug. Sailor Robert Schwarz has grown a notable full beard and smokes a pipe. Toward the end of the film, the boat's Captain, Navy Captain Everett Hartwell Steinmetz, is seen from the back and in profile, standing on deck. Another aircraft passes overhead. (Note: Sailors holding flag in opening frames has been identified as James A. Katchis who served on the boat beginning as a Seaman 1st Class in August 1944 and Robert Schwarz of St. Louis, MO)
The celebration of the Victory over Japan Day (VJ day) at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fleet type submarine coming into bay. A flag flying atop the submarine. Other warships in the background. Mountains in the background. Men at the conning tower of the submarine. Sailors and officers at the dock. Submarine going out of port.