Test Baker during Operation Crossroads at Bikini atoll in the Pacific Ocean during the Cold War. U.S. Navy LSM-60 landing ship anchored in the midst of the target fleet at the Bikini atoll. Large smoke cloud mushrooms up after atomic bomb blast beneath ship.
Documentary depicts job of United States occupation forces in Japan. Opening scene shows Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita being escorted by armed American military officer to a room. A woman at an outdoor stand, passing out leaflets to Japanese people during the U.S. postwar occupation of Japan. Camera pans across exterior of prison where Japanese wartime leaders are incarcerated. Japanese read information posted on a telephone pole. Newspaper in English reporting that Emperor Hirohito says he is not a Diety and the Japanese are not a master race. A Japanese broadcaster spreading the new concepts. Loud speakers on city streets carry the news. People visiting news stands, including many Japanese soldiers in uniforms. Several Japanese citizens gathered by a bulletin board to read the latest information. Japanese workers shoveling up debris from bombing during World War 2. View of vast destruction in a Japanese city, where only several concrete and steel buildings can be seen standing. Japanese people going about their normal affairs, walking on paths cleared through the detritus of war. U.S. troops monitoring Japanese travelers boarding a railroad train. A U.S. soldier standing with a Japanese policeman, searches a Japanese cyclist for contraband. Views of the Pacific Ocean, with waves crashing on the shore. Dead American soldiers in the waters at the coasts of various scenes of combat against Japanese forces during World War II. Views of American soldiers helping and tending to wounded during the war. A huge formation of American soldiers marching. The Liberty bell. A closing slate reading: "Our Job in Japan". Music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony is heard.
Sinking of Japanese submarines during Operation Road's End in the Pacific Ocean after World War II. Japanese submarine I-400 (I-400, boat 5231) on the surface , off Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaii. In a test of the Mark 10-3 exploder, the I-400 is seen being struck by three Mark 18-2 electric torpedoes fired from the USS Trumpetfish (SS-425). The torpedoes explode in rapid succession, raising columns of white spray and smoke.
Nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. An atomic bomb explosion. A cloudy sky. Formation of a mushroom cloud due to the explosion. A close view of the mushroom cloud.
One of the Japanese fleet submarines being destroyed after World War 2. Japanese submarine seen on surface of water, off Japan, as viewed from a U.S. surface ship. A huge explosion occurs on the submarine and it soon sinks.
Destruction of one of Japan's fleet of submarines after end of World War 2. Periscope view from a U.S. submarine, of the Japanese submarine on the surface. A large explosion occurs as it is torpedoed. Another large explosion occurs engulfing the submarine.