The return of "Carlson's Raiders," to Pearl Harbor following their successful Makin Raid in World War 2. View from a high point overlooking a wharf at Pearl Harbor, as the USS Nautilus (SS-168) approaches. The wharf is crowded with a military honor guard, a reception committee of high ranking naval officers, and other well-wishers. (Unrelated sequence inserted, of a surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun and smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship in the distance.) Scene shifts back to Pearl Harbor, again. This time it shows the USS Argonaut (SS-166) docked, and Admiral Chester Nimitz boarding the submarine and shaking hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, its Commanding Officer. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, (President Roosevelt's son) who is Executive Officer of the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. Scene shifts again, to deck of the USS Nautilus, where Admiral Nimitz, holding Japanese war trophies from the Makin Raid, discusses them with a young officer from the Second Raider Battalion. View of arms and equipment of the Marines on the submarine deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. Marine Raiders begin to leave the submarine and walk past a military honor guard with rifles at parade rest.
American battleships and troop transport ships underway in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. World War 2 U.S. Army troops aboard the transport ship.
Wrecked planes in damaged hangar. Sand bags on the side of a road. A truck passes by. Landing gear of wrecked planes, oil drums and sand bags in the hangar. Men work in the hangar area. Wrecked parts of PBY Catalina plane of the U.S. Military. An overturned ship in the dock area. (World War II period).
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War 2 leads to destruction of U.S. Navy warships. A dock area. Destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) partially submerged in floating drydock with USS Pennsylvania BB-38 in the background. The camera travels around the wreck of Shaw in the drydock. Men at work in the dock area. Various debris in water. A close up view of Shaw's damaged bridge area. Smoke comes out of a ship's stack.
A United States SS underway at sea. Men on deck loading 5'' gun. USS Stingray (SS-186) underway at sea.
USS Sturgeon (SS-187) submarine underway coming up port side at sea. Men running out of conning tower; manning the 5'' gun aft. Men on board of SS storing guns for diving operation at sea. SS diving at sea. Periscope cuts through water.