Brief film shows members of a U.S. submarine crew as they pose for camera during World War 2. A sailor named Guy Rossi from Medfield, Massachusetts holds a sign identifying himself. Other crewmen pose looking through binoculars. Some of the crew stand on the conning tower of the submarine. A sailor photographer with elaborate motion picture equipment is seen atop the boat's deck.
As viewed through periscope of submerged American submarine, bombs explode all along the coastline of Midway Island under attack by Japanese bombers (unseen) during World War 2 Battle of Midway. One strike hits oil storage site causing black smoke to rise. Many bombs create high long-lasting clouds of smoke.
Film begins showing view from deck of U.S. submarine running on the surface of the Pacific ocean during World War 2. Some cumulus and one cumulonimbus cloud ia seen in background. View of boat's bow looking down from the conning tower. Crew members are seen on the portside deck with strong bow wave visible beside the boat. One sailor in conning tower looks aft through binoculars. Another, on portside deck, appears to be reparing something. Officer, wearing a cap with Navy insignia is seen in several different poses.
At film start, sailors on a surfaced U.S. submarine wave at other sailors sitting on the floating remains of a sunken Japanese destroyer, during World War 2. It is nighttime and the scene is filmed in moonlight. Two sailors on the submarine, silhouetted in moonlight, raise their arms toward the survivors on the remains of the destroyer, who raise their arms to surrender, in response. Next, Japanese survivors are seen on the deck of the submarine, taken aboard the submarine. A U.S. navy officer, smoking a cigar, removes shirt from one prisoner and checks him for contraband. Next, a group of Japanese survivors on the wreck, raise their arms in surrender. View of the submarine deck as it backs away from the floating wreckage. Glimpse of other warships low on the horizon. Camera pans over more floating wreckage. Sailors in conning tower of the submarine. One on deck next to the conning tower waves at the camera. More floating wreckage. One sailor on the submarine deck holds a Thompson submachine gun. Sailors gathered in the conning tower of the submarine and posing for the camera, on deck, in front of it. Glimpse of the officer with his cigar, looking out at floating wreckage in the water. The submarine moves slowly toward a survivor standing on another piece of floating wreckage.
Film begins showing Sailors aboard a U.S. surfaced submarine in the Pacific, during World War 2, as they fire at a nearby floating mine, which explodes raising a huge column of water. Next, they meet and proceed in parallel with another surfaces American submarine. Closeups of crew on the camera boat as they watch the other submarine as they both make way in rough water. Sailors on the other submarine crowd its conning tower and upper deck. Closeups of crew on camera boat heaving on a line that has been fired between the two submarines. The camera boat sends a large package across to the other submarine via the line.
Film begins with view of forward deck on a U.S. submarine in calm waters, during World War 2. A Japanese survivor of a sunken warship is seen on a raft of wreckage. The submarine positions itself and lowers lines that the Japanese sailor uses to board the American boat, where he is taken as a prisoner of war. Closeup of a three-masted Japanese boat that begins to raise some sail as it is being observed. The sailboat seen at some distance with empty masts and no sign of anyone on board. View of the deck gun on the deck of the submarine. It fires and causes the sailboat to explode.
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