A squad of soldiers of the 103rd Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division enters the Police Station. United States Lieutenant and a soldier hold meeting with local officials in the Police Station. (World War II period).
A film to honor and remember the men who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. A log book entry of USS Franklin (CV-13). Crew on the flight deck of USS Franklin in the Pacific Ocean. Fueling crew in red shirts, aircraft directors in yellow shirts. Men who load armor and aircraft in blue shirts. Men are reviewed by the executive officer. After the inspection men leave for their work. Aircraft taxi on the flight deck on 20th February, 1945. Aircraft of Air Group 35 and 75 take off. Aircraft in a formation flight. Aerial view of the Naval Air Station at Kanoehe, Hawaii. A ship loaded with supplies. Supplies loaded on trolleys. 'Outrigger Canoe Club' at a beach. Fliers on the beach. They sunbathe and enjoy rowing. Sailors board USS Franklin. The ship underway at sea to rejoin task force 58. Escort vessels sail alongside. Aircraft in flight overhead. The ship heads towards Ulithi island. A log book entry. A fleet of ships near Ulithi island. Carrier Hancock in the fleet. The fleet sails towards the island of Honshu, Japan.
Allied aircraft attack ships and crafts in the Pacific during World War II. Allied aircraft of 3rd fleet strafe ships and small craft in the Pacific Theater. Aerial view of the area attacked as smoke rises. A railroad track supplying coal tar to Honshu attack by Allied carrier planes. Iron, steel and chemical factories strike by aircraft.
Kure Naval Base in Honshu. Neat rows of Koriyu type submarines (2-man midget sub) lying on the bottom of the dry dock. There were over 113 subs in this dry dock. Line of submarines from top of the dock.
Interiors of building located at Kure Naval Base Arsenal, Honshu. Heavy destruction after air raid. Overhead crane with right end fallen down due to a near miss on the steel frame column which supported to crane rail. End of crane collapsed and rests on the floor. Fallen overhead crane in the background and unfinished gun barrels for a second class cruiser. A heavy traveling bridge crane to load and unload coal, received a direct hit in the middle section. The carriage and wheels stick up in mid-air.
American sailors disembark from the Japanese Aircraft Carrier 'Ryuho'. The carrier in dry dock No 4 to be converted into scrap. Aircraft carrier and a dry dock crane. Port side and bow of carrier. Japanese antiaircraft gun carrying destroyer 'Yoizuki' moved alongside the aircraft carrier 'Ryuho' for conversion into a repatriation ship with a capacity of 1300. The bow and port side of the destroyer. 'Yoizuki'. Bow and port side of the carrier 'Ryuko'. Super-structure (port-side) of carrier 'Ryuho'. Japanese destroyer 'Natsuzuki' coming into dry dock after an extensive tour of repatriation service and now in for repairs. Building Z of Kure Naval Base Arsenal shows a smokestack and hole near its base. The damaged flue leads from boiler to the smokestack which was caused by a near miss, ending at the crater.
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