U.S. submarine on surface of a bay in Japanese waters, during World War 2. It fires at boats and installations in the head of the bay. View of gun crew on the submarine as they load and fire a deck gun. sunset view as the submarine cruises across the bay firing two 5 inch deck guns.Crew members throwing empty shell casings overboard. Officers on conning tower looking through binoculars. Crew continues to fire the guns rapidly, as sunlight fades. Some striking views of clouds at sunset.
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.
April 1, 1946: “Operation “Road’s End.” View from the Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) as it accompanies Imperial Japanese Navy submarines headed out of Sasebo Bay, headed to "Point Deep Six," (reportedly about 60 km west of Nagasaki and off the Gotō Islands) where they are to be scuttled by demolition charges and/or gunfire from the Larson or the USS Nereus (AS-17) (not seen). Captain Bell and Commander D.A. Mckee are seen on deck of the Larson with a Japanese interpreter who is issuing instructions to the skeleton Japanese crews through a megaphone. Views of the submarines underway.
Various Japanese ships hit by United States cruisers during Operation Road's End after WWII. Smoke and fire rising from the targeted ships. View of Japanese ships sinking.
Captured Japanese submarine sinks during Operation Road's End. USS Chicago (CA-136) in the background. Smoke rises from the submarine after it is bombed. United States PBM Mariner flies over. Japanese submarine sinks.
Biplane on catapult of Japanese Navy ship. Japanese sailors work around biplane. Three Japanese pilots talking aboard ship. Japanese seaplane flies over mast of the ship. The biplane on rough water surface. Pilot stands on forward part of the wing to hook it to the carrier crane. Sailors watch as Japanese carrier is docked.
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