Operation Road's End. Japanese submarines being sunk after World War II. A U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner flying boat circles over several Imperial Japanese submarines as they are being scuttled and/or sunk by gunfire on April 1, 1946, off the Goto Islands, of Japan. Smoke drifts over the water from charges ignited aboard a sub. One of the submarines explodes raising a surge of water and huge black cloud. Clear view of a U.S. Baltimore class Cruiser with two scout planes aboard. Sailors watch from the U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) as a submarine slips below the surface. Another submarine explodes and sinks. Gunfire from the Larson strikes another submarine. Smoke from the Larson's guns drifts in front of the camera. Closeup of the Larson's forward 5-inch guns, turned to starboard, firing.
Close views of Gearing Class Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) near Sasebo,Japan. Captured Japanese submarine explodes before it sinks during Operation Road's End.
U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) near Sasebo,Japan. United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner drops bomb on captured Japanese submarine. The submarine explodes. View of various other Japanese submarines.
Various captured Japanese submarines near Sasebo Japan during Operation Road's End. View of the U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830). United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner drops bomb on Japanese submarine. Smoke rises from the submarine as it sinks.
United States Air Force C 130E aircraft taxis over airstrip at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Group of Marines walk toward C 130E aircraft. Several Marine soldiers carrying waterproof bags, M-16 rifles and other equipment walk across the airstrip. Soldiers disembark from C 130F aircraft. Two CH 46D Sky Knight Helicopter taxi on runway. Man gives arm and hand signals. Marines carry M-16 rifles and other equipment after disembarking from CH 46D Sky Knight Helicopter on the Khe Sanh airstrip. (Vietnam War period).
Sesquicentennial celebration of Captain Cook's discovery of Hawaii: (1778-1928) held in the Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928. Monmouth-class British armored cruiser underway en route to Hawaii. Royal Hawaiian flag draped on tripod of submerged tablet, marking the site of Cook's demise. (The inscription reads: "Near this spot Captain James Cook, R.N., was killed, Feb. 14, 1779.") Smoke seen rising from naval guns on the British cruiser ship, in Kealakekua Bay, off coast of Hawaii, firing 21-gun salute. Camera pans over to the battleship, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) also firing her guns in salute. A group of British buglers plays "The Last Post," during the ceremony. U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis and Territorial Governor of Hawaii, Wallace R. Farrington, step into a Hawaiian outrigger canoe for a short trip across the bay. Next they are seen stepping from the canoe, to a Navy launch tied at the dock in Napoopoo, and thence to the dock, itself. Change of scene shows Secretary Davis and Governor Farrington, with many other dinner guests at a traditional Hawaiian Luau meal with many foods. There Secretary Davis is also seen delivering remarks to the gathering.
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