Two U.S. submarines arriving and tying up at pier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. Crews of both boats are standing on their respective decks. One displays a Navy ensign with some sort of image superimposed on it. A band of sailors stands in formation on the pier, with their musical instruments. Several Naval officers board the closest boat via gangplank.Officers cross to outer boat by gangplank, as a third submarine approaches, flying numerous flags on a line from its conning tower. Then, a 4th submarine arrives and ties up with the others. The band on the pier begins to play as a 5th submarine joins the group.
Crews of submarines, that just returned to their home base at Pearl Harbor,during World War 2, are seen as they secure their boats and prepare to disembark. One sailor is seen with a beard grown during his deployment. A Navy Lieutenant poses holding a life preserver from a japanese ship. Several Japanese prisoners of war leave the submarines and board an open back truck under guard by armed U.S. Military police. The truck drives away.
USS Blenny underway in the Java Sea, off the Coast of Borneo, during World War 2. Interior of the USS Blenny, with periscope being lowered, and then raised for the captain to look through during her successful sinking of Japanese Shokaku Steamer. (Due to heat, the captain is not wearing uniform shirt.) He lowers the periscope. Another crew member looks through the periscope.
Interior of the USS Spadefish (SS-411) in the Sea of Japan, during World War 2, as the Captain looks through the periscope. Slate states "U.S.S. Spadefish puts two torpedoes in a Kamoi Maru outside Makoa Breakwater at the Gulf of Tartary." The Captain (a Navy commander) lowers the periscope and issues instructions to the crew.The Captain, back at the periscope, while a Lieutenant stands nearby holding a watch and apparently marking time. The Captain lowers the periscope.
The U.S. naval torpedo testing range in Montauk, Long Island. A man aboard a barge underway at sea looking through an instrument. A torpedo being launched from the barge. An airplane in flight overhead. A boat underway. Explosion in the water.
Seaplanes being launched and retrieved from water at the beach in Montauk, Long Island during World War II. Crewmen standing at the beach. A Curtiss SO3C Seamew is launched from a ramp into the water. A bi-plane is eased down the ramp into the water. A US Navy OS2U Kingfisher is towed back up the ramp after returning from flight.
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