Interior of the USS Spadefish (SS-411) as the Captain looks through the periscope. Slate states "U.S.S. Spadefish sights a Soviet Merchantman in the Northern Japan sea." The Captain (a Navy commander) speaks with a Lieutenant standing with him and then continues to look carefully through the periscope. The Captain seems to be issuing orders as he 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.
A United States Army Air Force Northrop A-17 two-seater attack plane crashes at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. The damaged side of the main building. The wrecked airplane seen in the building.
The Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee in Washington DC. Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey appears before the committee. Officials seated at a desk inside a building. They discuss amongst themselves. Dempsey urges the repeal of the law forbidding the shipment of the prize fight film across state lines.
Return to the United States of Marines from 2nd Raider Battalion, known as "Carlson's Raiders" (led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson). They arrive at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the submarine, USS Argonaut (SS-166) after completing their famous Makin Island raid in August,1942, during World War 2. Inserted view of surfaced submarine, as it fires its deck gun. Distant smoke arises in the sea from a burning ship. Scene shifts back, to Hawaii, again, as the Argonaut arrives at a pier in Pearl Harbor. Admiral Chester Nimitz boards the submarine and shakes hands with Lieutenant Commander John R. Pierce, USN, Commanding Officer of the Argonaut. Major James Roosevelt, USMCR, Executive Officer, Second Raider Battalion (the President's son) salutes Nimitz, who then shakes hands with him. View of stacked arms and equipment of the Marines on the boat's deck. Sailors transport a wounded Marine on a litter. The rest of the marines begin to step from the Argonaut, to the pier, and walk past a military honor guard with rifles, at parade rest.
USS Nautilus (SS-168) at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. The submarine pulling into the dock. Marine raiders at the quarters on the deck of the submarine. Crew at the quarters on the deck of the submarine. United States Marine Corps ( USMC ) Major James Roosevelt on the conning tower. The raiders leaving the deck of the submarine. Men carrying a wounded from the deck of the submarine onto the dock. Two officers inspecting a Japanese rifle.
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