American Naval Submarine Officers posing at the new Submarine Base, Yokosuka, Japan, about two weeks after the Japanese surrender, ending World War 2. Officers in group posing outside a building. A sign on the building reads: "Yokosuka Submarine Base." In the most formal group photo, Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet is seen seated in front row, near center, as he poses with officers in his command.
Four U.S. sailors, in steel helmets, climb down from deck of a submarine and board an inflated yellow life raft. They paddle through the water toward nearby shore, in Japan, soon after the Japanese surrender ending World War 2. View from the submarine deck, as the yellow raft makes way. Scene shifts to shore where three of the sailors are seen pulling the raft into bushes. View from the shore, of the submarine in a bay. It appears to be flying the American flag well above another flag.
At film start, sailors on a surfaced U.S. submarine wave at other sailors sitting on the floating remains of a sunken Japanese destroyer, during World War 2. It is nighttime and the scene is filmed in moonlight. Two sailors on the submarine, silhouetted in moonlight, raise their arms toward the survivors on the remains of the destroyer, who raise their arms to surrender, in response. Next, Japanese survivors are seen on the deck of the submarine, taken aboard the submarine. A U.S. navy officer, smoking a cigar, removes shirt from one prisoner and checks him for contraband. Next, a group of Japanese survivors on the wreck, raise their arms in surrender. View of the submarine deck as it backs away from the floating wreckage. Glimpse of other warships low on the horizon. Camera pans over more floating wreckage. Sailors in conning tower of the submarine. One on deck next to the conning tower waves at the camera. More floating wreckage. One sailor on the submarine deck holds a Thompson submachine gun. Sailors gathered in the conning tower of the submarine and posing for the camera, on deck, in front of it. Glimpse of the officer with his cigar, looking out at floating wreckage in the water. The submarine moves slowly toward a survivor standing on another piece of floating wreckage.
Film begins showing Sailors aboard a U.S. surfaced submarine in the Pacific, during World War 2, as they fire at a nearby floating mine, which explodes raising a huge column of water. Next, they meet and proceed in parallel with another surfaces American submarine. Closeups of crew on the camera boat as they watch the other submarine as they both make way in rough water. Sailors on the other submarine crowd its conning tower and upper deck. Closeups of crew on camera boat heaving on a line that has been fired between the two submarines. The camera boat sends a large package across to the other submarine via the line.
Film begins with view of forward deck on a U.S. submarine in calm waters, during World War 2. A Japanese survivor of a sunken warship is seen on a raft of wreckage. The submarine positions itself and lowers lines that the Japanese sailor uses to board the American boat, where he is taken as a prisoner of war. Closeup of a three-masted Japanese boat that begins to raise some sail as it is being observed. The sailboat seen at some distance with empty masts and no sign of anyone on board. View of the deck gun on the deck of the submarine. It fires and causes the sailboat to explode.
Film begins showing view from a surfaced U.S. submarine, of a three-masted Japanese sailboat at a distance during World War 2. Some smoke is in the air near it. Several tracer rounds are fired from the submarine toward the boat. Rounds are seen falling short. View of the boat when closer to the submarine. Officer and some sailors on the deck of the submarine. The officer holds a hand gun and one sailor holds a Thompson submachine gun. A small power boat sits next to the sailboat, displaying an inordinately large flag. Submarine crew maintains close watch using binoculars. Closeup of sailors on the submarine deck. Next, the sailboat is seen sitting alone at a distance. Glimpse through submarine's periscope of the Japanese sailboat at a distance. View from the camera boat of its crew on deck manning its 5-inch deck gun, with the sailboat a considerable distance away. Gun crew begins firing at the sailboat. Rounds fall short and show water splashes where they hit. Some black smoke is in the air. Sailor loads a clip of shells into the gun. The submarine fires leisurely at the sailboat, with pauses between rounds. View from upper deck of submarine as the gun crew loads and fires. Black smoke rising near the target boat. A round strikes and raises cloud of black smoke.
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