Japanese emissary with wooden leg prosthetics sits down to sign at Japanese surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay at end of World War 2. Other Japanese emissary signs. Japanese delegation waiting to sign.
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
U.S. military troops and vehicles of Atlantic convoy on dock in Iceland. Army soldiers on docks. Scenes of dock area. Many AP and AK ships anchored in harbor. Man chops marker buoy loose from side of ship underway. (World War 2 period.)
Launcher on the stern of the USS Mississippi (AG-128). Missile (TTV-2, Terrier) attached. It is trained around and then points skyward. Missile is launched. Missile in flight as puff of smoke seen. Crew going out to the launcher. Spot burned on the deck by the launching of the missile.
U.S. Army Air Force Captain R W Foy of 363 Squadron, 357 Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, trailing a German ME-109, which crashes and burns, during World War 2.
Lieutenant Perry of 62 Squadron, 56 Fighter Group, U.S. 8th Air Force, shoots wing off German FW-190 aircraft, which crashes, during World War 2.
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