U.S. Army training film 'Rifle squad in Defense' Part II on the role of light weapon infantryman. The Automatic Rifleman,Grenadier and Rifleman of the squad in defense positions. Squad leader makes an estimate of the situation and coordinates with adjacent Squad leaders. Platoon leader discusses positions of the 1st ,2nd and 3rd squad through a diagram. It shows the Alpha team on the left and the Bravo team on the right positions. Depicts firing positions of the Automatic Rifleman,Grenadier and the Rifleman.
Vojta Benes, brother of Czech President Edvard Beneš, arrives in Polish ocean liner SS Batory in New York, United States. Vojta Beneš of Czechoslovakia states in his speech that his country will fight to the last man (early in World War 2 period, just before Munich Agreement was signed yielding Czech Sudetenland regions to Nazi Germany).
Operation Road's End. Inspection of Japanese submarines,moored in Sasebo Bay, Japan, that are scheduled for destruction, after World War 2. View from a boat passing several of these submarines. One has a group of U.S. Naval officers and others on its deck. View of Japanese submarines I-366 and Number 107. Japanese sailors are decorating the submarines with branches of cherry blossoms. A Japanese officer looking down from boat I-402, as the camera passes below. Closeup of him posing on his boat for the camera.. Captain Atogi Nakamura, Lt. Tashio Tanaka and crew members posing aboard Japanese submarine I-58 (that sank the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945 with torpedos fired by Lt. Tanaka).
Japanese dramatized film depicting scenes inside a Type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine as it advances to attack Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Interior of the Japanese two-man midget submarine. Japanese navy officer looks into the periscope of submarine. Crew operates the control wheel while the commanding officer stands behind him. Scene shifts to Japanese Imperial Navy staff in radio room of the submarine's mother ship as they communicate positioning. Staff receive a message and hand it over to the Officer in the radio room. The message reads (translated) that they willl attack at dawn.
Japanese Kaidai submarine cruising on surface in a bay near Dutch East Indies, during World War 2. Crew on deck taking a smoke break. A seaport with loading docks seen from stern of boat. View of Japanese warships from under deck gun of the submarine. Sailor on submarine signals with semaphore flags to Japanese Cruiser and crew members on deck, and clustered around conning tower, wave their hats at the warship. Officer on deck issues commands over boat's intercom. Small sign boards with Japanese writing are hung near work stations. Crew members enter the sub through hatch in the deck. View from conning tower of the sub bow encountering moderate waves as they proceed on surface. The submarine sets course due West. Officers watch through binoculars. View of engine room with crew members at their stations there. Crew members preparing a meal of vegetables, fish and rice. Crew eating meal in mess hall. Officers eating in their mess.
View from conning tower of surfaced Japanese Kaidai submarine underway in Indian ocean, during World War 2. Navigator takes celestial readings with sextant. Below decks in cabin, officers plot position on large scale marine chart, using set of compasses. One officer uses slide rule for calculations. Various water depths are depicted on the marine chart. The Captain and other officers sit at a table and discuss their position and navigation. Control room of the sub, with Japanese writing displayed in chalk on vertical post. View of boat's instrument panel. Interior of boat's engine room, with moving parts of engine. View from conning tower as submarine makes way on surface through rough seas.
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