Large ship approaches pier at U.S. military base. Snow capped mountains in the background. The ship docks and sailors with sea bags disembark. Trucks loaded with sailors and their sea bags pull away. Sailors with sea bags walk into barracks. Notice on building shows hours for serving "chow." Men enter the building for a meal. U.S. Navy clock shows past 1800 hours with sweep second hand moving.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Exteriors of High Commissioner's Residence in Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines. General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur E Percival of British Army arrive at a building in car. Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Vice Admiral Okochi seated with American Generals.
Surrender of Japanese Imperial forces leads to end of World War II. Wake Island on map. Formal Surrender of Japanese garrison on island. Marine officers at Wake Island. Flag raising ceremonies and wreckage of planes on islands. Officers present include USMC General Sanderson, Commander Cross, Commander Masek, Lieutenant Colonel Roberson, and Commander Walter Bayler (who had been the last American to leave Wake Island before its takeover by Japanese forces in December 1941).
Two surviving Japanese crew rescued from their boat damaged by gunfire from a U.S. submarine in the Pacific, during World War 2. View from submarine deck as Japanese sailor wearing personal life vest and a ring life preserver, swims alongside. He grabs rope ladder on side of submarine and pulls himself aboard.Next he is seen on deck with a U.S. sailor. He bows as he sees the cameraman. View of ring life preserver floating beside the submarine. The Japanese sailor removes his personal flotation vest which a U.S. sailor displays for the camera. Two U.S. crewmen pose with the ring life preserver, which they fetched from the water. Another Japanese sailor swims to the Submarine and is helped aboard by the first. U.S. crew give him some dry clothes.The U.S. submarine approaches the battered Japanese vessel. A crewman on the bow throws something at the Japanese boat and starts a fire. Soon flames burst out on the boat's wooden deck.
A Japanese crewman from nearby boat,disabled by gunfire from a U.S. submarine, is helped aboard the submarine by its crew. They help remove his life vest and most of his wet clothing. One poses with him for the camera. A crewman works with line and flotation gear on the submarine deck.Two more Japanese are seen in the water holding on to floating debris. These men are also helped aboard the submarine. View of the Japanese boat close to the submarine. Smoke is rising from its engine compartment.The superstructure is wrecked. Sailors on the submarine prepare to fire at the boat to sink it.They load shells and fire at the floating hulk.
Machine gun and cannon tracer rounds being fired by the United States submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) at a Japanese Junk boat (Wasen) during nighttime in World War 2. Neither submarine nor Junk boat is visible. A burning wooden Junk boat with flames that gradually fades away in the distance. Suddenly a closeup of the flaming Junk boat is seen and it again fades away. Some brief gunfire is seen.
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