Army cameraman films missile ready for launch. Missile is launched. U.S. M65 Atomic Cannon ("Atomic Annie") fires and nuclear explosion results. Army helicopters discharge troops. U.S. Infantry fire rifles as they climb hill. Animation of world globe rotating. Sergeant Stuart Queen speaks about Japan's self defense traditions, including Judo and Jujitsu. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs the US-Japan Mutual Security Assistance Pact in 1952. Japanese National Police do stretching exercise and practice judo. They are trained by Japanese experts. Japanese National Police receive training in firearms with help from American instructors.and then proceed to a firing range where they fire at targets. Defense Force Officers cluster around a target and point at hits in the bullseye. Japanese self defense force march in parade. Japanese Commander salutes and flag of Japan waved. Japanese perform calensthetics in a large group.
U.S. Admiral Admiral Charles Andrews Lockwood,Commander Submarine Force Pacific,walking on deck of submarine with her captain behind him, right after end of World War 2. The Admiral boards his motor launch, flying a three-star pennant and proceeds across a bay at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. The Admiral's colors being hoisted aboard a Japanese submarine, that still flies the Japanese flag, beneath the American flag.Admiral Lockwood pacing the deck of the Japanese submarine. View of shore from launch moving away, with only its wake visible. A Japanese tender surrounded by submarines.Broadside view of the Japanese Battleship Nagato. Japanese military personnel standing on deck of Japanese submarine, I-400 class, tied up to the large tender.Several American sailors walking on the sub deck, as the Japanese board the tender. An American officer and several sailors inspect supplies piled up on deck of the sub. Deck of the tender is filled with American sailors watching the activity.View from deck of submarine filled with Japanese. A barge nearby filled with supplies.More views of the submarine deck filled with Japanese.
An aerial view of Atsugi Airfield as seen from a U.S. aircraft in flight, shortly after the end of World War 2. Aircraft parked on Atsugi Airfield. Scene shifts to a harbor area and dock installations in vicinity of Yokosuka Naval Base. Ships alongside a finger dock. Bomb damage in the surrounding area.
The Allied occupation of Japan begins. United States Navy ships in Tokyo Bay at Yokosuka Japan. USS San Diego warship (CL-53), a Light Cruiser, is seen, along with USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class Destroyer. (World War II period).
Change of command ceremony of United states 7th Naval fleet ship on board Bon Homme Richard CV-31 in Yokosuka,Japan. Chaplain gives an invocation. Vice Admiral S.H. Ingersoll speaks at the speaker's stand as Vice Admiral W.M. Beakley,the new commander of the fleet, sits in a chair. Audiences include Marines,officers and civilians.
Japanese battleship Nagato at a harbor in Japan. Nagato anchored in the harbor. A great deal of damage on the ship. A U.S. Naval Base at Yokosuka Bay. A small Japanese tanker tied alongside a pier. A midget sub-chaser. Nagato anchored in the harbor. The shoreline of the naval base. A Japanese Landing Ship Tank underway. Damage on battleship Nagato due to the bombing during World War II.