Views from a boat moving in the Pearl River at Port of Canton (Guangzhou), in time frame of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A small island in the river. Many boats of all types: steam ferry boat; small hand-rowed passenger boats; ships and sailing vessels anchored and moored. U.S. sailors form honor guard as visitors arrive and board the USS Isabel (PY-10) serving as flagship of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Seen walking along the deck, Admiral Yarnell and his Japanese and British Naval counterparts,are in formal dress uniforms. Among those seen, with Admiral Yarnell, are a Japanese Admiral and Army officer, accompanied by a diplomat, and a British Admiral conversing with a diplomat.
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).
American sailors disembark from the Japanese Aircraft Carrier 'Ryuho'. The carrier in dry dock No 4 to be converted into scrap. Aircraft carrier and a dry dock crane. Port side and bow of carrier. Japanese antiaircraft gun carrying destroyer 'Yoizuki' moved alongside the aircraft carrier 'Ryuho' for conversion into a repatriation ship with a capacity of 1300. The bow and port side of the destroyer. 'Yoizuki'. Bow and port side of the carrier 'Ryuko'. Super-structure (port-side) of carrier 'Ryuho'. Japanese destroyer 'Natsuzuki' coming into dry dock after an extensive tour of repatriation service and now in for repairs. Building Z of Kure Naval Base Arsenal shows a smokestack and hole near its base. The damaged flue leads from boiler to the smokestack which was caused by a near miss, ending at the crater.
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.
World War 2 footage of attack on a Japanese freighter near Palau Island in the Pacific Ocean, by an American Navy submarine. Periscope view shows target Japanese freighter in distance. Disturbance just below surface of water is seen as submarine releases torpedoes toward target. View of target ship just before impact. Then suddenly, a dramatic explosion emits from the ship as it is hit by US Navy submarine's torpedoes. Ship stern momentarily elevates at moment of impact as torpedo strikes mid ship. Explosion consumes ship and it begins to rapidly sink. Two more explosions are seen shooting skyward as the Japanese ship continues sinking.
Kin village mop up on east coast of Okinawa by United States 7th Infantry Division. Infantrymen carry Japanese ration out of houses. Japanese civilians watch infantrymen. Soldier puts carton of Chesterfield cigarettes found in hut on top of Japanese rations. (World War II period).
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