As film begins, two Red Cross women in uniforms are seen conversing with two separate women passengers in their cabins, below decks on the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, as it prepares to depart on a voyage from New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan during World War 2. A worker climbs a stack of bags of grain and carries one away. Views of stores of provisions, including many cases of drinks, fresh fruit, and vegetables aboard the ocean liner. View from ship's deck of armed U.S. Navy sailors, lined at intervals the entire length of the ship. Armed Customs officers thoroughly examining luggage of passengers who will be boarding the ship and stacking those that passed inspection. Another view of the Customs officers screening baggage.
Heavy seas cover foredeck of a Japanese light cruiser making way in Aleutian waters during winter in World War 2. Officers on bridge, one using sextant. Wind drives waves over the ship's ice-covered deck. Ice covers anchor chain and gun barrel. Sailors chop ice from gun barrel,lifelines, deck and base of ship's superstructure. Sailor throws huge chunk of ice overboard. View from lower deck shows another light cruiser astern. Windshield wiper clearing bridge window. Crew members in heavy cold weather gear. A sailor aloft using semaphore flags.
Palm trees and hills form a Pacific Island background. Crew of a Japanese Navy submarine stand in formation on the boat's deck, as their captain informs them of their orders. Several views of the sub and its crew. Following the Captain's briefing, crew members proceed to their respective duty stations. The submarine's engines start and the wake from propeller is seen. The submarine departs from the dock, while crew wave to others who wave back from the shore. The boat proceeds slowly out of the harbor.
Abandoned Japanese 105mm, twin Bofors and a 40 mm anti aircraft guns at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. An abandoned supply ship beached at Kiska, during World War 2.
Japanese submarine base at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Destroyed submarines at the base before their evacuation from the island.
Japanese radio and observation hut at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska. Supply shed and wrecked Zeros. Wrecked telephone poles and wires. Armored vehicles on the beach.
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