OSS (Office of Strategic Services) activities in Burma area during World War II. Captured Japanese prisoners are interrogated. A personnel bandages to a man. A man, tied with rope, is administered with injection. He is placed on litter. Litters are carried and transferred to aircraft. Natives climb hilly terrain up. Natives around huts.
During bombardment on Luzon, Philippines during Battle of Luzon, World War 2. U.S. Navy ships underway, supporting Lingayen Gulf landings. Ships at sea. Various views both close-up and distant of USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) burning and consumed in fire and smoke following hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft. Huge clouds of smoke rising from the aircraft carrier. Aircraft seen on flight deck. Support ships attempting to render aid and fight fires on the USS Ommaney Bay as it burns.
U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell is interviewed in Guam. Dramatization: U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell speaks. He talks about Japanese invasion in China when the war was on in Europe. He states that the war caused destruction, starvation, diseases and rendered many Chinese homeless. Media persons take notes during the interview.
Film begins showing closeup of a Japanese submarine surfacing in the Indian Ocean during World War 2. As it reaches the surface, crew members rush to the boat's 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun on deck. They uncover it, rotate it to starboard, and then load and fire it several times. Reflection of sunset on surface of the water. Crew members silhouetted against the sunset as they look through binoculars. View of bow wave on starboard as the submarine travels at high speed on the surface. Glimpse of crew members on the deck. View of bow wave on port as the boat is underway on surface.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A doll and keepsakes are seen hangin from bunks, as crewmen sleep. A man reads. Other men play a board game and some play cards. The functioning of the engine and a reading on a meter. Men standing on the deck look through binoculars.
Activities aboard a Japanese submarine underway in the Indian Ocean during World War II. A cook empties a carton and takes out tins. He opens a tin and pours sea food in a basket. A man collects fish swept by water on the deck. Crewmen dine. Bottles of vitamin tablets kept on the dining table. A doctor examines a crewman.
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