Japanese Navy maneuvers circa mid 1930's. Ships include battleship Fuso, and the aircraft carrier Akagi (While the Akagi still had its original three flight decks, before they were consolidated into one larger flight deck). Battleships, carrier ships and cruisers take part in a maneuver. A convoy of Japanese ships underway at sea. Naval guns aboard various ships. A landing craft at sea. Animation depicts an exchange of fire between the Japanese and enemy naval guns. The Japanese convoy underway during the maneuver. A Japanese flag aboard a ship. Water washes over the deck of a ship. The muzzle of a naval gun aboard a ship. A submarine breaks over the water surface.
Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in action in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The soldiers fire artillery at enemy positions. The soldiers advance along a mountainous terrain. They load shells and fire artillery. Japanese cavalry and infantry units advance. The soldiers charge ahead and fire rifles. A smoking ship underway at sea. A coastal village on fire. Cavalry and tanks advance across an area. Smoke rises from two ships in a harbor.
A Japanese submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The bow of the submarine while it is underway. The stern of the submarine. Crew members operate turbine machinery board the submarine. A Japanese sailor sounds a bugle over an intercom system. Crew men come down a hatch at GQ. A Japanese officer at the superstructure gives orders to dive. The crew works on the controls and manipulates diving planes as the submarine dives below the surface. A Japanese officer at a periscope. The submarine begins to submerge below the surface. A sonar operator at work. A cruiser ships sail on the horizon as seen through the periscope. The Japanese officer looks through the periscope. A compass in the engine room. Torpedoes are fired and crew men listen for explosions. They cheer as the torpedoes strike the target. They pray in a shrine aboard the submarine.
Contrasting examples of changes in transportation and housing in Afghanistan during 1950 to 1960. Cattle draw a plow to till a piece of land in the past.. A tractor being used nowadays to till a farm. Men work on a farm with hand cultivators. Nomads migrate from an area on foot. In contrast, a truck is seen being used as a current means of transportation. Men ride on mules and in horse-drawn carts,as they move from one area to another, in the past. In contrast, a man gets into his automobile. People milling about on a street in a village. View of buildings and factories replacing former villages. Machines in operation inside a factory. New homes for factory workers.
A herd of sheep grazes along a mountain slope. in Afghanistan. A herd of sheep grazes on a farm. Men herding sheep along a road. Men loading wool and hides, for export. Merchants push a wagon heavily laden with hand-woven Afghan wool rugs for export. The rug merchants lay some of their products on pavement at a market. Two merchants display silk cocoons, an important export commodity. A man sorts skins of new born Karakul sheep, which earn millions of dollars annually in exports.
Closeup of tractor pulling sheepsfoot compaction rollers. "MKA" (Morrison-Knudsen, Afghanistan) painted on the equipment. Power shovel filling a dump truck. Afghan welder repairing a part. Afghans working on tractors and replacing a huge tire on its rim. Afghans display their knowledge and skills operating heavy construction equipment. View from cab of a power shovel at the Boghra dam and irrigation project, where canals are extending their reach. Camel caravans arriving in the vicinity. Camps set up by Afghan farmers hoping to obtain allotments of irrigated land. The farmers drawing diagrams in the sand and discussing hopeful future plans. Afghan masons building homes for future settlers. Scene shifts to water seen flowing through the main Boghra canal and then emerging into the cultivated section of MKA's experimental farm project. Afghan farmers tending alfalfa hay. Two men walk among fruit trees in an orchard. Other crops, and Afghans tilling soil with machinery. Crops growing on strips of earth fed by small irrigation ditches. Vast field of green growing wheat, then shown later, ready for harvest. View of Afghans harvesting the wheat with machinery.
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