Japanese troops attack China during World War II. USS Panay underway in the Yangtze River outside of Nanking. The captain of USS Panay, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander J.J. Hughes, aboard the ship. U.S. officials seated at a desk drinking tea. Japanese dive bombers drop bombs on the ship. Sailors man machine gun aboard the ship. USS Panay with decks awash. Personnel from USS Panay go ashore in a motor sampan. USS Panay sinks in the Yangtze River.
Japanese troops attack China during World War II. The Japanese attack the Burma Road. A bridge on the Burma Road is bombed by Japanese bombers. A Chinese village bombed by the Japanese shows many explosions. The Chinese go towards hills from a city after being bombed. Dead bodies on the streets after Japanese air attack. Chinese nurses bandage Nationalist Chinese troops after being wounded in the attack by the Japanese.
The signing of the Three Power Pact during World War II. Japanese, German and Italian delegates gather in Germany. Adolf Hitler greets the delegate from Japan signing the Three Power Pact of the Axis. The delegates sign the pact and officials stand in the background.
After America declares war on Japan during World War 2, a propaganda piece urging U.S. citizens to be involved in the war effort, praying, working, and fighting for Freedom. Interior of an ammunition factory in the United States. Massive rail gun or naval gun barrel during assembly process. An assembly line with tanks. U.S. Army M2 tanks on proving ground being tested. Destroyer ships and Victory ships being launched. An aircraft factory showing fuselages of bomber aircraft lined up. Engines lined up ready for an assembly line. West Point Army cadets march. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur salutes troops. Narrator statement at end is "So wake up America. We must win or die." A large American flag shown waving.
Naval aircraft operations at Navy airfield on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after U.S. entry into World War Two. A biplane Grumman J2F utility plane taxis. Two of them take off. A USN PBY-5A Catalina taxis on the airbase. Two Navy ground crew seated on a bench at the airbase, watching the airplanes. A land version of OS2U-3 Kingfisher, with fixed landing gear, taxis in and several ground crew help it to park. Also shown are new Brewster F2A-3 fighters.
United States Navy ship salvage activities at Pearl Harbor after the attack on Dec 7, 1941. Harbor tug USS Geronimo (YTM-119) and another tug moving the USS Califonia (BB-44) to Drydock number 2, a month after she was successfully refloated. Repair crews watch from her decks as tugs move the battleship. (World War II period).
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