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2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.
The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
African American soldiers of U.S. army unload supplies from a ship in the South Pacific island during World War II.
African American soldiers of U.S. army in South Pacific island during World War II. African American troops of U.S. army perform calisthenics and bayonet practice. African American soldier Joe Louis (famous boxer) goes over obstacle course with other African American soldiers, over ditches and ladders. U.S. landing crafts off the coast of island in the South Pacific. African American soldiers unload supplies from a ship.
German sailors visit island in the South Pacific (WW2)
German Nazi Kriegsmarine navy land on an island in the South Pacific Ocean, likely Fiji, during World War II. Sailors lower supplies to boats. Sailors in boats travel to an island. Kriegsmarine sailors arrive on a South Pacific island. Huts and coconut trees on an island village. Local islanders standing on a raft. Germans bring supplies into the village, while being observed by curious locals and children. Children stand up and follow Kriegsmarine officers. A Pacific islander smiling, nearby a woman holds her baby. German officers and a local smiling while they walk through a coconut grove. Two local policemen salute. German Kriegsmarine sailor attempts to communicate with locals through sign language. German sailor plays with native children on the beach. A smiling native policeman waves. A German Kriegsmarine battleship sails in the South Pacific Ocean, led by a sea gull. Battleship's wind meter spins furiously in the wind as battleship sails through rough and stormy ocean waves. Kriegsmarine officer uses binoculars.
U.S. 37th Division troops supported by airplanes and tanks move inland on Bougainville Islands.
U.S. action in South Pacific during World War II. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz look at a map on a table. Gen. MacArthur points at a map on a wall. An animated map shows Bougainville Islands in the Pacific Ocean. An explosion on a ship. Low flying U.S. planes strafe the enemy positions on the island. A soldier talks over a radio. Soldiers of 37th Division of the U.S. Army move inland on the island. Tanks and soldiers move forward. Soldiers aim and fire through their rifles. Artillery loaded and fired. Explosions in the distance. U.S. soldiers throw hand grenades. Dead Japanese soldiers on the ground. A trolley unloads gravel. Rollers level the land. An airbase is established. A man at controls. A plane lands at an airstrip. Soldiers move towards the plane.
A dengue mosquito control campaign by the U.S. Army on an island in the South Pacific during World War II.
U.S. Army personnel catch dengue fever on a South Pacific island during World War II. Men on beds are given tablets. A sign for dengue fever. A U.S. Army camp near a native village on an island shows breeding places for Aedes mosquito which transmit dengue to humans. Mosquito control specialists destroy all the breeding places. Men inspect fuel drums and cans. A sign reads 'cans must be burnt'. Cans are smashed and bottles are broken. The cans are dumped in large containers. Gambusia fish are put into water to feed on dengue mosquito larvae. Swamps are drained. Coconut shells are burnt. Men spray drums of water. An official report after carrying out the cleaning campaign. U.S. troops after recovering from dengue fever. Locations on a world map show the spread of dengue fever. U.S. soldiers are treated for dengue.
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