Japanese newsreel documenting fall of Corregidor, Philippines to Japanese forces. Japanese Betty bomber flying overhead. Guns of a Japanese battleship. Japanese animated map showing Corregidor Island at entrance to Manila Bay and the location of Japanese amphibious assault on the island, during World War 2. Aerial view of Corregidor, from Japanese airplane. Aerial view of bombs striking Corregidor. Japanese troops moving from rocky shore, past obstacles, and climbing steep wooden stairs on Corregidor. One of the soldiers carries a flame thrower. Japanese soldiers engaged in firefights with defenders. Americans surrendering. Views of tattoo on sailor. Barrage balloon aloft nearby.U.S. Army Major General George F. Moore conversing with Japanese Commander. Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma enters a hut and sits with members of his staff, opposite U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, Major General Moore, and another officer, to discuss terms of surrender.
Japanese forces occupying Corregidor fortress following a siege that effectively cut off water,food and ammunition from its U.S. and Filipino defenders. during in World War 2. Camera pans across the waterfront of Corregidor Island as Japanese forces occupy it.Japanese boats at their beachhead. American soldiers standing at attention around bunkers as Japanese officers ascend side of hill toward them. Americans being marched down the hill under guard. Japanese officers look at destroyed buildings and inspect the rest of the Corregidor fortifications, including its 12 inch guns at Batteries Hern and Smith. Small and medium U.S. arms and ammunition in a pile. Views of rail cars at tunnel entrance and views inside the tunnels of the Fort. Desks of U.S. officers inside the Fort. One is identified by name plate reading "Major F.F. Kriwanek." Several U.S. officers seen sitting in another office. View from defensive position in the fort.
Japanese Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma being greeted in Manila during World War 2. People lining the sidewalks, wave Japanese flags. General Homma drives past in an automobile. He salutes as he walks through outer gates of the U.S. Embassy and further to the main building which has become his residence, as Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Imperial Military in the Philippines. The Japanese flag now flies from the flagpole in front of the building.
Japanese troops walking along the "Road to Mandalay" in World War 2. A road sign shows 104 miles North to Mandalay and 326 miles South to Rangoon.Cattle in a field. Road clogged with Japanese troops, some leading or riding horses. Several soldiers on bicycles.Trucks line the side of road. An official proclamation posted in Japanese and Burmese.Roadside lined with Burmese people, some carrying parasols. They offer water to passing troops and for their animals. Japanese troops drinking from their newly filled canteens. Japanese soldiers interrogate a wounded British soldier sitting on the ground. Japanese infantry files past a line of Japanese tanks. They pass another road sign pointing 82 miles to Mandalay, 348 miles to Rangoon, and 6 miles to Hanza. Japanese troops struggle to move a truck over a by-pass around a bridge destroyed by the British. Japanese officers surveying the situation. A photographer takes pictures of Japanese tanks coming over a steep hill. Japanese gun crew secures a field artillery piece in place, with rope and stakes. They then load and fire it. Rounds exploding in the distance.Tanks and other military vehicles are parked clear of the artillery, as if waiting to proceed, after the bombardment. Truck pulling a large artillery piece and infantry pulling small artillery pieces, advance alongside parked tanks. Some of the infantrymen carry Japanese flags. Japanese tanks rolling into outskirts of Mandalay, near railroad yard, past trashed military equipment.
A film 'Civilian Defense' shows Directors of the State Defense Council at a meeting in Arkansas, United States, during World War 2. One of the members of the State Defense Council takes the roll call of the officials present. The head of the board meeting talks about the war situation. Officials from various departments give a brief description of the tasks done by them. An official points at a map on board and talks about the tasks to be performed in those areas for civil defense and air raid preparations.
American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.
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