A Japanese militaristic propaganda film on the material and spiritual strength of Japan. Narration by General of the Imperial Japanese Army Baron Sadao Araki. Opening scene shows illustration of Japanese Emperor Jimmu, with sword and quiver of arrows slung from his waist. He holds a long bow. Next is a stack of history books, with pages being turned on the top one. Dramatization of combat between forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate and those supporting restoration of the Emperor to power, in 1868. A recruitment poster showing two Japanese soldiers. Recruits taking physical exams and one flexing his muscles. A parade of soldiers carrying the Japanese Rising Sun flag. Japanese sailors among spectators on a sidewalk. Recruits gathering in a field. Soldiers in uniform in a formation. Mounted Japanese officers riding in a column along a path. Some wear white arm bands, and Two carry Japanese flags. Emperor Hirohito is seen riding a white horse, in the midst of the column. He pauses and exchanges salutes with an officer with some troops in formation at the side of the path. The officer points to troops assembled in two directions. The Emperor continues on his way, followed by his entourage. Next, a large gathering of people is seen at a courtyard near the Emperial Palace in Tokyo. They Wave patriotic banners and Japanese flags, and give cheers in unison. A boy scout drum and bugle corps plays and marches. Scene shifts to Japanese soldiers marching on a large open field. A large group of them carry massed Japanese Rising Sun flags. They are reviewed by officers on horseback.
A film narrated by General of the Imperial Japanese Army Baron Sadao Araki. Japanese flag in the background. National flags of Japan (Sun-mark flags) are seen on flag poles extending above a moving electric train and on the hood of an automobile. Front view of the train traveling along a rail line powered by overhead electrical wires, in an industrial area. A factory with smoke stacks visible in background. The train passes the camera and scene shifts to black smoke spewing from four metal smoke stacks. Then various industrial scenes are shown in rapid succession, including: a machine printing some sort of documents; an industrial crane raising a closed bucket high above the ground; view from bucket of a crane full of scrap metal being raised high in the air; an empty bucket being lowered by a crane; large shipping containers being offloaded from a ship to barges, below; longshoremen moving boxes of cargo at the port, and others carrying sacks of rice to small boats in a nearby river; a glimpse of a riveter at work; glimpse from above of moving industrial rail cars carrying liquid and bulk cargoes; ground-level views of passing railroad trains and a steam locomotive; a busy street with cars, numerous bicyclists (including one pulling a large cart loaded with boxes. Closeup of a man looking skyward, where a large flock of birds is seen. A group of laborers working in a field with hand tools, such as picks and shovels. Workers tending machinery in a fabric factory. Scene shifts back to General Baron Sadao Araki narrating, for a while, and then shows many factory workers by a large industrial plant, watching a military parade. The national flag flies from a tall flagpole in the factory yard. The color guard of the parading Japanese Imperial Army soldiers carries their rising sun flag and military unit flags. Another parade is seen on the esplanade of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Civilian marchers carry the Japanese national (Sun-mark) flag. People walk together on a street in a commercial district, displaying banners and flags. Boy Scouts parade through a gate of the Imperial Palace, carrying the National flag. An outdoor crowd of enthusiastic men listen to a speaker (unseen). A troop of Japanese soldiers pose with the National and Rising sun flags. School faculty pose in front of a large number of young women. Views downward on an outdoor crowd of cheering men. An outdoor theater, with audience seated on benches. Persons massed carrying flags, raise and lower them in unison. A huge gathering of young women, all dressed alike, outside a wall of the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, which is seen in the background. Camera pans across them. Many uniformed men stand near the Seimon-tetsubashi Bridge to the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo. A conclave of uniformed Boy Scouts and leaders are seen saluting the Japanese National Flag. Closeup of some of them. A large gathering of Girl Scouts cheers three times, in unison. A gathering of uniformed soldiers with massed Rising Sun flags. More views of masses Rising Sun flags. People on a shore, all pulling together on a rope line. The setting sun.
Large crowds gather for celebrating the founding of the Empire in Meguro, Japan. Large crowds along streets. A procession passes along the streets. Rituals take place. Saints distribute beans. People raise their hat to get the beans.
Flooding in Morrison, Colorado. Men and women lift furniture to clean up the flood damaged area. A car partially submerged in mud. An eroded riverbank. Men lift a dead body from brush on a muddy riverbank. The rescue team lifts debris. View of cyclone hit a city in Japan. Group of locals walk under umbrellas through destroyed wooden buildings. Japanese rescue workers digging in debris for survivors. Locals prepare balls of rice and eat. Locals repair haystack roofs.
Artistic montage of seemingly unrelated scenes. Slates in Japanese overlay scenes of explosions with smoke rising from a volcano. This is followed by high winds and severe thunderstorms with lightning and views of ocean crashing against rocks. A steam locomotive rushes across a steel railroad trestle bridge. Glimpse of a ship's funnel and sound of horn blowing in presence of stormy weather. Glimpse of power plant (or other industrial site) near water, with smoke rising from 5 smoke stacks. Ship's funnel and horn shown again in stormy conditions. Multiple artistic images of a man are overlaid upon each other. Then a momentary view from track level of fast-moving railroad train. A large room filled with enthusiastic young men waving raised hands. View from trackside of speeding locomotive passing close to the camera. The men waving arms, again followed by view of speeding locomotive driving arms and wheels.The men waving their arms are now seen to be inside a room where several men in business suits stand before them. More views of speeding trains interspersed with ocean waters and network of humming electrical communication lines. Panning upward view of a tall smoke stack. Aerial view of narrow isthmus of coastal cliff extending into the sea, accompanied by overlaying slate in Japanese with sounds of strong winds in background.
Film opens showing narrator, Japanese General Baron Sadao Araki, speaking. He is silhouetted in front of the red ball on a huge Japanese flag. Next, are scenes from Japanese mobilization and invasion of Manchuria. several Japanese troops are seen firing a 37mm gun, from a shallow trench, as a gun crew member spots from behind them using a pair of binoculars. A group of Japanese soldiers observing from a hill. Japanese troops advancing across barren terrain. Closeup of some descending a hill. A military steam locomotive displaying the Japanese flag, on a railroad track in the snow. Glimpse of soldiers atop the train. Japanese troops crossing a rice paddy on trail of brush and grass and slogging down a hill of mud. Troops moving in motor convoys of trucks. A Type 92 Osaka Armored Car driving fast past the camera. A troop train moving slowly out of a station, as crowds waving Japanese flags see the soldiers off. Army nurses in uniform with red cross armbands, march out the gate of a large building. Teachers and students pray for their troops, at a Shinto shrine. A woman using a megaphone rallies support for the war effort. Civilians supporting war effort line up to deliver packages for delivery to the troops. School children in a classroom write letters to the troops. A supply center where all kinds of useful items are being packaged in "comfort bags" for delivery to the troops. A large pile of comfort bags.