Views of Enoshima Island. Waves in bay and mountains in the background. Enoshima Island. People enter from Shinto. They look Japanese articles in market. Boats at bay. People at coast of bay. They take bath near the bank of bay.
A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her sick child. A Japanese man and his wife attend to a sick child lying on a futon bed. A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her child’s recovery from illness. Japanese woman approaches the haiden, or the sanctuary dedicated to a Shinto Kami spirit. Japanese woman prays with her offering. Japanese woman walking on the shrine grounds. Japanese woman holding her offering.
Japanese planes fly over a Japanese destroyer before WW2. A mock air raid in a Japanese city. Smoke-filled city during simulated air raids. Japanese biplanes in flight over smoke cloud. Japanese anti-aircraft machine-gun crew firing at bi-winged aircraft in low flight during air raid practice.
Actions of Italy leading up to World War II. Animated map shows Japan and the Sea of Japan on world globe. Benito Mussolini gives a speech. Italian troops invade Ethiopia. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie addressing the League of Nations. Ethiopian native leaders and tribal soldiers gather with Emperor Selassie and pledge allegiance to him and Ethiopia at a rally against the Italian invasion. Ethiopian fighters with spears and bare feet battling well-armed Italian soldiers in vain. Newspaper heading reads 'Mussolini invades Ethiopia'. Italian aircraft drops bombs on Ethiopia. President Franklin Roosevelt in his speech denounces the Italians invading Ethiopia, noting that civilians including women and children "were being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air." Animations depicting the rapid speed at which the earth can be traveled by air compared to formerly by ship. Thatch roofs huts being burned by Italian soldiers in Ethiopia. Similar scenes of civilian dwellings being burned by Japanese forces in Manchuria circa 1931. Mussolini, Hitler, and Goering meeting and discussing plans over a map. The three leaders are seen smiling and laughing. Camera view from low near Hitler's feet showing Adolf Hitler raising his hand in a Nazi salute. Brief scenes of fire burning through buildings in a war torn city; German forces digging ditches or foundations; Civilians waiting in line for food relief; children putting on gas masks and raising rifles while in prone position during a training exercise; dead bodies of war victims in China.
The traveling route of a Japanese expedition in Northern China. Animated map shows Japan and China and route across Ordos Desert in Northwest China to the Yellow River, taken by expedition. Steamer plies the ice-laden river. Automobile travels through several city gates in China. Landmarks and monuments in Ordos City, China.
Japanese safari employs camels to cross the Chinese desert . Map shows route taken by expedition in China. Safari transfers to bactrian camels. Flag of Japan with expedition. supplies loaded on camels. The safari proceeds as a camel caravan. In midst of desert, they experience sand storms. Huge sections of sand dunes collapse. The explorers set up a tent camp. They examine maps and plan their route by the light of coleman lanterns and candles. They set up a wireless telegraph in one tent to communicate with the outside world. The safari finally arrives at an area with some inhabited buildings. One expedition member measures and records sun elevation readings. The safari sets up another camp.