American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops invading Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women war production workers in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.
An orientation film titled ' Westward is Bataan' about Japanese capture of the Philippines and the Americans surrender during World War II. Scenes of destruction from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States on December 7, 1941. U.S. ships being strafed and explosions occur. Excerpts from Japanese newsreel showing surrender of U.S. forces at Corregidor. United States soldiers in Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright meets Japanese officers to surrender during the Battle of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers near Heam Battery on May 6, 1942. Japanese soldiers remove the American flag from a pole to raise the Japanese flag after the surrender. People celebrate Japanese victory in Tokyo, Japan. In Manila people gather along the streets as they wave the Japanese flags to welcome Japanese General Masaharu Homma. General Homma enters a building. Japanese soldiers parade as they carry the remains of the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Corregidor. The boxes carrying the remains of the dead Japanese soldiers being handed over to Japanese women at a ceremony.
Allied campaigns against Imperial Japan during World War II. Animated map depicts Allied victories in various Pacific islands like Guadalcanal, Palau, and the Mariana Islands. A map of the Philippines. United States troops invade the Philippines. Naval guns fire at a shore and flak bursts are seen. Dramatic shot of a Japanese Zero aircraft approaching United States Navy ships that are firing guns. The Japanese aircraft is hit at close range to the ship, a wing ruptures, it is consumed in fire and crashes with explosion in the sea beside the ship. Many landing craft with U.S. Army forces landing at beach on Leyte. Soldiers land and advance inland. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña of the Philippines wade ashore. Filipino women and children on the island are assisted by U.S. forces and provided with food and protection. Following are meetings of wartime Allied leaders, shown briefly in the ending of the film: Prime Minister Winston Churchill meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the battleship, USS Augusta, at Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Conference, 1941. Roosevelt stands at the railing, assisted by his son, Army Captain Elliot Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, at the Cairo conference, in 1943. Joseph Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill pose outside the Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) during the Yalta conference in 1945. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, American Ambassador Harriman, British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden, and Churchill's daughter, Sarah, in uniform, are among those standing behind the seated Big Three. Delegates from 51 Nations gathered for the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, in Westminster Central Hall, London, England, in 1946.
Life of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt is greeted by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference for signing of the Atlantic Charter off Newfoundland in 1941. The ship approaches the harbor. Soldiers present arms aboard a ship. Prime Minister Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt talk. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses U.S. Congress with declaration of war after the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan in World War 2. The President signs a document. President Roosevelt reviews troops in Casablanca. The troops march. Franklin Roosevelt salutes troops. Vehicles driven in the foreground. Cairo: Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill with the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek. Tehran : Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin pose. United States: The exteriors of the White House. People enter White House. President Franklin Roosevelt with Vice President Harry S. Truman at the 1945 inaugural ceremony. Yalta : President Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin pose. Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a conference. (World War II period).
Japanese dignitaries attend assembly to form new cabinet in Japan during World War II. A car drives out from a building. Japanese dignitaries in the car. People standing near the building and the car. Japanese Imperial Army General Hideki Tojo gets out of the car and enters a building. Prime Minister of Japan Prince Fumimaro Konoe, General of Japanese Imperial Army Hideki Tojo and other Japanese dignitaries seated and confer. Cars parked in a line. A drum played. A man speaks. Newsmen and reporters outside the building making notes. A newsman gives information on telephone. Japanese ewsman says “Moshi moshi…” as he begins the call. Prince Konoe, General Tojo and other Japanese dignitaries arrive at the Imperial Diet to form new cabinet. Photographers take pictures of the arriving dignitaries. Japanese politicians such as Shozo Murata, Yosuke Matsuoka, Naoki Hoshino, arrive at the Imperial Diet (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). The Prince, General Tojo and other dignitaries pose for photograph.
Opening scene shows cartoon depiction of a samurai and a Meiji-era soldier. A cartoon depicts the Bakufu opening Japan to the Western world. A Japanese communications worker is seen climbing a pole to install communications lines. A steam locomotive moves along railroad tracks being installed in the country. Glimpse of European style Japanese calendar (October 1856) being adopted. A Japanese photographer using flash powder and hooded camera. Men walking on a sidewalk in European style fashions. Cartoon showing Japanese inviting outsiders to help them build up their military power. View of three Japanese officials posing for camera. View of a British sailing vessel displaying the British Red Navy Ensign. Japanese troops on maneuvers with realistic smoke and battlefield conditions, supervised by French military advisors. Reenactment of French fighting Prussians in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. Impressed by the German victory, the Japanese solicited German advisors for their army. View of German troops goosestepping and then of Japanese troops also goosestepping. National Diet building in Chiyoda City (1-7-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). View of Japanese legislators and then of the entire legislature (Diet) in session. Views of Japanese military leaders, including General Hideki Tojo, who also served as Prime Minister of Japan. Views of several such military leaders in uniform, exiting automobiles. Japanese soldiers marching through Torii gates.