Young Japanese soldiers drill. Soldiers march. Inspection of troops. Japanese soldier goose walks. Soldiers go through bayonet training. Teenagers eat food at table. Young soldier plays trumpet. Young soldiers get out of beds in morning. Soldiers eat and bow. Soldiers hand wet cloths. Japanese soldiers in full combat gear. Soldiers undergo training. Flags on flag pole. Japanese troops inspected by officials. Troops in formation. (World War II period; anti-Japanese propaganda).
Japanese soldiers training for war during World War II. Scene from a barracks building as soldiers awaken and rapidly break-down sleeping arrangements, roll-up sleeping materials, and store them on elevated racks. Scene from stadium where Japanese soldiers do callisthenic exercises.
A picture of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito in a Japanese newspaper. Two periscopes come above the water. A Japanese submarine surfaces in the center of a bay and abruptly turns to port. Officers stand on conning tower. Two men converse below deck in a lounge area.A launch comes alongside a floating dock. A crewman jumps down to secure the launch. Several Japanese officers leave the launch and ascend a ramp from the dock.
Film argues that Japanese Americans in Hawaii collaborated with Japanese Consul-General to provide intelligence information prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Animation illustrates the demographics of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii in 1924 and the few, who by 1933, had chosen to expatriate themselves from Japan under the Japanese Exclusion Act. Birthrates are illustrated, and numbers of Japanese registering children with the Japanese consulate retain Japanese citizenship. A dramatization shows a man acting as Uncle Sam and another as an American citizen. They discuss Japanese temples and language schools in Hawaii. The Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu, Hawaii. A Japanese man relays intelligence to a Japanese officer in the Japanese consulate. A Japanese family seated on the porch of a house. American ships in Pearl Harbor as seen from the house. Japanese children and woman as they look at American ships moving in Pearl Harbor. Shows how Japanese observers keep eyes on the activities in Pearl Harbor. A Japanese man talks with a Japanese officer in the consul. Japanese observers take pictures of American ships in Pearl Harbor. (World War II period).
German forces during remilitarization of the Rhineland: German Army supply wagons and German soldiers cross Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany, to reoccupy Cologne and the Rhineland on March 7, 1936. Change of scene to Japan in late 1930s. Emperor Hirohito of Japan inspects troops on his white horse, Shirayuki. Japanese soldiers bow in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Japanese men holding banners. Japanese soldiers and cavalry advance. Japanese soldiers stand in formation and march on a street. Japanese Navy officers view a map or chart and discuss their plans and strategies for attack. Japanese soldiers fire artillery and other weapons in battle. Japanese war production worker in munitions plant making shells. Change of scene to American workers in war production factories in the United States making shells, bullets, and various munitions during World War 2. Elevated view of large American tank factory floor with many Army tanks being assembled. War production workers building Army trucks and new trucks being driven off of assembly line. Rows of U.S. Army tanks and artillery on the ground. U.S. Army soldiers board a troop transport ship. A submarine is spotted by a sailor. A hand presses a button to launch torpedoes to attack a ship. View through periscope as torpedo moves just below water surface toward target. View in open water of torpedo moving through water. Torpedo strikes a ship and explosion rocks ship. Formation of torpedo aircraft and dive bombers in flight over an area. Ships on fire with black clouds of smoke rising above. British navy sailors firing anti aircraft guns from a British ship. Sailors and officers aboard ships watch enemy airplanes through binoculars. U.S. Navy sailor manning a machine gun aboard ship watches the skies overhead.
City of Tokyo in Japan. Traffic and pedestrians move along road in Tokyo. View of a large building. Pedestrians along sidewalks. People catch buses from bus stops. People in subway.