Four Japanese Ministry of the Navy admirals gather for address on radio, appealing to Japanese defense workers to increase their efforts, during World War 2. Map of the Philippines in Japanese. Japanese shipyard workers listening to the radio address. Many are dressed in kokumin-fuku worker uniforms. Young Japanese women, also war production workers, seen wearing white bands around their heads, listening to the radio address. Shipyard workers in moving cab of a crane, listening. Large formation of Japanese women wearing the white headbands, listening.
Japanese Lieutenant General steps from a headquarters building and walks toward airfield ramp, during World War 2. He poses for photograph with staff officers in background. In change of scene, The general, dressed in flight gear, is escorted with an aide, to a kawasaki ki-49 bomber (Helen), which they board through a door in the roundel on the aircraft fuselage. The General goes forward to pilot's seat and secures cockpit canopy. The aircraft is seen taking off. change of scene shows a Japanese Squadron Commander standing on a step stool, to brief his pilots. After the briefing, they salute and go to their aircraft. Engine being started on a kawasaki ki-49 bomber.Two are seen taking off as ground crews wave to them.
Allied aircraft attack ships and crafts in the Pacific during World War II. Allied aircraft of 3rd fleet strafe ships and small craft in the Pacific Theater. Aerial view of the area attacked as smoke rises. A railroad track supplying coal tar to Honshu attack by Allied carrier planes. Iron, steel and chemical factories strike by aircraft.
Bombing in Tokyo. U.S. aircrafts stand on an air base. Automobiles on the ground. U.S. Soldier writes 'Only the beginning' on a bomb. U.S. pilots briefed by an officer. Pilots confer near an aircraft. The pilots climb in B-29 bomber aircraft. Planes taxi and take off. They fly through heavy flak. Animated maps show the planes flying over and bombing on Tokyo. Aerial view of Tokyo. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Planes in flight. (World War II period).