Tokyo bombings during World War II. Flames rise from a target area in Tokyo, Japan after bombings by U.S. aircraft. A truck on fire. A burning aircraft. A field with a few trees. Thick smoke rises into the air in the background. Smoke rising from bombed areas. A road in view. Smoke rising from areas on one side of the road. A burning aircraft on an airstrip and thick black smoke rising into the air. Parts of the aflame aircraft strewn on the airstrip.
U.S. bombers bomb Tokyo, Japan during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers take off to bomb Tokyo. B-29s in flight over clouds. Bombs are dropped on Tokyo. Smoke billows up from explosion.
U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers in flight. Formation of SB2Cs over water. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Aerial view of Japanese installations on Bonin Islands. Near bomb miss on Japanese ship. Smoke columns rise from burning installations. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger Avenger bombers.
U.S. air raid on Bonin Islands, Japan during World War II. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. U.S. submarine surfaces and advances. A Japanese ship burns in the background. Formation of U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver bombers.
Interior of the USS Spadefish (SS-411) as the Captain looks through the periscope. Slate states "U.S.S. Spadefish sights a Soviet Merchantman in the Northern Japan sea." The Captain (a Navy commander) speaks with a Lieutenant standing with him and then continues to look carefully through the periscope. The Captain seems to be issuing orders as he looks through the periscope.
Japanese aggression in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. People in the streets of China. Animated pictures show one Chinese out of every 5 people in the world. A page showing Chinese writing. A mariners' compass. A Chinese man at an observatory. A porcelain cutlery set on a table. A Chinese man places porcelain into a furnace. A man puts gun powder in a bowl from a mortar. Explosion in the bowl. Firecrackers burst. Chinese people celebrating a festival. A book titled 'Analects of Confucius'. A saying of Confucius reads “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”. Statues and pagodas in China. Scenes of fighting. Japanese artillery fires and cavalry advances. U.S. flag flutters beside the Chines flag. Chinese troops on horses. Animated map of China. A book titled 'The Tanaka Memorial Japan's dream of World Empire'. Japanese Foreign Minister Baron Nishi Tanaka. Excerpted line of the book. Japanese military officers. An animated map of Asia showing regions which Japan wanted to conquer. Animated map shows Germany and Russia. Animated map showing Japan and China contrasts Japanese unity with Chinese disunity. Animated map shows China breaking into pieces. A scene of the Japanese Army.