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A montage of World War II scenes from the Mediterranean, U.S., Japan, Australia, and Pacific, in the early 1940s
Pictures taken by military and news cameramen during World War 2. The Battle of the Mediterranean at Malta: Smoke from burning buildings. Explosion due to bombardment. British soldiers look through binoculars, confirm target, take aim and fire antiaircraft guns at Nazi German aircraft in flight. Nazi aircraft drop bombs. Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese troops. Japanese troops, tanks, artillery and cavalry parade. Japanese bomber aircraft attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. Civilians run for cover. Burning U.S. Navy ships in Pearl Harbor. Debris removed from the Harbor. U.S. troops mobilize for the War. Australia: U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives to take command of the Pacific Theater. New Guinea: The jungle campaign. U.S. troops advance over rough terrain. Natives run for cover as huts burn down. Australian and U.S. soldiers in combat. Smoke due to fire on a hill. Soldiers help wounded comrades through the New Guinea mud. Natives carry war equipment.
Workers manufacture ammunition in a factory and U.S. Army soldiers advance towards a battlefield in the European Theater.
Use and manufacture of artillery during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler giving Nazi salute and German troops marching. A newspaper headline reads 'Poland Invaded'. Japanese zero aircraft in flight and bomb strikes on U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor. Scenes from water of the devastation in Pearl Harbor after attack by Japanese aircraft on U.S. Navy ships. A flight of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD torpedo bombers dropping torpedoes. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated at a desk signing declaration of war, in 1941. U.S. war production workers manufacturing tanks, guns, ammunition, artillery, shells, and jeeps in arms and munitions factories. War materiel including Army jeeps and tanks loaded with soldiers on parade. U.S. troops firing artillery in North Africa. U.S. forces advancing through wet jungles in the Pacific Theater of World War 2.
U.S. propaganda film depicts Japanese people and culture, and describes early diplomacy efforts with Japan (WW2)
A United States World War II propaganda film depicts Japanese psychology and living habits. Japanese mythology explains the origin of the Imperial Family. Japanese people celebrate the 2600th anniversary of mythological founding of Japan in 1940. Men, women, and children parade with Japanese flags. A man wearing Sendaihira hakama formal wear leads crowd chanting. A huge crowd gathers for the celebration. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull visits Japan. Secretary Hull arrives in a conference to discuss about peace in the Pacific Theater. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks about the diplomatic efforts to maintain peace in the Pacific Theater. President Roosevelt seated on a ship with General Douglas MacArthur on one side and Admiral Chester Nimitz on the other. Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburō Nomura hands a document to Ambassador Hull after the attack on the Pearl Harbor had begun one hour earlier (unbeknownst to the meeting attendees). The document states the Japanese Government's wish to continue negotiations for peace. Scenic views in Japan. Japanese people on bridge in a scenic garden. A Japanese man carries his son on his back. Japanese women wearing kimonos hold parasols. A woman tucks her child to sleep. Japanese soldiers in China committing atrocities against Chinese civilians. Shovel scoops up soil to bury dead Chinese civilians. Two men shot at point blank range. Bodies of slain Chinese children seen following attacks. Japanese general disembarks from a plane and salutes. “We must know them as they are.” the narrator reminds audience.
Pre-World War II Montage of scenes about U.S. aircraft carriers from 1930s through 1941.
Historic scenes of early aircraft carrier development. Biplanes taking off and landing on the USS langley (CV-1). The launching of the USS Lexington (CV-2). View on flight deck of the Lexington. The carrier underway. Antiaircraft guns on the ship. View, from a ship, of the USS Lexington and a battleship in the distance. Closeup of the USS Langley (CV-1). Crew boarding the USS Hornet prior to her commissioning just before World War 2. View from Hornet's forward elevator as it rises from hangar deck up to flight deck. Entire ship's company, officers, sailors, and marine detachment, on deck in dress uniforms on flight deck during Hornet's commissioning ceremony in October, 1941. Sailors on shore wave as the USS Hornet leaves the harbor. Brief view of American carriers Lexington, Ranger, Yorktown, and Enterprise in line ahead in 1940, followed by view of Lexington.
General Douglas MacArthur in 1930-1945; training of the Philippine Army; leading Allied troops against Japanese forces (WW2)
General Douglas MacArthur is appointed Chief of Staff, with rank of full General, in 1930. United States troops marching with the American flag. General MacArthur with two French military officers, during a tour of Europe. He is decorated by French Officials. MacArthur visits Germany and inspects German troops. U.S. President Roosevelt reappoints MacArthur as Chief of the Staff. MacArthur speaking to an audience in Washington DC. Scenes of MacArthur's headquarters in the Philippines. Filipinos walking outside MacArthur’s office. MacArthur at his office in the Philippines with Eisenhower at his side. MacArthur talks on the telephone. Flags of the United States and the Philippines. Filipino troops marching at Fort Santiago inside the walled city of Intramuros in Manila. MacArthur supervises the creation of a Philippine Army before World War 2. Philippine Army cadets perform outdoor calisthenics and attend a meeting. Philippine Army cadets train in knife fighting together with U.S. soldiers. View of Japanese attack of U.S. Navy ships and airfields at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Japanese bombardment of the Philippines in December 1941 and into early 1942 as Japanese occupy Philippines during World War II. View of Corregidor Island. U.S. Army and Filipino soldiers on Corregidor load and fire artillery at the Japanese before the fall of Corregidor. U.S. soldiers in the Bataan peninsula. Face of MacArthur superimposed over a montage of American factory workers manufacturing ammunition and military vehicles. Start of the Bataan Death March. PT boat carrying MacArthur leaves Corregidor. War equipment prepared in factories. A battleship underway to Australia. MacArthur in Australia. U.S. convoy moves towards Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Allied soldiers land on the islands. A soldier lands on a beach and raises the American Flag. MacArthur points to the Philippines on a map and discuss war strategy. In accordance with the plan key positions in the Pacific are attacked. MacArthur looks on as United States soldiers land on the islands. MacArthur while smoking a pipe inspects the landing of Allied soldiers on islands behind heavy bombardment. Amphibious tractors land on the beach of Palo, Leyte. Allied paratroops make a landing. United States troops sail on rubber boats towards the beach of Palo, Leyte. Paratroopers on parachutes landing in Leyte. MacArthur confers with Allied Commanders. Allied troops walk past a destroyed Bahay Kubo nipa hut. Japanese soldiers are taken as prisoners in the Philippines.
Japan expands its military presence and influence in the Pacific before World War II. U.S. employs air power early in the war.
Opening scene shows Emperor Hirohito of Japan dressed in military uniform, astride a white horse, riding along a path, followed by military officers. (Narrator cites Japanese declaration of war against the U.S. and Britain on December 7, 1941.) Japanese soldiers in two groups engage in local war games against each other. Animated map shows Japan and the expansion of her influence and military presence throughout the Pacific. Aerial view through scattered clouds, of Japanese fleet of warships. Aerial view of American warplanes in formation through scattered clouds. Closeup from cockpit of a U.S. A-20 Havoc aircraft, showing its left engine and prop and a second A-20 flying to its left in close formation. Swerving wake of a Japanese warship engaged in evasive maneuvers on surface of the sea, below. Several scenes of U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warships. Aerial view from a U.S. B-25, flying above Japanese ships, of another B-25, with its bomb bay doors open as it launches a torpedo. Japanese ship is struck, explodes, and sinks stern first. Glimpse of more Japanese ships in a convoy.