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Chief of Staff George Marshall encourages war effort and outlines plan to defeat Japan late in World War 2
U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall narrates film and is shown several times speaking seated at a desk. Marshall praises the Pacific Forces. Close up view of several U.S. military officers including General MacArthur (with a bandage over his right ear). Scene of U.S. Marines in combat on a Pacific Island during World War 2. U.S. marines advancing under fire. An enemy soldier is fallen in the distance, followed by a group of Japanese soldiers running for cover. Gun camera footage of a strafing attack by a U.S. aircraft on a Japanese ship, followed by strafing of parked Japanese airplanes at an airfield. Mid air dogfight scene is shown as a U.S. warplane hits and downs a Japanese aircraft. View on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship as a Japanese kamikaze aircraft bears down toward the ship, is hit by ship's guns, loses a wing, and, in flames, crashes into the ocean just off the ship. Scenes at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack in 1941, as medics care for wounded U.S. sailors in stretchers. Japanese soldiers seizing control in Bataan, with U.S. soldiers holding their hands up in surrender. Also U.S. soldiers in Corregidor standing by as they are addressed by Japanese captors. Scenes of Japanese soldiers in drills and training. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horse back during a military parade. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers laying on battle fields after battle. View of industrial smoke stacks of a factory in Japan. Japanese workers producing steel and munitions for war effort. Japanese soldiers cheering at a military rally. George Marshall speaks urging commitment by every American citizen in the war effort. Caricature image of Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini with "X" marks over them, beside a non-marked image of Japanese General Hideki Tojo. Clip closes with several scenes of American flags being raised on flagpoles of military bases all over the world, as soldiers, sailors, marines, women WACS soldiers, and airmen salute the American flag.
2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.
The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities and killing Chinese during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave after execution. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.
Japanese officers inside a Type A Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine
Japanese dramatized film depicting scenes inside a Type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine as it advances to attack Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Interior of the Japanese two-man midget submarine. Japanese navy officer looks into the periscope of submarine. Crew operates the control wheel while the commanding officer stands behind him. Scene shifts to Japanese Imperial Navy staff in radio room of the submarine's mother ship as they communicate positioning. Staff receive a message and hand it over to the Officer in the radio room. The message reads (translated) that they willl attack at dawn.
Japanese film depicting Japanese midget submarine attacking during Pearl Harbor raid of World War 2.
Dramatized Japanese film depicts Japanese Navy personnel aboard a Type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine as they advance toward attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Navy officers converse and plan attack. One holds a model of his mother ship affiliated with his midget submarine. Scene changes to below-decks of the Japanese Imperial Navy mother ship for the submarine. An officer stops and looks at his watch. Back on board the midget submarine, the two man crew look at a watch at the same time. They stand and salute their home ship, from afar. Scenes of the crew member operating the control wheel and the officer in charge looking into the periscope. Simulated periscope view shows scene of Pearl Harbor under attack with fire and explosions. Submarine has broadside of a U.S. Navy warship in its sights. Officer gives command to crew member to fire torpedo. Crew member seen pulling a lever.
Japanese film depicting two-man submarine crew members preparing before attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2.
Japanese film depicts Japanese Navy two-man midget submarine crew members below decks of a Japanese warship before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese crew writing message (farewell message?) with brush. Various food articles and liquor bottles on the table that are provisions for the mini submarine crew members. Group of Japanese officers bows at a shrine before they go on the deck. Message from the Captain written on blackboard in Japanese (translates to: Our Nation's Destiny, Victory or Defeat, Rests on This Battle, Give it Everything You Have." The Japanese Zebra flag hoisted on the deck, indicating preparation for battle.
Dramatized scenes of Japanese two-man midget submarines and Japanese aircraft advancing toward Pearl Harbor attack
Scenes from a Japanese war-time film about the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor. Dramatized scenes of fleet of five type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarines, two-man mini or midget submarines advancing. Shows the midget submarine conning towers above surface, and then underwater scenes of the midget submarines advancing and evading mines protecting Pearl Harbor area. Formation of Japanese Nakajima B5N1 aircraft flying in the sky, advancing for attack on Pearl Harbor.