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Japanese forces invade Andaman Islands during World War II
Japanese forces occupy Andoman Islands in World War 2. Animated map shows straight line from Japan, over Southeast Asia, to the Andoman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean. Japanese troops are seen in an assault boat headed toward a tropical island. Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) Navy float plane in flight overhead. Japanese soldiers charge a beach and move inland, apparently unapposed. British flag laying on the ground in Port Blair and British arms stacked by Japanese troops, who also pose for photograph in a large group, raising their flags in sign of victory. Japanese soldiers examine a sash worn by a local native. Street scene with local people going about their daily activities.
Demonstration of the use of war paint to camouflage or disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in Asia (WW2)
A World War II U.S. Army training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in jungles against the Japanese. View of civilians from many different Asian countries, with skin tones that the narrator describes as ranging from almost black to light tan. Faces of different races of men found in the Burmese are such as Korean, Kachin, Chinese, Burmese, Nagas, and Japanese. Their skin tone is compared. Dramatization shows a Japanese sniper observes from behind a tree. He takes aim with his rifle on an oncoming group of American troops. He views a soldier with obvious white skin and fires a shot at him. The soldier falls. The narrator says that the soldier with an obvious white facestands out like a bulls eye, making him an easy target. Hand of the downed soldier. Stream of blood flows near the hand. Paint powder on a table. War paint is put in a mortar and mixed properly using a pestle. A parachute trooper descends into jungle terrain. Soldiers dissolves color powder between his palms and rubs it quickly on his hands. Other men, who are native student agents watch him apply the paint to darken his white skin. The agents are working with the OSS (Office of Stragegic Services, which was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) to assist American OSS agents and soldiers in the jungle.
Soldiers demonstrate the application of war paint to disguise while fighting jungles of Burma (WW2)
A World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise or camouflage American soldiers and OSS agents (precursor to Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) with white skin fighting in the Far East jungles, so they are less obvious to the Japanese enemy. American and a native Burmese soldier apply war paint on their legs. Burmese man looks in a mirror and applies color paint on his face. Soldiers apply war paint on their bodies. A soldier applies hair dye on the hair of another soldier. Kachin and White troops move in field. An experienced American commando demonstrates application of paint on the body to darken skin of white man. He gears up, smiles and poses for the camera. Narrator asks "are you going to use it" (the paint). The man seems to shake his head answering no. Next is a dramatized scene showing a soldier in a tree being shot. His helmet with blood on it falls to the ground. Implication is that he was not using camouflage paint to change the tone of his white skin, which made him a more obvious target.