United States Army troops landing on beaches in the Pacific during World War II. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) carrying troops approach an island. A tracked vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers and supplies wade towards the beach of Saipan. Injured casualties lie on stretchers on the floor. An injured soldier is being carried to an aircraft for evacuation to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Recovered soldiers board an aircraft bound for Saipan. A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane takes off from Kwajalein airfield. Saipan airfield and surrounding areas show extensive damage after Japanese surrender. Engineers repair a hangar and airstrip on Saipan. Abandoned and damaged Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in Saipan. A pile of destroyed Japanese aircraft in airfield. Damaged engine of a Mitsubishi Zero. Machines and conveyers mixing and transporting cement for airfield repair. A bulldozer clearing debris. A soldier hammering. Marston Mats laid down on newly repaired Saipan airfield. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands in Saipan.
Japanese WW2 movie with opening credits indicating it is dedicated to those who died in the World War 2 Hawaii to Malaysia naval battles. Film depicts events from 1930-1937. In 1930: an Imperial Japanese Navy cadet walking down a village road. The cadet passes in front of farm. A young Japanese farm girl rushes from house and waves to the cadet. The girl talks to the cadet. Japanese cadet walking down country road. He calls for his aunt. Cattle grazing in field. A woman, girl, and boy working in a rice paddy farm saw the cadet. The three farmers rise and warmly greet “welcome home” to the cadet. Young cadet returning salute to the farmers, who turned out to be his aunt and cousins. The woman asks her son to accompany the cadet. The farm boy joins his cousin. Cadet and the farm boy walking down country road; boy is carrying suitcase for cadet. View of a Japanese farmhouse belonging to a wealthy family. A farm field is seen in the foreground. Young cadet takes off his shoes before entering the house. Shoji doors traditional interior of a Japanese house. Japanese man and woman at home wearing kimono. The young cadet goes inside and greets his mother. The young cadet bows to his father, and they talk.
Two Japanese boys sitting beside a river, talking. Japanese boys are seen wearing swimming caps and fundoshi underwear. The younger boy expresses his wish to join the Imperial Japanese Navy as a pilot, but his mother is against it. Boys diving into the river from a rock. Boys climbing up steep rock. Older boy poses before diving into the river from a 40-foot rock. Two boys swimming and talking. Excited Japanese girl in kimono running out of her house. Cadet and old woman talking. Boy runs inside his house to thank his mother for her permission to join the navy. Japanese girl joins her brother, mother, and cousin inside the room. The cadet reassures his aunt.
View of the training center at the Tsuchiura Navy Air Corps, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Buildings in the Imperial Japanese Navy Flying Department Practice Club. Exterior of Japanese cadet barracks at early morning. Japanese Naval Air cadets sleeping in long lines of arranged hammocks. Loudspeaker sounding to wake cadets. A man makes an announcement through the siren. Navy cadets rise from their hammocks at reveille. Cadets rolling and tying their hammocks. They put their rolled hammocks back into place. Japanese naval cadets jogging on the grounds of the Tsuchiura Navy Air Corps. Japanese cadets in formation at morning quarters. Japanese officer on platform giving commands thru microphone. Japanese cadets in formation singing the national anthem, Kimigayo. Japanese calligraphy inscription. Cadets in formation; open formation for exercises. Hundreds or thousands of cadets doing early morning exercises (taisou). Japanese sailor ringing bell near barracks.
A lake in Upstate New York. Man walks in a dock on the lake. Snow covers the lake shore. New York City skyscrapers at night. A ship sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Smoke rises from funnel of ship.
People attend a church service in upstate New York. Churchgoers enter a white church building in a rural area. A man leads a children’s choir. Choir singing inside Christian church. A river in New York. Aerial view of the river, hills, and farmlands in New York state. A boat is seen sailing on a river.
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