The war crimes trial in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo answers the questions during the trial. U.S. Major General P.J. Mueller, Chief of Staff and party seated in the court room. Tojo being cross examined about sending of troops into French Indochina. Tojo states that the Indo China problem was discussed in a message from President Roosevelt to the Emperor. In answer as to when troops were sent there, he says around 20 September 1940 and this was done after arrangements had been made with the Vichy Government of France.
A prelude to the entry of United States in World War II, from the "Why We Fight" series. U.S. Army band marching along with the troops. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japanese during World War II. Night view of air raids in London and anti-aircraft fire amid British building silhouettes. British buildings collapsing and burning during blitz in Battle of Britain. Cavalry and tank battles in Russia against Nazi German forces. Montage of quick shots of German Panzer tank and German Luftwaffe aircraft operations in Western Europe. German troops marching through Paris at Arc de Triomphe. German heavy rail guns firing. Dead bodies of Japanese bombing victims lying on the street in China. German navy ships underway at sea. German army forces advancing in invasion of Czechoslovakia. Very low flying German trimotor bomber aircraft passing overhead over treeline. German invasion of Poland. German heavy artillery guns and railway guns firing. Fighter aircraft plunging toward ground and crashing. German paratroopers being dropped over Holland, Netherlands in invasion of Netherlands. Aerial views of German aircraft passing by Parthenon and ancient Greek monuments in Greece. More heavy rail gun shots. Germans invading Belgium, Albania, Yugoslavia.
Japanese air attacks over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. A relief map shows Japan, China, the U.S. and the Philippine Islands. An arrow on the relief map point from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands. Two Japanese aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean. A section of the deck of a Japanese ship. Anti-aircraft guns on the side of the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Two Japanese officers conversing. Sailors in the background. Japanese pilots being orientated by a Japanese officer. A group of Japanese pilots around the officer. Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N 'Kates' aircraft engines are warming up. The pilots stand in a semi-circle around a senior officer. The sailors remove chucks from under the wheels of 'Kates'. A sailor waves a white flag. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Vals' aircraft take off in formation. An aerial formation of the 'Vals'. A flag fluttering on the mast of a Japanese ship. Clouds in the sky. An aerial formation of 'Kates'. Japanese insignia on a Japanese plane. Airplanes in flight over Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii. Bombs explode on a runway of the airfield. Smoke rises from a hangar and the runway. Smoke rises from the docks at Pearl Harbor due to bombardment by the Japanese airplanes. Several Japanese destroyers underway.
Activities of Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia during World War II. A relief map of India, China and Indochina shows the locations of Rangoon and Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar). Japanese soldiers march along a dirt road. Trucks parked along the side of a road. Japanese troops march. Burmese civilians standing on the side of a road wave flags. A Burmese civilian fill vessels with water for Japanese horses to drink. Burmese man give Japanese soldiers water to drink. The troops march in the background. Two Japanese soldiers drink water from canteens. Japanese soldiers and U.S. prisoners of war seated on the ground. A Japanese officer points to a piece of paper and discusses. The soldiers marching on a street move past a sign which reads: 'Mandalay 82 Mi-Rangoon 348 Mi'. A Japanese soldier pushes a dump truck up a steep grade on a road. Japanese officers and a car in the background. A photographer and a medium tank in the background. A Japanese soldier drives steel wedges into the ground behind a piece of field artillery. The Japanese fire the field artillery. A column of smoke rises. Japanese tanks drive down a dirt road. The field artillery being pulled by Japanese soldiers. The soldiers march carrying Japanese flags. Demolished buildings in the foreground. Freight cars on a siding, bomb crates near railroad tracks. Japanese medium tanks advance over the railroad tracks.
The premier of Universal International's movie Flower Drum Song in Los Angeles. A large number of Hollywood celebrities gather for the premier of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical at the Warner Theater. Celebrities include stars Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta. Ralph Hunter, Janet Leigh, and Lana Turner are also in attendance. The premiere event then moves to an event in China Town, which is lit in Neon.
Continental Army cavalry riding horses and soldiers marching in an American Revolutionary War reenactment. Continental Army soldiers carrying the wounded on their backs under heavy rain. United States Army soldiers marching in New York City during World War II. Views of enormous numbers of U.S. Army soldiers marching in formation. Large columns of U.S. Army soldiers seen approaching camera position and from above. A soldier with an Army Service Forces (ASF) patch marching. Close up of the Army Service Forces (ASF) patch. Commanding General of the ASF Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell smiling. A notice detailing the War Department Reorganization effective March 9, 1942. Army Ground Forces commander Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair. Army Air Forces Commander General Henry H. Arnold. General Somervell and Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall. Soldiers advance towards a battlefront. Wounded are evacuated from the area. The soldiers stand in formation. Officials seated at a desk. General Somervell addresses them and speaks on the value of war material. A dead German soldier in tank. Dead bodies of Japanese soldiers scattered on the beach in the Pacific. Tires and scraps for use by the army. A newspaper advertisement reads “Your scrap will save some brave boy’s life!”. Ceiling prices listed in grocery store during wartime. Japanese planes bombing Malaya and Singapore. Burned houses after Japanese bombardment in Asia. A burning house in China. An oil tanker explodes and burns after being bombed at sea. Tanks advance towards the front. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and wife Soong Mei-Ling (Madame Chiang). An airplane in flight, bombarding a target area. Prisoners of war standing. Dead bodies lying on the ground. Destroyed area after an enemy attack. The soldiers and the tanks advance towards the battlefront. Barrage balloons in flight overhead. Allied flags on display such as the Soviet Union and England.