Japanese troops in action in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Early Japanese A6M Zero aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the ground below. Point of view shots from inside A6M Zero as it strafes targets along a Chinese road. Japanese soldiers advance and set up field artillery. The artillery being fired. A Japanese officer gives instructions over a field radio. Heavy machine guns and mortars being fired. A village on fire upon the arrival of Japanese forces. Japanese soldiers capture Chinese civilians in the village. Japanese troops march forward and supplies are carried on horseback.
Japanese soldiers in action in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese soldiers march past a flat railroad car. The soldiers pile up sand bags. A soldier with a rifle in a prone position under the railroad car. Japanese soldiers with rifles on a roof top. The soldiers wave Japanese flags after capturing a Chinese village.
Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in action in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The soldiers fire artillery at enemy positions. The soldiers advance along a mountainous terrain. They load shells and fire artillery. Japanese cavalry and infantry units advance. The soldiers charge ahead and fire rifles. A smoking ship underway at sea. A coastal village on fire. Cavalry and tanks advance across an area. Smoke rises from two ships in a harbor.
Japanese soldiers in China during World War II. Artillery is fired and smoke rises. Wrecked United States Army Air Force and Chinese B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft on Kei Ling airstrip. Wrecked parts of Allied aircraft on a field. A sign reads '12th Service Group Dispensary'. Machine guns and artillery are fired. Smoke rises. Japanese soldiers lying in prone position as they fire at a village.
A mass swim to glorify the Communist Party and Mao Zedong in China. Chinese swimmers walk in a group, holding political banners. People in a group swim. Balloons float above swimmers in the river. A group of Red Guard members push floating rafts with signs of Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong and chant or sing while swimming. Red Guards perform a water ballet while holding Mao Zedong posters, mortars, rifles, and machine guns. Swimmers push rafts in the Yangtze River and chant slogans of loyalty to Mao.
Benefits to China due to Japanese occupation during World War II. Buildings in a city. Chinese children seated in a classroom. A man teaches them. A close of two children listening. A man reads from a book. The children seated in the classroom listen to him. The children walk out of a building in a formation and march on a street. They practice drills holding swords. Chinese Armed Force troops march on the street and practice drills. Soldiers hold shovels and practice. Soldiers near artillery practice firing.