Opening scene shows formation of Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 bombers in flight over altocumulus clouds. Change of scene shows several Kawasaki Ki-10 Biplane fighter directly overhead. Next, a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-10 engages a Chinese Fiat CR.32, in a dogfight, and shoots it down. The Fiat spirals down. Change of scene shows bombs or shells bursting on the ground followed by a Kawasaki Ki-10 climbing in cloudy sky. A Japanese single-engine high-wing liaison airplane in flight, displaying "28" on both wings. Another high-wing monoplane (this one with radial engine and wheels partly tucked into fuselage) flies past some trees. (Views of munitions exploding on the ground appear occasionally throughout the film between shots of aircraft.) A Kawasaki Ki-10 dropping bombs. Formation of Mitsubishi Ki-2 trimotor bombers in flight. Views of Chinese city with smoke rising from Japanese bombing. A formation of Japanese high wing monoplanes with radial engines and fixed landing gear, in flight, viewed from what might be gondola of an airship. A Formation of Navy Yokosuka B4Y (or Aichi D1A) biwing dive bombers in flight, viewed first, from the side, and then head-on from the tail of another airplane. Men's chorus sings martial songs in background during entire film.
A film justifying Japanese fight in mainland China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese soldiers on horseback and foot advance through a field. Japanese troops fire machine guns and artillery on a battlefield. They fire rifles from sandbagged positions. Aircraft in flight. Smoke rises from shell explosions on the field. Mountain in the background. Japanese fleet approaches a shore. Japanese troops fight in rural areas south of the Yangtze River.
A film justifying Japanese fight in mainland China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese soldier looks through binoculars. Soldiers on horsebacks advance. Army jeeps move along a field. The Great Wall of China. Japanese troops fire artillery. Aircraft in flight. Japanese soldiers in prone positions. The troops fire from a trench. They load artillery gun with shells on a field. A map of China highlights puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria established by Japan in 1932. Celebrations in Manchukuo showing Japanese troops and a band along the streets. Children march holding flags.
The Columbia River in Bonneville, Oregon opens for navigation. People line the banks of the Columbia River as freighter SS Charles L. Wheeler, Jr. passes the sea locks at the Bonneville Dam.
A freckled boy crowned at the National 'Sunspot' contest at Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freckle-faced children lined up. Boys look through a lens. A boy named Bob Noonan is crowned.
Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini helps during the first harvest in Aprilia, Italy. Mussolini strips to waist and helps to harvest grain grown on the Pontine Marshes which he reclaimed from a swamp and dedicated to his totalitarian state.