The Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo, addresses the nation. Firing from Japanese battleships. The stern of another Japanese battleship in the foreground. Smoke due to bombardment from the battleship. A group of Japanese Navy and Army officers. One officer reads from a piece of paper. Interior of a building. Japanese men, presumably press and media reporters, seated at a long desk and writing on papers. Hideki Tojo delivers a speech. A loudspeaker on a telephone pole. Views of men and women citizens in the streets who have stopped walking and bicycling and are listening quietly to the speech on loudspeakers. A Japanese woman bows. Three people kneel and bow in front of the Emperor's Palace. Japanese naval students walk down a street carrying banners. A map of Japan showing Japanese military movements in multiple directions across the region.
U.S. Marines charge out their barracks, through front doors, in battle gear. The scene is repeated twice. They climb aboard a long open truck with seats along its sides. Behind them are two motorcycles with side cars carrying machine gunners. Tents can be seen in background across the street.
Standing in front of an F4F with its engine running and the plane captain in its cockpit, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, Commander of Navy Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3) discusses a planned flight with Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare, as they look over a map. (This sequence is repeated again for the camera.) LCDR Thach boards his aircraft, as plane captain steps out of cockpit and stows his map. Thach's plane has 3 Japanese victory flags painted below the cockpit. The Squadron's Felix-the-Cat logo is seen on the fuselage.The plane captain helps Thach get strapped in and settled in the cockpit. Thach gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready. Lt. O'Hare climbs aboard his F4F, which displays 5 Japanese victory flags. (O'Hare is the U.S. Navy's first air ace of World War 2.) His plane captain stows his map and O'Hare straps himself in and runs his cockpit checks. He gives a thumbs up indicating he is ready.
Activities of United States Military Police in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese civilians unload fruits and vegetables in front of the Rex BOQ (Bachelor Officer's Quarters). Military Policemen of C company, 716th MP Battalion inspect the produce for hidden explosives. A Vietnamese policeman assists the MP ( Military Police ).
Combat operations of the United States Army 1st Infantry Division soldiers in Lai Khe, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Jet air strike. Smoke billows skyward. Soldiers walk out of the jungle and cross rice paddies. Peasants work on a field. An airplane in flight in the background. Soldiers at M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) at overnight campsite. A soldier drinks soda from a can. Other soldier seated in front of a tent, reading a letter. One of the soldiers reading a comics and the other writes a letter.
A United States chaplain officiates a field memorial service during the Vietnam War. Soldiers seated on the ground in front of the chaplain. The Roman Catholic chaplain conducts the Mass. The flag of the United States flutters from a tall, tilted flagpole, atop a bunker in the background. Closeup of the chaplain reading the text of the mass from a liturgical Missal, held by an assistant. He raises the communion (Eucharist) elements, host (bread), and chalice of wine, as he speaks. The soldiers read from pamphlets as they follow the mass. Over-the-shoulder closeup of one soldier with his pamphlet. The chaplain takes of the bread and cup, himself, and then places bread (communion wafers) in the mouths of individual soldiers who come forward to receive communion. View of one soldier sitting cross-legged in contemplation, or prayer. The soldiers return their pamphlets to the Chaplain's assistant and disperse.
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