The Japanese train natives Borneo during World War 2. Borneo natives practice semaphore signaling. An officer standing in front of a chart instructs a group of natives. He looks through binoculars. The trainees take notes during instruction. A group of trainees in front of an officer on a ship. They disperse after the instructions and climb to various places aboard the ship. . Two climb up to a gun position, where they are seen using binoculars to scan the horizon. Another sends semaphore signals. One is seen looking through a telescope. View from below of one trainee high up in the ship's crow's nest. Scene shifts completely to ground view of several Japanese Aichi E13A (Jake) float planes in water's edge. Mechanics use a chain hoist to remove an aircraft engine from a Nakajima E8N float plane (Dave). Group of Japanese fliers, in flight gear, being briefed on a mission. Closeup of the fliers. They salute their commander. A Nakajima E8N Float plane taking off from the water. Closeup view from airplane tail of its trailing wake on takeoff. View of the float plane in shallow climb, with small mountain in the background. Closeup of pilot in cockpit of plane. Closeup of the float plane in flight.
Filipinos at work in Manila, Philippines during World War II, under Japanese occupation and colonial rule by Japan. People walk towards a factory. Filipino men work in a saw mill. Planks of wood suspended in air from a crane. Men at work. Stacks of planks of wood. Men work on machines. They hammer and saw. Men at work in a foundry. Fire burns in furnaces. Molten metal is poured. Men at work in a machine shop. Men work on machines. A man welds. A ship is launched from a dock into water.
A Japanese propaganda film on mistreatment of Filipinos by the United States. Filipino soldiers join the U.S. in battle against the Japanese in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Fighting at a battlefield. Explosions and smoke on the battlefield. A soldier sitting and another standing near him. They talk. The soldier who is standing walks away and talks to the one sitting. He comes back and sits down. Another soldier approaches and says something. The two soldiers smile. He gives them a news. They become sad. They salute. One of the soldiers is ordered to join the C Company, 1st Battalion. He bids goodbye and leaves. Soldiers in prone position. The soldier standing near them. A white flag is raised by the enemy. Soldiers crouch forward. An explosion occurs. The soldiers run.
Filipinos try to save themselves from Japanese shelling on Manila, Philippines during World War II. People run across a street. Military vehicles in the street. Children run across a street to take cover during Japanese shelling. A cloud of smoke rises in the background. A building on fire. People try to douse the fire. Filipinos on the streets. People run across a street to seek shelter as shells hit the street. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the burning building.
The Santo Tomas concentration camp in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War II. Ruined buildings and damaged Bilibid Prison. Debris on a street. A sign at the front entrance of the building reads 'Bureau of Prison'. Filipino Fire Department dousing the fire.
The U.S. Army in Manila, Philippine Islands during World War 2. A group of officers of airborne infantry having a discussion at a sand table on a beach. The sand table depicts Tagaytay Ridge. Airborne troopers parachutes and equipment. Soldiers in a group being briefed. Potable water in cans. Rations and ammunition boxes stacked in piles. (Note: The sand table image is Tagaytay Ridge, located south of Manila where a road links it further south to where the U.S. Navy ferried a contingent of troops at Nasugbu beach in Batangas.)
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