Japanese group leader makes speech to pilots on an airfield. Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bombers parked in the background. Airmen gather in the field. Bombers and hangars in the background. Religious flag flies on the field. Planes take off from airstrip. Ground crew waves towards the planes. Formation of 27 bombers in flights of 3 each. Pilot, copilot and third crew member in cockpit of a bomber. Radio operator comes forward, salutes the pilot, and gives him written orders which the pilot reads. He then folds his arms and expresses a look of resignation.
Aerial view looking out from cockpit of a Japanese torpedo bomber flying just above thin cloud layer over water. Thin spit of land visible in distance. Several warships seen below. Closeup of the pilot, speaking into intercom. Formation of Nakajima Nakajima torpedo bombers in flight. Allied ships underway. The Japanese torpedo bombers attack, flying through a hail of intense antiaircraft fire from the U.S. warships. Around them other airplanes are engaged in dogfights. One pilot is seen as his airplane is struck by gunfire and begins to smoke. Another torpedo bomber continues and successfully releases his torpedo, which strikes a ship, which explodes. Clip is a mix of dramatized and actual footage.
Japanese battleships and other warships fire their guns in live fire exercises at sea off Japan. Closeups from various angles of the Battleship, Nagato, firing her 16-inch guns. Following the live firing exercise, the warships maneuver at high speed in formation. Views of heavy wakes raised by their high speed operations.
Nihonbashi Firehouse in Kabutocho-Town, Nihonbashi-ward (current-day Chuo-ward), City of Tokyo, Japan. Fire trucks leave the firehouse. Fire trucks pass a busy intersection near Nihonbashi-Bridge on the Ginza Street in the Nihonbashi district. Traffic policeman on the street controls the traffic. He maneuvers the fire truck through the traffic. Buildings along the street. People gather on the street in front of the building.
A fire fighting exercise at the old building of Japan Stock Exchange (nowadays renewed as Tokyo Stock Exchange Building) located in Kabutocho-Town, Nihonbashi-Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Smoke pours out of the fourth floor window. Fire trucks passes near the building. Firemen dismount dragging hose behind them. Hook and ladder against the building. Firemen mount the ladder. Fireman stands holding hose in his hand.
Japanese fire fighters connect the hose to the fire hydrant in Tokyo, Japan. They open the steel cover over the hydrant. They remove portable hose reel from a truck and cart it to the fire hydrant. They drag hose to hook and ladder. People stand in front of buildings in the background. Firemen on truck arrive near the fire hydrant. They dismount and rush hose from truck to hydrant.
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