A World War II film about the use of war dogs and their training by the Remount section of the Quartermaster Corps in the United States. A demonstration shows a soldier as he puts carrier pigeons in baskets and ties the baskets on the back of a black colored messenger dog. The dog delivers the messenger pigeons to a soldier and the soldier releases the pigeons. A soldier ties a harness around a dog's back to carry a telephone wire across a battlefield. The dog runs across the field under fire and lays the telephone wire across the field. A soldier makes a call through the newly connected line.
A World War II film about the use of war dogs and their training by the Remount section of the Quartermaster Corp in the United States. Demonstration shows a medical corps personnel using a casualty dog to search for wounded soldiers on a battlefield. The dog locates a wounded soldier and reports to the medical corps personnel. The personnel being led by the dog to the wounded soldier. Smoke rises in a battlefield. A dog in a tent.
U.S. Army Major Achille C. Tisdell testifies before a military tribunal in Manila, Phillipines during the trial of Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma for World War II crimes. Major Tisdell, aide-de-camp to Commanding General of the American forces in Luzon Major General Edward King, speaks about the Americans being taken to various prison camps. He says that Major General Edward King and General Jones were taken to Camp O'Donnell. He says that other officers including him were taken to a warehouse near San Fernando and from their they were taken to U.S. head quarters. Major Tisdell recalls that leaflets were dropped for the prisoners. He hands over a leaflet to a member of the tribunal. Tisdell reads out the part of the leaflet related to treatment of prisoners of war.
Tausug Moros welcome the United States congressional delegation during their visit to Mindanao, Southern Philippines. Moro women perform a folk “fingernail” dance called Pangalay. Moro musicians play bronze gongs and drums. A male Moro dancer performs a “bee dance” to amuse the audience. Native Filipino men participate in a tug of war. Men participate in various athletic events including some taught to them by the United States delegation. Filipino teenagers jump over a hurdle. Filipino men compete in a sprint running race. Filipino Negrito (likely Mamanwa) boys play a game they invented called the spanking game, where the object is to draw blood due to spanking. Men participate in a tug of war game.
Nazi German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in World War II. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast. The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. The narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. German figure skater Lydia Veicht performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. The audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform on ice.
A German battleship sinks a British steamer in the South Atlantic Ocean during World War 2. German battleship commander and sailors use binoculars to view ocean. Sailors pulling down flags. Ship commander on a boat being lowered to the ocean. Kriegsmarine battleship firing at the British steamer. Sailors pulling rope. German Kriegsmarine on a boat. British ship listing as it sinks. German navy men return to ship with booty. Sailors load cargo from the British ship. German battleship captain observes the sinking of British ship with binoculars. More sailors return with captured cargo. German battleship fires at British ship until it sinks. Prisoners-of-war captured from the British steamer, consisting of Australian, Asian and African sailors.
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