"It's up to You." Bucolic scenes of the Alpine region in Germany, before World War 2. Camera pans from trees against sky to waterfall. Sheep come down a hillside. A boy leads a flock of geese. A man places sheep in a stream. The sheep swims ashore. Houses in a valley in Bavaria. A farmer pitches hay onto a wagon. Two old men play clarinets in a garden. Two boys listen. An old man leads a balky pig through the streets. Some kids watch. A child peeps out of a window. An old man feeds pigeons. Cats on a bench.
Stern deck of Japanese light cruiser awash as she makes way in heavy seas near Aleutians during World War 2. Japanese sailors breaking ice from her deck. Deck life lines, anchor chain, and stanchions covered in ice. End of deck gun barrel enclosed with canvas cover. Mountainous snow-covered terrain nearby in background. Officers on bridge of the ship. Closeup of one using binoculars.
Japanese Imperial Navy exercises and operations in World War 2. View, from Japanese battleship, of a Destroyer underway ahead. Momentary glimpse of Landing party of Japanese Marines in battle gear massed in section of a ship. One holds the Japanese rising sun Marine ensign. A Kako class heavy cruiser underway. Battleship elevates guns in her turrets. Shipboard torpedo tubes are shown. Momentary view of another battleship. A Tone class light cruiser to starboard, and a battleship astern. Light signals flash from the ship. The formation of warships circles to port. The photo ship drops depth charges, and two battleships astern fire their heavy guns. A different film shows two Japanese carriers underway,in rough weather. The carrier, Kaga, is closer in, and the Zuikaku trailing. In another change of sequence, A succession of Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero (Zeke) airplanes take off from carrier flight deck. They form up and proceed overhead. A scout observer plane takes off. Scene shows task force of warships moving through heavy seas.
Japanese Imperial Navy ships encounter severe icing conditions in Aleutian waters during winter, World War 2. Thick layer of ice covering everything on the deck of a Japanese light cruiser. Sailors chop ice from a container on deck and shake ice loose from guy lines. Ice sculpted by wind and wave on the foredeck. Two forward turrets and their single 5.5 inch guns covered in ice. Looking from starboard, towards the stern, a Mitsubishi F1M2 (Pete) scout observation plane can be seen mounted on the ship. Another light cruiser seen well astern. More views of ice covering a ship and of sailors chopping it away.
Japanese light cruiser makes way in heavy seas of Aleutian waters during World War 2. Officer taking navigation readings with sextant. Stern deck covered with ice. Sailors in cold weather gear aloft. Another light cruiser seen astern, viewed from lower deck. Ice-covered bridge and superstructure of the ship. Crewman looks through binoculars. Iced deck, lifelines, and anchor chain. Sailor chops ice from lifelines. Front of a Mitsubishi F1M (Pete) float plane is seen on its catapult. The other light cruiser, very close astern. View from bridge of bow awash in heavy seas. Two of the Ship's single forward 5.5 inch guns seen.
Crew of Japanese Inperial Navy light cruiser work to remove heavy coats of ice from their ship while underway in Aleutian waters in Winter, during World War 2. A sailor tries to break ice from one of the ship's 5.5 inch guns. Sailors chop ice into chunks and throw it overboard. Ice clings to all the ships lines and rigging. View from bridge of foredeck. Ice covers one of the 5.5 inch guns. Sailors throwing ice overboard. View along ice-covered deck. One of the ship's guns pointing to starboard. Ice covering rigging. Closeup of sailors chopping ice. Ice-covered gun barrel. Canvas cover on one of the guns.Sailor trying to break ice from one of the ship's gun barrels.
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