Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. Japanese families living on small craft tied up at a dock. Various small craft tied at the dock including sampans and fishing crafts with Japanese men and women aboard them.
A film dramatizes the life of civilians under German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's totalitarian government. Dead bodies of German civilians who joined the army during World War II. Graves of German soldiers. Two men seated on a bench talk. One of them says to the other that they do have freedom no matter even if they are a minority group. He talks about dignity of the individual.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots in Japan during World War II. A Japanese officer reads out from a paper as he addresses Japanese Kamikaze pilots. The lined up pilots listen. The pilots in flight gear as they drink a toast. They salute an officer. A pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft as it takes off. Officers wave to aircraft as they take off. Japanese Kamikaze pilots receive white head bands from an officer during a ceremony. View of Japanese rising sun image and writing on the head scarves. Kamikaze pilots in a briefing about their mission. An officer gestures with his hands to demonstrate how the pilots are to direct their aircraft straight down and impact the target in suicide mission. View of the pilots during this briefing. They get in cockpits of aircraft and take off for mission. Crews on ground wave to the pilots after the aircraft take off.
Japanese soldiers on Leyte in the Philippines during World War II. Explosions occur in a jungle. Japanese soldiers in prone position behind bushes. The soldiers advance and charge ahead. An officer briefs lined up soldiers. Bags on the backs of the soldiers. A map of Leyte island.
Japanese soldiers in China during World War II. Artillery is fired and smoke rises. Wrecked United States Army Air Force and Chinese B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft on Kei Ling airstrip. Wrecked parts of Allied aircraft on a field. A sign reads '12th Service Group Dispensary'. Machine guns and artillery are fired. Smoke rises. Japanese soldiers lying in prone position as they fire at a village.
A film 'Combating suicide plane attacks' about Japanese suicide aircraft attacks in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. The Japanese suicide aircraft attack U.S. battleships during the Battle of Okinawa. An animation depicts two types of suicide attacks : kamikaze unit and suicide attack party. Pilots are trained for the kamikaze unit. The pilots march. A pilot stands with a sword. The first stage of the training is the spiritual intoxication. A statue of Lord Buddha. A suicide aircraft in flight. Two aircraft in flight. An animation shows the difference between conventional air attacks and suicide aircraft attacks.
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