A film titled 'First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945' about the successful airborne crossing of the Rhine river by the 1st Allied Airborne troops during World War II. Aerial views of aircraft and gliders on ground in areas the narrator describes as East Anglia (England, United Kingdom) and in the Paris, France area. U.S. Army Air Forces C-46, C-47 aircraft and CG-4 gliders on a field. British Halifax and Sterling bomber aircraft. A glider with nose art name, "Texarkana Belle." U.S. Army soldiers of the U.S. 17th Airborne Division near the glider aircraft. Soldiers load equipment into gliders and aircraft. Jeeps, vehicles and other equipment loaded onto gliders. Airborne troops waiting near the aircraft, smoking cigarettes and talking as they await takeoff time. Aircraft lined up on a field. Troops put on gear and board the gliders and towing C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Propellers turn as towing aircraft prepare to take off. Men ensure slack lines are taken up properly and engage the gliders being towed. Aircraft tow gliders as they take off. Gliders and aircraft in flight and ground crews waving to the aircraft in the sky.
Two Japanese university students talk to each other. One student is dressed in traditional Japanese dress kimono the other wears a university uniform. The kimono dressed student studies in a room while other one sits in balcony.1945.
Two men demonstrate Jujitsu martial arts in Japan. One Jujitsu expert overpowers the other in the Jujitsu class. Jujitsu master teaching headlock to his student. Jujitsu student practices headlock on his opponent. Students practice jujitsu with one another in jujitsu class. One student overpowers another one with a jujitsu move in class.1945.
Children and adults volunteer and are recruited to work for ammunition factories and community work in Japan during World War II. Japanese schoolchildren with brooms head to a Shinto shrine. Children and adults worship at the Shinto shrine. They bow in front of the shrine. Japanese volunteers salute the Japanese flag. Volunteers cut grass in the field. Schoolchildren carrying buckets. Middle school students pile up rocks, cut grass and bushes on the hillside and clean up the temple. Japanese student volunteers march in a parade on the beach.1945.
Destroyed ammunition factory in Kamata district in Tokyo city after it was bombed. Civilians among ruins of factory. Remains of laundry in Kamata district. Japanese shrine and bus station in Kamata district. Wrecked Japanese buses.9 September 1945. (World War II period).
Street scene in Kamata district as Japanese pulls cart along. Demolished Kamata district. Demolished power sub station. Donkey grazing among ruin of buildings. Ruined homes and factories in Kamata district.9 September 1945.
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