Descriptions of Axis forces and intentions in an American produced propaganda film. Animated map shows Japan. Emperor Hirohito inspects Japanese Troops. Troops bow down in front of the emperor. Group of Japanese women also bow down to the emperor. Masses of German citizens at packed rallies in Germany, crowded with people cheering Nazi leadership. Military demonstrations in Axis countries with military forces in their respective uniforms in each country and masses of decorated flags carried high. Picture of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito. Adolf Hitler addressing Reichstag in an animated speech with much gesticulating calling on Germans to follow him and he'll 'make them masters of the world.' Mussonlini speaking to a gathered crowd and rallying support for the fascist cause. Hirohito speaking and Japanese forces answering with "bonzai" shouts. View of Axis government buildings in various cities: The Reichstag in Berlin, the House of Deputies in Rome, and the Diet in Tokyo. Legislatures in each country cheering their leaders as they speak. German ditch digging crew listens to military foreman and shouts heil Hitler. German brown shirts approach a residence and use butt of gun to force entry. Italian Soldiers raising daggers or bayonets up high and also placing their helmets atop bayonets on rifles. Newspaper headline reads 'Hitler executes more Anti-Nazi Leaders'. Dramatized depiction of slaying of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Italy in 1924 by fascists, and Viscount Saito in Tokyo in February 1936. More headlines of other anti-Axis leaders. Views of large cathedrals from street level. People praying in church - a woman praying the rosary and an elderly man praying. German Doctor Alfred Rosenberg speaking in 1938 and decrying organized religion. Newspaper headlines recount mistreatment, imprisonment, and slaying of religious leaders. German Doctor Goebbels speaks over a microphone. German leader Julius Streicher speaking in 1935.
Psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan. Two Japanese men wear traditional dress and sit in their home. A man holds his traditional Japanese sword. The Japanese are loyal to those who are higher to them in the hierarchy of social strata. Japanese soldiers in a battle field. The Japanese soldiers are motivated by raising the sword. The sword signifies that they have to fulfill their duty to Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Smoke rises up due explosions. Japanese soldiers fire and advance. (World War II period).
A documentary film depicts Japanese psyche and living habits in World War II. Samurai (Japanese military nobility) and Bushido (Way of Warrior) are explained. A man hits a target with bow and arrow. A Japanese soldier fires. Young Japanese women practice archery. Traditional Japanese samurai and Japanese soldiers follow the same Bushido codes. A samurai warrior faces death with control. A Japanese soldier takes a ritual drink of Sake before he goes calmly on a suicide mission. Views of fallen Japanese people and soldiers, dead from suicide or Bushido codes. The war heroes are worshiped. Statues of war heroes. Japanese people visit shrines. Scenic views of Japan. Members of Japanese families walk together.
Dai Toa News of Japan briefs about Nippon's operations in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and in Philippines, during World War II. Animated map shows Nippon planes on a mission to Pearl Harbor. Japanese carriers and warships in Pacific Ocean. Commander aboard a carrier and addresses pilots. Number of bomber planes take off from deck of carrier one after the other. U.S. Pacific Fleet annihilated by bombers of Nippon. Warships bombed at Pearl Harbor. American War Losses. Fleet of Nippon warships.
Aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) crews of B-25 bombers prepare for the raid on Tokyo, Japan known as the Doolittle Raid. A U.S. Army Air Forces Mitchell B-25 on the deck of USS Hornet. Insignia of the United States. Pilots stand under the wing of a B-25 and talk. Plane crewmen turn the propeller. B-25 on the deck. A pilot in the cockpit. A B-25 taxis on the deck.
Contrasts innocent play of children in America with military play and training in Axis countries during World War 2. View of children playing games and on jungle gym in United States. Scene changes to Germany, with German boys climbing over and around artillery pieces under watchful eye of a uniformed German official. Next shows children in Japan staging military training and a charge across a mock battlefield. Next scene shows boys in Italy in uniform engaged in a mock battle charge and putting on gas masks between advances. Also seen during the clip: The Japanese flag is raised, as well as the Nazi flag and an Italian flag. Slogan of the Japanese Army: ' To die for Emperor is to live forever'. Back in the United States, a woman collects funds to help Japanese children affected by an earthquake. Children pass by the collection bin and place money in the jar.
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