Film opens showing animated map of Pacific and avenue of attack against Japan via the Aleutian Islands in World War 2. . Scene shifts to the Aleutian Islands, where American P-47 aircraft are seen parked on an open ramp in severe winter weather. Next, American Army truck convoys are seen traversing subarctic Canada on the Alcan highway, with supplies to sustain U.S. forces in the Aleutians. U.S. soldiers and airmen are seen obtaining various items and playing volleyball on a ramp at an airbase. Fog shrouds the Aleutians keeping aircraft grounded. Soldiers look at maps and plan targets. Aircrews are briefed about their mission and targets. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over snow-covered peaks. View looking down on a B-24 headed toward Japan. Airmen in a headquarters plotting the disposition of aircraft reporting to them by radio. View above thick clouds with nothing in sight. (But exploding bombs are heard.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Japanese air attacks over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during World War II. A relief map shows Japan, China, the U.S. and the Philippine Islands. An arrow on the relief map point from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands. Two Japanese aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean. A section of the deck of a Japanese ship. Anti-aircraft guns on the side of the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Two Japanese officers conversing. Sailors in the background. Japanese pilots being orientated by a Japanese officer. A group of Japanese pilots around the officer. Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N 'Kates' aircraft engines are warming up. The pilots stand in a semi-circle around a senior officer. The sailors remove chucks from under the wheels of 'Kates'. A sailor waves a white flag. Japanese Navy Aichi D3A 'Vals' aircraft take off in formation. An aerial formation of the 'Vals'. A flag fluttering on the mast of a Japanese ship. Clouds in the sky. An aerial formation of 'Kates'. Japanese insignia on a Japanese plane. Airplanes in flight over Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii. Bombs explode on a runway of the airfield. Smoke rises from a hangar and the runway. Smoke rises from the docks at Pearl Harbor due to bombardment by the Japanese airplanes. Several Japanese destroyers underway.
Sweet potatoes substituted for rice in Japan. A man peels off sweet potatoes. Man and woman boil the sweet potatoes. Cooks prepare food with sweet potatoes. Packets of food. Woman gives a packet of food to people. People eat food. Two women eat food.
Modernization of Japan through World War II. Japanese civilians seen. Japanese civilians bow down to the Superiors. Japanese girls sent by their fathers working in factories. Women work in the rice fields. Men wearing local hats seen. Japanese peasants working hard. Japanese people use telephones in office and live traditionally at homes. Simply furnished Japanese homes without chairs, windows and beds seen. Japanese family wearing kimonos, eating food. Japanese men working in a factory.
A film of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine about a tactical tour to the Manchurian battlefield in Japan during World War II. The cadets note as taught during a tour to the Manchurian battlefield. An instructor talks about the battlefield to the cadets. The cadets bow in front of a tomb. The cadets climb a hill. Two cadets read a book in a train. The cadets fire artillery. The officer cadets climb a hill and advance over a grassland. The cadets move past a floating narrow bridge and advance riding on horses.
Top High School students from all over Japan are gathered for special honors. Koinobori carp kites flying. A Japanese official speaks over a microphone and reads from a paper. The students stand in formation and listen to him. Another Japanese official stands at a platform and speaks. The officials review the students and are escorted by soldiers. (World War II period).
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