The Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo, addresses the nation. Firing from Japanese battleships. The stern of another Japanese battleship in the foreground. Smoke due to bombardment from the battleship. A group of Japanese Navy and Army officers. One officer reads from a piece of paper. Interior of a building. Japanese men, presumably press and media reporters, seated at a long desk and writing on papers. Hideki Tojo delivers a speech. A loudspeaker on a telephone pole. Views of men and women citizens in the streets who have stopped walking and bicycling and are listening quietly to the speech on loudspeakers. A Japanese woman bows. Three people kneel and bow in front of the Emperor's Palace. Japanese naval students walk down a street carrying banners. A map of Japan showing Japanese military movements in multiple directions across the region.
America declares war on Japan during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses Congress at the U.S. Capitol. He gives a speech recounting the attack on Pearl Harbor and speaks of American success to come in the war against Japan. The President signs the declaration of war against Japan after the attack of Pearl Harbor. A large group of civilians enlist into the armed forces. Civilian young men taking an oath of service. View of new military recruits marching on a dock beside New York Harbor with view of New York City Manhattan skyline behind them. Newly commissioned U.S. officers at commissioning ceremony. Group of citizens gathered at a memorial service in Hawaii laying wreaths and mourning the loss of American lives from the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz presents medals to men of the armed forces who had defended Pearl Harbor. A large fleet en route to Honolulu with supplies. General Douglas MacArthur at his desk working on orders and talking on telephone. Filipino Forces march in Manila. Massive heavy artillery long gun being fired on Corregidor at Japanese forces.
U.S. Marines charge out their barracks, through front doors, in battle gear. The scene is repeated twice. They climb aboard a long open truck with seats along its sides. Behind them are two motorcycles with side cars carrying machine gunners. Tents can be seen in background across the street.
U.S. Navy TBF Avenger air crews being briefed by a group commander, on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. A long line of Avengers parked with wings folded. They start engines and begin to taxi with wings still folded.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A sign board reads: 'Readiness Command Welcomes You To Brass Key II'. Members of the Senior Service Schools and other guests in the Fort Bragg parking lot after their arrival. Guests pass by a Red Cross tent. Paratroopers carry their supplies and board an aircraft. The demonstration of joint operations and teamwork of army and air force personnel. People seated at the Fort Bragg grandstand. An airplane parked on an air base. Paratroopers walk towards the airplane and embark. People seated on chairs. A McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (RF-4C) aircraft in flight. Men at a podium. Smoke trails from flash cartridges. HALO (High-Altitude Low Opening) jumpers in freefall. HALO jumpers with trailing smoke. A HALO jumper lowers his pack before landing on the ground. They descend with the help of parachutes. Long Range Recon Patrol group rappelling from helicopters. A team of paratroopers line up in front of people to give a demonstration. They are introduced to the audience. The captain of the team introduces the Special Forces Aid Attachment.
The activities and joint demonstrations by the United States Readiness Command (USREDCOM), Brass Key II at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Officers and guests gather in a large number to watch the demonstration. Fire power demonstration by the U.S. Army units. Several infantry weapons being fired and demonstrated. Soldiers fire rifles. They fire M-60 machine guns. Closeup view of belt-fed machine gun in operation. View of M-79 grenade launcher being fired. A simultaneous platoon fire being demonstrated. Anti tank weapons and flame thrower weapons being demonstrated. Gunners advance on the area under a smoke cover. Recoil-less rifle fired. M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV light tank closeup views and it fires a guided MGM-51 Shillelagh missile. Point of view shot looking through main gun system of M551 tank at target before it fires a conventional 152mm shell. Soldier firing a shoulder-fired, infrared Redeye anti-aircraft missile. Beehive round being fired from 105 mm howitzer at a long string of balloon targets. Smoke arises due firing.
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