Sun rises from the east. Cloudy skies. Chairman Mao Zedong waves at large crowd during a function in China. Chinese cheerleaders perform and march in the function. Cadets lined up at attention. Thousands of hot air balloons are released in the air. Images of programs started during China's "Great Leap Forward" program: Aerial view of step farming in fields. View of crops in a Chinese farm. Chinese harvesters work in farms. View of an industrial refinery plant. An oil rig and Chinese workers at the oil rig. View inside various factories and manufacturing centers with heavy machinery (with year 1961 inscribed on it) pressing and forming molten steel, and factory workers at work. Railroad train moves on track. Convoy of truck-trailers loaded with burlap covered Chinese military equipment moves on a twisting dirt road. Elevated view of a military camp. Footage is from in between "Great Leap Forward" and Chinese Cultural Revolution. English translation overlays Chinese narration.
View of horizon and cloudy skies from a moving vessel in the Pacific Ocean. Guamanian sailors aboard the vessel in conversation. One of the sailors points in a direction. Goods unloaded from a boat at a peer on the Guam Island. View of a native village and Guamanian civilians indulged in various activities. Children are checked at a dressing station. Children study in a classroom. Guamanian naval cadets get training. Guam Militia's Drum and Bugle Corps, march. Guamanian marines carrying American flags march at an academy. Sign, 'Joak Radio Tokyo'. Japanese officers discuss a map. Japanese man prepares a tactical map. On 7th December, 1941 Japanese attack Guam. Guamanian troops on alert. Japanese air raid on Guam. American garrison on Guam is completely destroyed. The news of attack on Guam is headlined in all the major newspapers. Scenes of destruction in Guam. Wounded marines are taken on stretcher. An injured marine is treated at an aid station. (World War II period).
Guamanian naval cadets (Chamorro boys) get training on grounds of a naval academy in Guam. Buildings and tall palm trees in the background. Guam Militia's Drum and Bugle Corps march. Guamanian marines carrying American flags march during drill and exercises.
Inspection and training of U.S. marines in Guam. Naval officers salute. Various shots of U.S. Marines during drill inspection. Marines march and do morning exercises. Flag raising exercise is performed.
Training of U.S. marines at a naval academy in Guam. Marines do calisthenics (morning exercises) on grounds of the academy. Marines enter a firing range. View of the targets in the range. Shots fired on the targets. One of the marines talks on a field telephone. Troops take aim and fire.
Training of U.S. marines at a naval academy in Guam. Marines take part in flag raising exercises. American flag is hoisted on a mast. A marine plays a trumpet. A marine salutes. Sign reads, 'Commanding Officer'. Marine band plays. Marines at attention and march. Officers review the drill.
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