Footage shot after United States battleships conclude bombardment of Japanese-held Fort Drum in Manila Bay, Philippines during World War 2. Fortified Fort Drum is seen on El Fraile Island in Manila Bay, with large gun turrets clearly visible on its top. U.S. troops and engineers had gained access to air vents on the fort top deck, pumped in oil and gasoline, and set a timed fuse. Footage shows fused explosive detonating, followed by massive explosion and black smoke as the flammables ignite.
Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to China with Chinese civilian people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys KichisaburÅ Nomura and SaburÅ Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of Japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.
Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita is tried for war crimes in Manila, Philippines after World War II. General Yamashita arrives before a military tribunal for a World War II war crime trial. Members of the tribunal including Chairman General Russel Burton Reynold take their seats. Flags of the United States and the Philippines behind the tribunal. Lawyer talks to General Yamashita before the trial. General Yamashita is tried by the tribunal.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers deplane in an airfield in Manila. 'VHGHQ' written on the aircraft. The U.S. officials are greeted by Filipino officials. The officials converse. The officials get into a car.
Evacuation of Filipino civilians after the invasion of the Philippines by Allied troops during World War II. Filipino civilians carry their belongings as they walk on a highway near Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Army vehicles passing on the highway. Trees along the side of the highway. The natives walk on a dirt road. They carry their luggage with them.
War crime trials of World War II in Manila, Philippines. Officials get seated for a trial. An officer talks to the commission. The commission includes Commanding Officer Brigadier General Arthur G. Trudeau,Colonel Henry W Holt,Philippine Army General Basilio Valdes,Colonel Richard G Stickney. Sister Buenaventura on stand. The sister is sworn in. A collaborator on witness stand.
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