Shintoism in Japan during World War II. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horseback. Many people banging a giant gong. Various people and Japanese officials bow. Women in kimonos bow. People around temple area. Women worship. Essence burning. Men dance in a ceremony.
Young Japanese trained to become soldiers. Japanese school children march along street. Children bow. Small children do calisthenics. They are lead in group exercises. Japanese zero plane in flight. Many charred dead bodies along road. Refugees flee with belongings. Debris lay on street. Dead body carried on pole. Children file into school building. Children learn to write in classrooms. Models of Japanese warships and planes displayed to children. (World War II period).
Young Japanese soldiers drill. Soldiers march. Inspection of troops. Japanese soldier goose walks. Soldiers go through bayonet training. Teenagers eat food at table. Young soldier plays trumpet. Young soldiers get out of beds in morning. Soldiers eat and bow. Soldiers hand wet cloths. Japanese soldiers in full combat gear. Soldiers undergo training. Flags on flag pole. Japanese troops inspected by officials. Troops in formation. (World War II period; anti-Japanese propaganda).
Aerial formation of B-17s over English countryside. Formation of B-17s at relatively low altitude. .Views from gunners' positions and from pilot's position in the cockpit of one aircraft.
U.S. salvage operations in Purata Island, Bougainville. PT (torpedo boat) boats and LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanized) at a beach. U.S. personnel salvage a sunken LC (landing Craft). A large active volcano in background. A small island with palm trees. Several LCMs tied up together.
View from boat in the water as a U.S. F6F Hellcat aircraft takes off from Torokina fighter strip, Cape Torokina, Bougainville, during World War 2. The aircraft climbs out directly overhead. A small boat is seen at the beach and military vehicles move along the airfield roads. A P-39 aircraft taxis onto the runway and takes off in the opposite direction from the just-departed F6F. Military engineer equipment is seen working on the airstrip. A number of P-39s are parked beside the runway, close to surrounding trees. An F4U Corsair aircraft takes off towards the water (and camera), passing directly over a construction tractor working on the field. Another Corsair takes off over the heads of two armed sentries, and yet, another takes off immediately afterwards. View from the water, as an F4U flies low overhead toward the field for landing.
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