Wrecked ships and planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii two days after Japanese air raid attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Foremast of USS Arizona (BB-39) torn and twisted. Damaged USN (United States Navy) PB2Y Coronado flying boat and other planes. Damaged hangar in the background. A tug alongside a wrecked foremast of Arizona.
U.S. Marine Corps officers in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II. USMC (United States Marine Corps) Lieutenant General Louis E. Woods, USMC Brigadier General L.H.M. Sanderson, USMC General Christian Frank Schilt study map and talk together outside command headquarters. Officer walks along a jungle road. EM (Enlisted Man) walks toward shack in the background. Officer converse outside command headquarters.
Japanese air attack on United States aircraft carrier underway in the Pacific during World War II. Men hose down deck of carrier. Japanese plane burns on flight deck of the same carrier. Men throw dead Japanese pilot over board. Men hose deck of carrier, large hole on flight deck. CVL (Light Aircraft Carrier) underway in the background.
Japanese air attack on United States aircraft carrier (USS Intrepid, CV-11, or USS Essex, CV-9) underway in the Pacific during World War II. U.S. Navy planes land on deck of ship. 40 mm gun crew operates a gun. Flak bursts in air. Japanese plane passes overhead. Japanese plane dives and crashes on deck of aircraft carrier. Explosion and debris seen flying overhead of camera. Flames rises from Japanese plane on deck. Fire fighting crew hose down wreckage of plane and deck of carrier.
Kichizaburo Nomura, last ambassador to U.S. of America, is seen in Japan, before World War II. A Japanese official speaks at a table. After the end of the second World War, Nomura expresses his firm belief that there are no problems between United States and Japan that cannot be resolved.
A 1945 film titled 'The Enemy Japan Dream of Empire' details Japanese conquests starting with China during Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. United States Ambassador to Japan Joseph C. Grew speaks about the ruthless nature of Japanese. Wall maps in the background. Aerial formation of Japanese bombers over a Chinese city, possibly Shanghai, during Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II), 1937. Smoke billows up from bomb bursts. Dead bodies of civilians on bombed streets. View of damaged Palace Hotel in Shanghai. Japanese infantry and horse-drawn munitions carts advance into the city. Car pulls up in front of building in Japan and a guard opens door. Japanese military leaders exit car. View of many tall banners with Japanese rising sun symbol hanging from ceiling. Japanese statesmen and army Generals confer in Japan.
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