At start of film, Camera pans over a field of Manila Hemp plants in the Philippines during occupation by the Japanese in World War 2. Camera shows views along path in the fields with hemp plants towering on either side. Filipino workers use cutters on long poles to harvest the tall plants. They cut large ones at their bases and slice strips of their barks into long thin pieces. Glimpse of a Japanese soldier observing the work. Next, Filipino workers transport the hemp in a wagon to a processing shed. Filipino workers further process the hemp into longer thinner strands and place them on horizontal poles to dry. Closeup of a man separating strands of hemp. Next, workers are seen shaking the strands outside a building. View of workers moving bales of hemp on hand carts to a scale where they are weighed and labeled. Closeup of a labeled bale.
The Battle of Corregidor Island in the Philippines during World War II. Animated map of Corregidor Island, Luzon Island. Japanese bombers bomb Corregidor. Smoke billows up from explosions. Japanese troops advance in Corregidor. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright and U.S. officers confer with Japanese captors in Corregidor. View of the Manila Bay. American prisoners following their surrender. Entrance to a tunnel at Corregidor. American prisoners are marched on the island. Interiors show officers in the Malinta Tunnel. Japanese officers arrive in cars in Manila. People wave Japanese flags.
Japanese invasion of Mandalay Burma during World War II. Animated map connects Rangoon and Mandalay in Burma. Japanese soldiers march along road. Native people along road. Japanese soldiers drink water from canteen. Soldiers look at map. Japanese motorized units and trucks along muddy road. Japanese troops fire artillery gun. Smoke rises from artillery explosions in the background. Japanese troops advance along road. Japanese tanks being lined up along road. Tanks begin advance.
A training of U.S. air cadets in the United States during World War II. U.S. air cadets leave trucks on a field and dive for cover as U.S. bombers drop chalk bombs during the training. More bombs are dropped. The cadets lying on the ground.
A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles moves along the newly built Alcan Highway during World War II. Animated map connecting Alaska and the United States. A convoy of trucks along a road and over a bridge. Army personnel repair the trucks. A bear on a road. Soldiers play with the bear. The trucks are refueled. Troops gathered outside a building.
U.S. airplanes and the 5th Army fight in Italy during World War II. Gun crews fire camouflaged artillery guns. Smoke rises from a hillside. U.S. airplanes bombard enemy territory. Nazi German supply lines are bombarded by bombers. Allied tanks roll ahead. Allied troops search for snipers in a captured Italian town. U.S. Army General Mark Wayne Clark watches while his men fire guns and mortars. Prisoners are freed in Cosenza and food is distributed by officials of Allied Military Government in Italy.
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