Events related to the People’s Republic of China's First Thermonuclear Test. Men at work on the test site. Several banners and artifacts are put at the test site. Men follow the Maoist communist principles of Chairman Mao Zedong. Men study the works of Chairman Mao. Food is prepared in the kitchen. View of a sandstorm in the desert. Men briefed by an officer. Men shovel ground, weld, and operate cranes. View of scientific instruments in underground bunkers. Materials for civil use are arranged for testing purposes. Animals in cages are brought as test subjects. Troops sit outdoors. Chinese flag flutters atop a mast. Several instruments and switch boards. Thermonuclear bomb explodes. The blast wave destroys the test buildings. Mushroom clouds rise in the air. 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).
On the joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Mariana islands. A map of the Mariana Island in the Pacific, occupied by the Japanese forces. Map of the Guadalcanal. U.S. troops advance in jungles, reach ashore in inflated boats and land on beachheads. Grim faced soldiers marching in the Marshall Islands. Map shows advancement of U.S. forces in Japanese occupied areas. Map shows location of the Marianas Island. U.S. troops aboard landing crafts reach ashore. Face of commander as he yells to comrades. Scenes of battle between the American and the Japanese forces. Landing ship tanks (LST) advance on beach head. Sounds of heavy artillery shelling. U.S. troops advance on beach under heavy enemy fire. Joint Assault Force attacks the island of Guam. Guam is finally reclaimed by the U.S. forces. The U.S. flag is planted on Guam. (World War II period).
The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. American troops look through binoculars. U.S. troops use flamethrowers to burn out the Japanese hidden behind underbrush. The enemy is blown out of there pillboxes. (World War II period).
On the joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on Garapan, the capital city of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. U.S. artillery guns fired at Japanese forces in Garapan. U.S. troops load and fire artillery guns. Japanese airbase in Garapan is captured by the Americans. Aerial view of the Allied naval fleet advances toward Garapan. (World War II period).
The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against Japanese on Garapan, the capital city of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. artillery guns are fired at Japanese forces. U.S. troops carry their injured men under cover of a tank. Rockets are fired to take down enemy snipers. Incendiary grenades are fired to smoke the enemies out of their pillboxes. A Japanese soldier is taken as prisoner.
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