Japanese occupation of Philippines during World War II. Japanese troops, tractors and tanks advance along a road to Orani, Bataan under an air cover. They pass a sign board. Mountains in the background. Cattle on a farm. Trenches and barbed wires on which tin cans are hanging are inspected at Samal, Bataan. Japanese Army General Masaharu Homma and other Japanese officials and soldiers on a field. The soldiers discuss a map.
Shells for a heavy coastal defense gun are seen lined up on the ground. Japanese soldier seen leaning against gun. Japanese soldiers open wooden boxes containing smaller shells. They prepare an emplacement for an antiaircraft gun. Soldiers unpack and line shells on the ground. Formation of bombers in flight overhead. Aerial view of Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 "Sally" bombers in flight. Bombs strike ground targets below. "Sally" bombers landing at Japanese occupied Clark Field in the Philippines during World War II. Japanese antiaircraft gun surrounded by sandbags. A gunner looks skyward through binoculars. Japanese troops play volleyball in background. Other Japanese soldiers playing ping pong; wrestling; and playing baseball. Ground crews employ care using lights and illuminated markers on the flight line at night. A Mitsubishi Ki.30 "Ann" aircraft flies overhead. Japanese pilots salute their commander and proceed to their aircraft. Bomber and fighter aircraft seen. A Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah and Ki-15 Babs crank up and take off. View from cockpit of a plane taking off. Many aircraft seen widely spaced out on the airfield, below. Crew members manipulate controls of equipment inside an airplane. Windsock standing out on the ground. View of staff at positions inside air command center. Meteorologist releases weather balloon which is tracked by telescope. Japanese monitor uses old U.S. flying squadron blackboard to record information about their own flight operations.
Japanese occupation of Philippines in World War 2. Japanese airplanes fly in formation. Exterior of a Catholic church. Japanese occupation soldiers outside the church. Tanks and trucks move under an air cover. The soldiers aboard trucks drive past on a street. A soldier climbs up an electric pole and connects a wire. Other soldiers stand near a sign board. The soldiers advance in the area. Mountains in the foreground. Soldiers setting up telegraph poles. Japanese artillery crew load shells into howitzer and firing it.
U.S. Secretary of War George H. Dern in his office in Washington DC, United States. American aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives to meet the Secretary of War. Dern and Lindbergh pose. Lindbergh is called for advice on air policy. Dern and Lindbergh shake hands.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito moves into his new house in Japan. Interior of the house. The Japanese Emperor arrives near a building with his family members. They walk near the house. The Imperial Palace of Hirohito was destroyed during World War II air raids.
Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A bomb disposal crew loads dud bombs onto a truck. They pull the dud bombs out of the ground and load them onto the truck. The pulling of a dud bomb out of the ground with a chain. Men crouched down along the side of a road. They are resting on the road. A tank in the background. A muddy road leads to wrecked native buildings. A large column of smoke rises in the air. Wrecked buildings in the foreground.
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