Various Activities at Atsugi Airdrome near the city of Yamato, in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. Two Japanese soldiers look into cockpit of a captured American P-40 fighter plane, which has been repainted in Japanese markings. Steel structure of hangar in the background. U.S. Army soldier looks through binoculars on tripod near Base Operations headquarters. Sign seen reads, 'Atsugi Tokyo Airdrome, Base Operations, 3rd Airdrome Sqdn.'
Japanese soldiers shovel gravel off truck in Japan soon after the end of World War 2. Four Japanese children as a labor battalion pose with shovels in their hands. View of children. Japanese unload gravel from truck and shovel gravel on ground. Japanese soldiers place machine guns on ground.
United States Army inspection of pillbox at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. United States officers inspect pillbox. Steel structure of hangar behind the pillbox.
Japanese soldiers push Japanese fighter plane at Atsugi Airdrome in Japan, soon after the end of World War 2. View of Japanese soldiers pushing Japanese fighter plane. They push it into steel structure of hangar.
Atrocities committed by Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers in China and other parts of Asia during World War II. War workers in offices, factories, and mills shift their attention to the narrator. Smoke rises from factory smokestacks and chimneys. American workers manufacture war materiel in factories. Factory workers shovel coal to the furnace. Japanese soldiers abuse elderly Chinese women. A Japanese soldier toss an infant before striking with a bayonet midair. A Chinese woman watches with shock. IJA troops drag and bury Chinese civilians alive. IJA troops burn cities and shoot victims at close range. Soldiers place the remains of dead Chinese men, women, and children in truck. Japanese soldiers torture and kill Chinese civilians and are depicted killing American Prisoners of War (POW). Aerial views of San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York. A dead Japanese soldier with flies covering his face. A newly built M4 Sherman tank moves inside a factory. Body of a Japanese soldier wearing round glasses. Dead Japanese soldiers seen with repeating American wartime propaganda message that every piece of wartime production "kills a Jap." Tanks, trucks, planes, shells, guns, and artillery are manufactured in United States factories and plants during World War II. Americans urged to take war jobs to help win World War 2.
Germany and Japan defeated in World War II. The defeat of Germany is celebrated in United States. Scenes represent the life of a typical Japanese soldier: a flag is raised to celebrate his birth; boys in uniform play war; troops sack Nanking; and in1944 he is killed to attack over harbor in America. In a dramatization, a soldier with an American machine gun is killed. Dead Americans. American soldiers honor their dead comrades covered with United States flag.
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