Montage with graphics sells Japanese propaganda claiming Japanese hatred as cause for Sino-Japanese War. Newspapers declaring the non-aggression pact between Republic of China and the Soviet Union. Animated map depicting how the Communist Soviet Union can encroach China’s territories. Narrator claims “It is in order to stop this power of evil, a real everlasting peace in Asia that Japan’s soldiers and sailors are giving their lives,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe reads a speech defending the Sino-Japanese War.
A Japanese warship sails on rough sea. The Japanese Rising Sun Flag waving. Barrel of a ship artillery. Chinese characters displayed at the Headquarters of Japanese Naval Landing Party in Shanghai, China. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) Type 87 Crossley armored cars driving out of a garage. Vickers Crossley armored cars driving in China. Japanese infantry marching on a field and crossing a river on foot. Tanks crossing a river. Japanese troops move horses and supplies on a pontoon bridge and road. Calvary passing through corn field. Soldiers view a mountain. Japanese troops with camouflage helmets running. Japanese gunners firing artillery from fields. Infantry charging. A soldier charging with a bugle.
Japanese soldiers with bugles lead a procession of troops in Northern China. Chinese children hold Japanese flags. Occupied North China under Japanese control. Chinese men in suit and tie bow to a saluting Japanese general. Cheering Chinese women. A Chinese woman smiles while holding her baby. Chinese men and women crowd a marketplace. A woman wrapping her vegetables. Rickshaw drivers napping. Children attend school under Japanese guard. A boy holds his sister’s hand while going to school. Boy removes cap and bows to Japanese soldier as he enters school. Northern Chinese children attend class. Northern Chinese residents stroll parks, fine Western and Chinese buildings and shrines. A Chinese pagoda. A Tibetan Stupa in China.
Orange trees growing in an orchard in California during the Great Depression. Walnut trees in a grove. Mountains surround a bean field. Clouds forming before a storm. Wheat stalks blowing in the wind. Lightning and thunder during a thunderstorm. Torrential rain floods a farmland. Soil erosion from flooding seen on a hillside. A farmer walks through land severely damaged by floods after a storm. A farmer and his wife survey the damage done to their orange grove after flooding. Various farmlands damaged by soil erosion. Muddy topsoil oozing and collapsing during heavy rain. Rain washing away the topsoil of land. Gullies forming from torrential rain. Topsoil being washed away in creeks. Rapids in creeks during heavy rain, pouring into rivers. Flood washing away an uprooted tree. Soil erodes from side of a river. Aerial view of topsoil pouring into the Pacific Ocean along the California Coast.
Views of well maintained farmland throughout the United States. Narrator emphasizes the importance of "conservation farming" to protect land.
A machine drop tests aircraft landing gear inside a German Aeronautical materials testing laboratory. A scientist observes the test. An impact test machine tests the landing gear tire. A materials testing machine simulates movement of the landing gear tire to test vibrations.