Opening scene shows American soldiers gathered around a C-47 transport plane on a desert field in Oran, Algeria during World War 2. They walk away en masse from the plane. Another C-47 is seen with tail number tail number 42-23507 (Records show this aircraft was delivered to Oran on May 20, 1943 and supported Operation Torch- The Italian Campaign of World War 2.) Scene shifts to interior of a C-47 rigged as an air evacuation aircraft, with wounded American soldiers in stacked bunks on both sides of the aircraft. A nurse and corpsmen are attending to the wounded. Two soldiers carry one of the wounded soldiers on a litter to the aircraft door. View from the outside of the soldier being carried by others to a waiting field ambulance. More views of the wounded being transferred from the plane to waiting ambulances. Scene shifts to ambulances parked on the desert field with a large Red Cross flag above them. A Curtiss P-40 fighter plane taxis past the camera. A large open field tent with a large Red Cross flag flying above it. Nurses and medical corpsmen tend to wounded soldiers lying in ambulances. A nurse serves water to some wounded.
Part of The Tenth Nazi Party Congress activities, in Nuremberg, Germany between 5th -12th September, 1938. Rally at Zeppelin Field. Hitler youth parade holding flags. Many youth, both girls and boys, massed in the field. Stands are filled with spectators. Hitler greets all. The youth render the Nazi salute, en masse, and sing their anthem, Fahnenlied (Banner Song).
Japanese Emperor Hirohito, riding a white horse, leads a procession of officers on a visit to Japanese troops engaged in training. They turn at a Torii (ceremonial gate). Troops are seen in formation and marching in precise formation. Next the emperor is seen wearing a white hat with a white plume, as he reviews a unit of mounted cavalry. Japanese soldiers take Calisthenics en masse in an open training ground. Closeup of Emperor Hirohito riding with an accompanying officer.Various views of the Emperor, one wearing a cloak. He speaks to assembled soldiers. Again, he is seen astride the white horse, wearing the ceremonial hat with white plume. He is followed by two officers, one of whom also wears a cap with white plume. The emperor walking to a podium followed by officers. He salutes and begins to speak. Profile of the Emperor speaking. A Shinto gate (Torii) is seen as the film concludes.
An Indian Prince rides in an elaborate carriage atop a decorated elephant in a procession in Bombay India. The procession passes what appears to be an elevated memorial statue protected by an elaborate four-posted pergola. A decorative city gate and multi-domed buildings are also seen. Scene shifts to a mosque, where a large outdoor gathering of Muslims pray en masse. A jubilant group of them, some wearing the Fez, smile and wave to the camera. Complete change of scene shows Indian Nationalist leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, outdoors, under a canopy, of Nationalist flags, in front of a building. He is surrounded by supporters. The next scene shows a man holding a Nationalist flag being accosted by police. Further unrest is shown as police and British authorities use truncheons and beat protestors to break up a gathering of Nationalists in a square near the Lloyds Bank building. A Red Cross worker carries an injured man over his shoulder. An injured man lying in the street. An ambulance of Medical Brigade Bombay, No. 2, arrives at the scene of the demonstration as authorities continue to break up the gathering. (Note: Reportedly, 150 persons were killed in this unrest, by the end of the day.)
Interior of an empty hangar. View of an empty flightline at Dyess Airforce Base. The Commander of the United States 4018th Combat Crew Training Squadron is interviewed. A B-1B Bomber takes off from a runway. Aerial view of a B-1B Bomber flying over a rugged terrain en route to Dyess Airforce Base, Abilene, Texas. The Commander talks about his experience with the transfer of the B-1B to Dyess Airforce Base, noting that they are "starting from scratch."
Japanese 9th Division regular army troops marching outside a compound in Shanghai, China. Soldiers with bayonets sit on top of a moving truck. Soldiers hold a Japanese flag while sitting on top of supplies from a moving truck. Japanese soldiers cross the Huangpu Creek bridge. Soldiers with bayonets marching in the International Settlement of Shanghai. Kenkichi Ueda, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Army standing in front of a barracks. General Ueda and soldiers enter the barracks together. Soldiers firing artillery at Shanghai. Shanghai being bombarded. Japanese gunners pull artillery back into place with ropes after recoil drives cannon backwards. An artillery fires more shells. A burning house. Japanese soldier riding a motorcycle with sidecar. A Japanese soldier uses a pair of binoculars. Thick smoke forms over Shanghai. Japanese soldiers running in Shanghai. Soldiers running past a tank. Type 87 Model 25 Vickers Crossley "Dowa" armored car equipped with two Vickers 303 machine guns moving down street. Inside view of Type 87 Model 25 armored car. Japanese soldiers firing with machine guns next Type 87 Model 25. A dead Chinese man lying on the snow. Japanese soldiers firing with machine guns beside a tank. Japanese soldiers standing on a bridge. Japanese soldiers capture Chinese spies dressed as women and farmers. Two Japanese soldiers support an injured comrade. Chinese captives kneeling beside Japanese soldiers at train depot. Chinese refugees leaving Shanghai on foot. Chinese locals stand on boats sailing out of Shanghai. Panicking crowds leaving Shanghai en masse.
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