U.S. battle fleet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on the L+3 Day during the Battle of Okinawa in World War 2. A battleship in the background. A landing craft in the foreground. The battleship fires. Landing craft come in and near a beach. At time 00:34 to 01:32 shows the battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42), in a very detailed close up. More landing craft near the island. Smoke rising on Okinawa island.
Activities of men aboard USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation High Jump. A sailor paints a landing craft on starboard aft aboard USS Mt. Olympus (AGC-8). The sailor paints metal aboard the ship. Men make cargo nets with 2" manila rope. Men milling about and taking sun bath on the deck.
Japanese repatriates are served tea during a Japanese repatriation in Japan, four years after World War 2. Japanese refugee repatriates wave from a train. Tea served to the repatriates leaning out of a train window. The tea is served to men in the train.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police in the United States during World War 2. Workers walk in lines and are being checked by Military Police (MPs) as they enter a port. An MP monitors loading of cargo at the port. An MP standing and traffic in the background.
Activities of the U.S. Army Military Police at Fort Gordon in Georgia, United States. A sign: 'Military Police Station PMGS, Class Room 29'. Military Police trainees are briefed by a Sergeant in a Police Station and make notes. They are called to attention and march out. Two MPs encounter 2 other men on base, in civilian clothes. The MPs check their bag and find a radio they suspect may be stolen. They escort the men away. Two MPs in a jeep, respond to a call. They find an injured man in civilian clothes outside the barracks. They check his identification and escort him away. The MPs with two suspects report to the desk Sergeant at the Station. He determines that the radio is their property and dismisses them.
Contrasts innocent play of children in America with military play and training in Axis countries during World War 2. View of children playing games and on jungle gym in United States. Scene changes to Germany, with German boys climbing over and around artillery pieces under watchful eye of a uniformed German official. Next shows children in Japan staging military training and a charge across a mock battlefield. Next scene shows boys in Italy in uniform engaged in a mock battle charge and putting on gas masks between advances. Also seen during the clip: The Japanese flag is raised, as well as the Nazi flag and an Italian flag. Slogan of the Japanese Army: ' To die for Emperor is to live forever'. Back in the United States, a woman collects funds to help Japanese children affected by an earthquake. Children pass by the collection bin and place money in the jar.
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