Afghan Army units parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan Army armored vehicles carrying troops passing along a road during the Afghan Army parade in Kabul. People lined on the side of the road. A few BTR-40 armored personnel carriers with soldiers, pass in the parade. A few aircraft passes above the region of the parade. Airborne troops in trucks pass along the parade. A few amphibious tracked personnel carriers passing along the parade. A few communication trucks moving along the road during the parade. A few GA2-69 trucks with anti-tank missiles move on the road. An officer on the side of the road watching the trucks. Truck-mounted rocket launchers following the missile trucks. Army personnel standing and watching the parade. View of the officials and dignitaries on the reviewing stand.
Flemish work-camp youth from Belgium training in Germany during World War 2, in programs similar to Hitler Youth training. Several Flemish work-camp youth moving in columns. View of the young men smiling. A German officer shaking hands with the youth in uniforms. Some wear armbands. Many have a unit insignia patch with a Seagull or Albatross or other similar bird in flight. Their barracks at the camp with signs on each: Nordland, Mifinger, Midufind. A group of young men in front of a building. The youth run toward a training exercise. Mountains in view in the background. The young men in groups during training sessions. They engage in calisthentics and trust and confidence-building team exercises.
Japanese newsreel early in World War 2. Identification silhouettes of U.S. warships. Surf breaking on a Japanese shore. View of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, from a biplane that has just taken off. A U.S. Navy dirigible airship aloft over a U.S. battleship underway at sea. Large formation of what look like U.S. Boeing P-12 airplanes in flight. Glimpse of a U.S. Navy heavy Cruiser at Pearl harbor with the Aloha Tower lighthouse visible in the background. U.S. Navy crewmen in a submarine. More views of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier. A U.S. Navy submarine submerging. Aerial views of a coastline. Brief shot at end of clip shows Japanese children, all wearing sashes over one shoulder, as they shout a cheer together (possibly Banzai) and smile.
Japanese submarines are sunk under Operation Road's End in the Pacific Ocean after World War 2. Aerial views of a Japanese submarine underway on the surface of water. A torpedo strikes the Japanese submarine and an explosion occurs. White spray and smoke rise up.
The U.S. forces combat the Japanese suicide kamikaze plane attacks in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Aerial view of the smoke coming out from a naval vessel. Navy men stand on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Navy men work at the various sections of the aircraft carrier. A man carries an ammunition. A large number of men congregated on the ship. A navy man rolls down his sleeves,buttons the collar of the uniform. He applies protective cream on face. Navy men wearing helmets hold ammunition. Navy men lying down. A suicide aircraft crashes onto the ship. Firemen spray water on the aircraft.
U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall narrates film and is shown several times speaking seated at a desk. Marshall praises the Pacific Forces. Close up view of several U.S. military officers including General MacArthur (with a bandage over his right ear). Scene of U.S. Marines in combat on a Pacific Island during World War 2. U.S. marines advancing under fire. An enemy soldier is fallen in the distance, followed by a group of Japanese soldiers running for cover. Gun camera footage of a strafing attack by a U.S. aircraft on a Japanese ship, followed by strafing of parked Japanese airplanes at an airfield. Mid air dogfight scene is shown as a U.S. warplane hits and downs a Japanese aircraft. View on deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ship as a Japanese kamikaze aircraft bears down toward the ship, is hit by ship's guns, loses a wing, and, in flames, crashes into the ocean just off the ship. Scenes at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack in 1941, as medics care for wounded U.S. sailors in stretchers. Japanese soldiers seizing control in Bataan, with U.S. soldiers holding their hands up in surrender. Also U.S. soldiers in Corregidor standing by as they are addressed by Japanese captors. Scenes of Japanese soldiers in drills and training. Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horse back during a military parade. Scenes of dead Japanese soldiers laying on battle fields after battle. View of industrial smoke stacks of a factory in Japan. Japanese workers producing steel and munitions for war effort. Japanese soldiers cheering at a military rally. George Marshall speaks urging commitment by every American citizen in the war effort. Caricature image of Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini with "X" marks over them, beside a non-marked image of Japanese General Hideki Tojo. Clip closes with several scenes of American flags being raised on flagpoles of military bases all over the world, as soldiers, sailors, marines, women WACS soldiers, and airmen salute the American flag.
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