A United States World War II propaganda film depicts Japanese psychology and living habits. Japanese mythology explains the origin of the Imperial Family. Japanese people celebrate the 2600th anniversary of mythological founding of Japan in 1940. Men, women, and children parade with Japanese flags. A man wearing Sendaihira hakama formal wear leads crowd chanting. A huge crowd gathers for the celebration. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull visits Japan. Secretary Hull arrives in a conference to discuss about peace in the Pacific Theater. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks about the diplomatic efforts to maintain peace in the Pacific Theater. President Roosevelt seated on a ship with General Douglas MacArthur on one side and Admiral Chester Nimitz on the other. Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburō Nomura hands a document to Ambassador Hull after the attack on the Pearl Harbor had begun one hour earlier (unbeknownst to the meeting attendees). The document states the Japanese Government's wish to continue negotiations for peace. Scenic views in Japan. Japanese people on bridge in a scenic garden. A Japanese man carries his son on his back. Japanese women wearing kimonos hold parasols. A woman tucks her child to sleep. Japanese soldiers in China committing atrocities against Chinese civilians. Shovel scoops up soil to bury dead Chinese civilians. Two men shot at point blank range. Bodies of slain Chinese children seen following attacks. Japanese general disembarks from a plane and salutes. “We must know them as they are.” the narrator reminds audience.
Man turns a huge cylindrical specimen on a lathe. Chips and sparks seen flying from the tool bit as machining progresses. Views of a milling machine in operation. Sparks seen as tool bit moves over surface of specimen. Smooth shiny surface appears in wake of tool movement. A man and a woman work in a laboratory. They wear aprons. A meter gives reading of electric current in amperes. A woman works on a measuring instrument. The woman looks through an optical device of the instrument. A United States Army Colonel holds a heavy, smoothly machined, block of metal and talks to two other men about it.
U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King walks the deck of a small ship docked in the Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C., United States. He is hatless (but always under cover of upper deck, except for a moment near the bow). He dons his cap and departs the ship,returning salutes of two Navy Commanders. Admiral King gets into a Packard 160 Long Body automobile. License plate on the car reads 'U.S.N 16000'. 4 Star Admiral's flag flying.
United States 8th Air Force Officers parade on a field on 'Victory in Europe Day' (VE Day) in United Kingdom after the end of World War II. A military band plays before the formation of men. Reviewing officers in foreground. The reviewing party salutes as the marching troops pass by. An officer carries a flag.
Reconnaissance party passes through wreckage on an airfield in Nuremberg, Germany during World War II. A wrecked Luftwaffe aircraft lying on ground. Burning buildings in the background. A German plane burns and flames rise up. United States engineer reconnaissance party drives around the Nazi airfield. Burning Nazi hangar. Reconnaissance party drives through airfield wreckage. Formation of U.S. aircraft C-47 Skytrain overhead.
German prisoners in a fenced enclosure in Germany during World War II. Hilly terrain in background. German prisoners walk into a cage. Several captured Nazi soldiers in civilian dress. The prisoners of war (POW) march in lines. They are marched in the fenced area for segregation. Close up views of faces of German soldiers being interrogated by U.S. Army soldiers. A wounded soldier with a patch over one eye being interrogated. Several other soldiers are interrogated.
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