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2nd Sino-Japanese war, precursor to World War II in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor attack. Early phase of Pacific conflict between Japan and the U.S.

The film 'Sea power in the Pacific' showing Japanese dominance in China and at start of World War 2. Then it chronicles U.S. efforts to build Navy and fight back on sea and in the air. Opening scene shows Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers high overhead, and then closeup in formation. View from bomber of bomb bays open with bombs falling and view from ground of explosions and destruction. Overlay on film says: "China---1931." (This is not correct. The G3M bomber was not yet in service.) This film depicts Japanese attacks during second Sino-Japanese War, commencing 1937, Chinese civilians running to escape Japanese bombing of Singapore. Buildings destroyed and on fire. Next, Japanese troops, carrying the Rising Sun flag, are seen establishing a beachhead in an Amphibious assault. More scenes of Japanese infantry advancing through Singapore, ad it is being destroyed and burned. Soldiers charging along an alleyway, with pagoda in background. Next, Japanese soldiers are seen attacking Nanking, and committing atrocities during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave. Two Chinese prisoners with hands bound, being executed by rifle fire. Jubilant Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Map shows areas of China occupied during second Sino-Japanese war and the East Indies to the South. View of oil tanks; an open pit tin mine; a native cutting rubber tree bark to collect latex. Flags on map show regions of English, French, and Dutch colonial interest. It also shows Islands to the East, fortified by the Japanese. Cartoon shows Japanese soldier opposed by and American sailor (representing U.S. Sea Power). Next, famous images of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941, are shown, including the USS Arizona burning and sinking. Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and the Philippines Islands, are highlighted on a map and Japanese control of the Pacific is illustrated. Japanese soldiers are seen displaying a captured American flag. U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright is seen surrendering the garrison at Corregidor, on May 6, 1942. View of Japanese General Masahara Homma discussing surrender terms with Wainright. Map shows interlocking web of Japanese fortified bases in Pacific and need for seapower to oppose it. View of American shipyard with hundreds of workers, employed to build ships for the war effort, in World War 2. Views welding, metal fabrication, and other shipbuilding activity. A new ship going down the ways and a woman christening a new ship with splash from bottle of champagne. A new "Liberty Ship," the Richard Bassett, going down the ways at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland. Closeup view as the stern of another ship enters the water upon launching. View of it from a distance. Shipyard workers knock supports from under what may be a landing craft, as it is launched. Japanese warships underway in the Pacific and firing their naval guns. Explosions on a shoreline from naval bombardment. Japanese infantry wading ashore during an amphibious assault. Map shows where Japanese forces attempt an amphibious assault on Southern New Guinea, thwarted by the U.S. Navy in the battle of the Coral Sea of May, 1942. In June, 1942, a Japanese attempt against Midway Island, was again checked by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway. View of USS Wasp (CV-7) carrier deck filled with airplanes, including Grumman F4F Wildcats. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber being cleared for takeoff from the Wasp. Gun camera film showing Japanese airplanes being shot down by pursuing U.S. aircraft.

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067282
Man flashing blinker light and some men watching other ships underway in the Pacific Ocean.

The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. The ship underway in the Pacific ocean. Animated map locates Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands and Eniwetok. A man at the controls of the ship. Mountains in the foreground. Man flashes the blinker light for the purpose of signaling. Men watching other ships underway from the deck of the ship. A man watching through binoculars.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062882
The United States ship convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

The sea voyage of the victory ship Hannibal Victory from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands during World War II. The ship underway in the Pacific ocean. Flags flying atop flag poles on the mast of the ship. An airplane in flight overhead. A sailor stands near the controls of the ship. Other men aboard the ship. The ship convoy underway in the Pacific ocean.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062881
Battle of Saipan in the Pacific during World War II.

Animated map shows U.S. forces extending control in the Pacific to the Mariana Islands islands in the Pacific during World War 2. It shows chain of airfields linking island of Truk to homeland, Japan. Map focuses on island of Truk, in Micronesia, showing concentration of Japanese aircraft, ships, and troops there. Paths of U.S. air and naval attacks on Truk are shown. Map shows Japanese fleet withdrawing and U.S. forces by-passing Truk to concentrate on the Mariana islands. U.S. naval task force is seen off the island of Saipan on June 11, 1944. Two U.S. battleships are followed by two escort aircraft carriers/ Barrels of battleship triple guns firing at Saipan. Landing Craft Tank: Rocket LCT(R) firing salvos of rockets. Glimpse from aircraft, overhead, of landing craft leaving white wakes during amphibious assault. Closeups of U.S. troops in landing craft. View from shore of American troops storming ashore through surf, from landing craft, under heavy enemy fire. Closeup of soldier hunkered down in sand. Soldier dropping down from side of beached landing vehicle tracked (LVT). A dead U.S. soldier floating in the water. Troops firing from their LVTs. Shells striking on sandy shore. Marines running with stretcher over their shoulders Fletcher class destroyer firing her guns to port. Brooklyn class light cruiser firing guns to port. View from ships flying Japanese flags, of Japanese warships headed to engage U.S. fleet. Japanese aircraft carriers and Aichi Kokuki KK dive bomber (Val) taking off from a carrier. Aerial closeup of Japanese Val aircraft in flight, with pilot clearly visible before he banks his plane to the left. Formations of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Formation of American Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft engaging the Japanese. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being shot down. A Japanese aircraft crashing into the sea. Sailors of U.S. ship firing batteries of Bofors 40mm anti aircraft guns. and 20mm anti aircraft guns. Black flak clouds in the sky. A Japanese plane crashing into the sea. Aerial view of formation of Japanese Val aircraft in flight. Closeup of a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 (Hien) aircraft maneuvering to attack. More views of Japanese Val aircraft in formation. American dive bombers dropping bombs on, Japanese held, Orote airfield. View from the air of bombs striking and smoke clouds. Fires burning on the airfield. An American navy F6F hellcat plane diving. Gun camera film showing Japanese aircraft being downed. A plane director on deck of U.S. aircraft carrier. Two Grumman TBF aircraft taking off from a carrier. View toward tail of one taking off. U.S. aircraft in formation overhead, and then peeling off in trail formation to attack a target. Japanese ships being strafed. U.S. infantry continuing heavy fighting on Saipan.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067288
Montage of scenes showing American civilian mobilization on the home front, life in the Navy, war scenes and demobilization after war.

View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068536
Troops make amphibious landings and injured soldiers are treated on a Pacific island.

Amphibious attack by the U.S. forces on an island in the Pacific during World War II. A U.S. battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Naval guns firing at Japanese positions. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers approach the island. Aircraft in flight drop bombs. An armored vehicle drives into a beach. U.S. troops wade inland. Marines ducking behind bushes before an explosion takes place on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers’ bodies lying on the ground. A firing rocket launcher on USMC M-2-4 1-ton cargo truck. Vehicles driven inland. A soldier fires a gun. Soldiers filing out of grass. They carry ammunition. Flames come out of a Flamethrower. The soldiers sit in a trench. Injured soldiers are treated in the jungle. Medics carry a patient on a stretcher. A jeep is driven away. Tanks move in a line. Soldiers on a battlefield.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068433