Activities of Japanese soldiers in Shanghai China occupying international settlement areas of Shanghai right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War 2. Shanghai residents crowd on the streets near a waterfront. Japanese soldiers unload from a truck. The troops stand near the entrance to a building. The soldiers walk down a street. Wartime street scenes of city under Japanese attack. Japanese armored vehicle go down a street. The soldiers carry a battle flag. A Japanese river gunboat. A flag flying from the gunboat. The Japanese gunboat at a harbor of Shanghai.
United State prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. Captured U.S. prisoners of war in Corregidor Island during Japanese occupation. Army nurses with the captured prisoners of war. A wounded prisoner of war walking with crutches. Injured prisoners of war smoking cigarettes. The flag of the U.S. crumpled on the ground. Brigadier General Lewis Beebe, Colonel Bowles, General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, and General George F. Moore inside their cells in a prison camp. The flag of the U.S. on the ground and the Japanese flag is hoisted on a flagpole.
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 and killing Chinese during the so-called "Rape of Nanking," in December, 1937. Chinese civilians being summarily shot and dumped into a large open grave after execution. 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.
Japanese people leave Korea. The buildings in Korea. A long bridge spanning over a river. Street cars pull away. People walk on a road in a market place. People buy from shops. Various shops in the market. Japanese people are being checked. DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane ) sprayed on people. People wait at the port of Busan. People collect basic things required while shipment. People carrying their belongings walk in a line to board ships. A man gives tickets to Japanese people boarding the ships. Japanese people sit on the deck of a ship.
U.S. propaganda film during World War 2 aimed at spurring investment in U.S. War Bonds. Narrator opens and closes film asking audience "Have you killed a Jap today?" Scenes of American workers at munitions and ware equipment factories. Images (some real footage and some staged) of Japanese soldiers murdering Chinese civilians, bombing and burning Chinese cities, burying Chinese civilians alive, and executing Chinese civilians and American soldiers. Bodies of Chinese dead being loaded into trucks. Narrator explains that investment in U.S. War Bonds, fueling manufacture of armament and war supplies can bring justice against Japanese atrocities and kill Japanese soldiers. American people working in factories. Iron being forged. Workers work at factory machines. They shovel coal into a combustion chamber. Skyline views of San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York. U.S. War Bond for $100 is shown. American tanks, trucks, shells, airplanes and guns used to fight Japanese soldiers. Views of dead Japanese soldiers lying on the ground and on screen messaging, "Every War Bond kills a Jap!" encouraging Americans to buy war bonds in bond drive number 6.
The Battle of Corregidor Island in the Philippines during World War II. Animated map of Corregidor Island, Luzon Island. Japanese bombers bomb Corregidor. Smoke billows up from explosions. Japanese troops advance in Corregidor. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright and U.S. officers confer with Japanese captors in Corregidor. View of the Manila Bay. American prisoners following their surrender. Entrance to a tunnel at Corregidor. American prisoners are marched on the island. Interiors show officers in the Malinta Tunnel. Japanese officers arrive in cars in Manila. People wave Japanese flags.
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