A map shows areas of conflict between the Allied and Japanese in the South Pacific. Japanese warships cruising in heavy seas off New Guinea. Japanese soldiers aboard the ship. Explosions in the water. New Guinea shoreline. Japanese troops with the Japanese flag advance through Salamaua in New Guinea. Destroyed Allied hangars and planes. Japanese planes take off. Pilots in the planes take refreshments. Japanese planes bomb Port Darwin on the north Australian coast. (World War II period).
Japanese film depicts Japanese Navy two-man midget submarine crew members below decks of a Japanese warship before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese crew writing message (farewell message?) with brush. Various food articles and liquor bottles on the table that are provisions for the mini submarine crew members. Group of Japanese officers bows at a shrine before they go on the deck. Message from the Captain written on blackboard in Japanese (translates to: Our Nation's Destiny, Victory or Defeat, Rests on This Battle, Give it Everything You Have." The Japanese Zebra flag hoisted on the deck, indicating preparation for battle.
Signs on an animated map showing Japanese forces encircling Hankou or Hankow in China during the Battle of Wuhan China in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese bomber aircraft at an airfield seen taking off and aerial view of Japanse planes in flight and then bombing Hankou and Wuhan along the Yangtze River. Aerial views of Chinese targets during bombing by Japanese. Explosions and smoke rises over target. Ground views of Japanese troops with horse carts advancing through hilly and muddy terrain toward battle areas. Japanese truck driven on muddy land. A downed horse in the mud is inspected by Japanese forces.
Army cameraman films missile ready for launch. Missile is launched. U.S. M65 Atomic Cannon ("Atomic Annie") fires and nuclear explosion results. Army helicopters discharge troops. U.S. Infantry fire rifles as they climb hill. Animation of world globe rotating. Sergeant Stuart Queen speaks about Japan's self defense traditions, including Judo and Jujitsu. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs the US-Japan Mutual Security Assistance Pact in 1952. Japanese National Police do stretching exercise and practice judo. They are trained by Japanese experts. Japanese National Police receive training in firearms with help from American instructors.and then proceed to a firing range where they fire at targets. Defense Force Officers cluster around a target and point at hits in the bullseye. Japanese self defense force march in parade. Japanese Commander salutes and flag of Japan waved. Japanese perform calensthetics in a large group.
A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her sick child. A Japanese man and his wife attend to a sick child lying on a futon bed. A Japanese woman visits a Shinto shrine to pray for her child’s recovery from illness. Japanese woman approaches the haiden, or the sanctuary dedicated to a Shinto Kami spirit. Japanese woman prays with her offering. Japanese woman walking on the shrine grounds. Japanese woman holding her offering.
Atrocities committed by Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldiers in China and other parts of Asia during World War II. War workers in offices, factories, and mills shift their attention to the narrator. Smoke rises from factory smokestacks and chimneys. American workers manufacture war materiel in factories. Factory workers shovel coal to the furnace. Japanese soldiers abuse elderly Chinese women. A Japanese soldier toss an infant before striking with a bayonet midair. A Chinese woman watches with shock. IJA troops drag and bury Chinese civilians alive. IJA troops burn cities and shoot victims at close range. Soldiers place the remains of dead Chinese men, women, and children in truck. Japanese soldiers torture and kill Chinese civilians and are depicted killing American Prisoners of War (POW). Aerial views of San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York. A dead Japanese soldier with flies covering his face. A newly built M4 Sherman tank moves inside a factory. Body of a Japanese soldier wearing round glasses. Dead Japanese soldiers seen with repeating American wartime propaganda message that every piece of wartime production "kills a Jap." Tanks, trucks, planes, shells, guns, and artillery are manufactured in United States factories and plants during World War II. Americans urged to take war jobs to help win World War 2.
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