Routine activities aboard a Japanese battleship during World War II. Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) officer looks through binoculars. Another battleship in the background. Imperial Japanese Navy sailor on deck of ship releases weather balloon. Another sailor looks through a telescope. Japanese sailor looks at a timepiece and another sailor annotate a navigation log. A sailor plots ship's position using a pair of compasses. Bow of Japanese battleship swept by waves in rough sea. Sailors work on deck in rainy weather. Sailor empties water from the deck into containers. Several cooks put baskets of rice into large boiling pots. Fish placed on net trays and into boiler. Potatoes being washed and thrown into basket from a peeler machine.
U.S. 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment in operation against Japanese forces dug in at Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. Battle scarred landscape with exploding white phosphorus shells on ridge in distance. Dead Japanese soldier next to field artillery piece. Debris and bodies inside destroyed Japanese fortification. Marine stands next to Japanese 200mm howitzer.More exploding shells on the ridge.Navy Mark I flamethrower mounted on Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT-4), fires stream of flaming napal as two tanks pause in background. Slate notes 5th Marine Regiment push up the valley. Marines firing 105mm howitzer point blank at Japanese positions dug into ridge.
Japanese propaganda newsreel, narrated in accented English. Fall of Hong Kong: Map shows Hong Kong and offensive from Kowloon to Hong Kong. Japanese artillery fired at British forces. Japanese attack over Hong Kong by artillery, by aircraft, and with landing forces. Explosions over targets from aircraft. British ships at sea under attack. Naval guns shell the island. Japanese troops on troop carriers ready for invasion of the mainland. Ships at sea. Mountains in the background. View of oil tanks on land. Japanese bombers in flight target ships and oil tanks. Pilot in bomber. Aerial view of Island and city. Smoke rises from oil tanks on Hong Kong. Artillery is fired. Ground forces scale ladders of an oil tank facility. (World War II period).
Japanese warships at sea. Mountains in the background. Japanese troops on ship. Japanese planes in flight. Japanese warships and planes bombard Hong Kong as Japanese troops go ashore in landing craft. Aerial view of Hong Kong. Explosion and smoke rising over target. (World War II period).
Japanese military operation in World War 2. Japanese writing on map. Formation of Japanese Kawasaki Ki-56 (Thalia) transport planes fly over Celebes, Dutch East Indies. Explosion over the mountains. Aerial views show the smoking ruins below. Japanese paratroops parachute downward. They assemble and go into action. They fire a field gun. The Japanese Navy flag. An officer gives orders.
Japanese soldiers inspect and move equipment in Japan. View of rifles and combat equipment. Japanese soldiers turn in rifles and combat equipment. Japanese soldiers and Japanese children walk carrying machines guns. Two GIs open boxes containing machine guns, inspect the same and close the boxes. They lift the box up and walk away. Japanese soldiers move equipment. (World War II period).
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