The Second Sino-Japanese War begins in China. Aerial shots of the Great Wall of China, near Beijing. Scenes of war between Japanese and Chinese troops in Beijing (Peiping), China. Gunners fire artillery on the field. Explosion and smoke from artillery shell explosion. Chinese civilians evacuate and leave Beijing. Japanese troops marching and hold Japanese flag. Japanese soldiers ride donkeys and horses. Chinese troops and cavalry on the streets and in fields. Chinese General reviews new troops. The General gives green signal to squadron of fighter planes at an airfield. A Chinese general (likely Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek) watch Chinese fighter planes take off. The fighter planes take off from the airfield.
Japanese troops fight outside the walls of Nanking in China during the Second Sino-Japane War. Triumphal march of Japanese troops into Nanking. Japanese troops march into the city. Buildings and hills in the background. Cars parked on the roadside. Soldiers with Japanese flags. Aircraft in flight over the city. A soldier atop a tank. Troops march on the streets. The military band marching. Soldiers with the Japan Empire and Imperial Japanese flags. Troops stand by the roadside as more troops march in. Soldiers on horses and on foot. They march past houses and shops. They line up at attention. Officers on horses march between the troops lined up on either side of the road. Wounded soldiers. Officers and troops salute.
Japanese Imperial Navy exercises and operations in World War 2. View, from Japanese battleship, of a Destroyer underway ahead. Momentary glimpse of Landing party of Japanese Marines in battle gear massed in section of a ship. One holds the Japanese rising sun Marine ensign. A Kako class heavy cruiser underway. Battleship elevates guns in her turrets. Shipboard torpedo tubes are shown. Momentary view of another battleship. A Tone class light cruiser to starboard, and a battleship astern. Light signals flash from the ship. The formation of warships circles to port. The photo ship drops depth charges, and two battleships astern fire their heavy guns. A different film shows two Japanese carriers underway,in rough weather. The carrier, Kaga, is closer in, and the Zuikaku trailing. In another change of sequence, A succession of Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero (Zeke) airplanes take off from carrier flight deck. They form up and proceed overhead. A scout observer plane takes off. Scene shows task force of warships moving through heavy seas.
Bombing raids by Allied bombers in Philippines, in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Bomb explosion at target buildings and Japanese military bases and trenches. Smoke from a Japanese base exploded by bombs. Japanese fighter planes at an air base. The planes get destroyed when the Allied bombers raid the air base. Wrecked barracks of Japanese military at their base exploded and burnt by bomber raids. General Douglas MacArthur and other Allied Military Generals walk on streets of Philippines after its liberation from the Imperial Japanese forces.
Fall of Hong Kong to the hands of Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops during World War II. A map of Hong Kong and Guangzhou province, China. Artillery fires and warships in sea fire at British bases in Hong Kong. Japanese soldiers inside a ship wait for landing on shore at dawn. Japanese airplanes in formation to the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. A British oil tanker destroyed by a Japanese bomber. Japanese soldier fires machine gun. Immense smoke and flames off a bombed oil tank. Infantrymen and snipers fight in Kowloon peninsula. Snipers fire from inside a house. Anti-aircraft gunners fire at planes.
A film titled 'Pacific Milk Run' . Formations of U.S. B-25 bombers, TBF torpedo bombers,and F4U Corsair fighters, in flight. U.S. Marines flying Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. A map shows the Japanese-held Gilbert, Marshall, Marianas, Caroline, and Solomon Islands in the Pacific. Marine Corps SBDs taking off and landing on a coral runway. Marine aircrews at breakfast mess. Intelligence officer confers with Marine Major General. Marine aircrews being briefed about a mission. Pilot and rear gunner board an SBD and take off on a mission with other SBDs as well as F4U Corsairs, and B-25 Mitchell bombers. SBDs peel off to attack Japanese targets. View from cockpit of a B-25 in formation with others. B-25s dropping bombs. Japanese aircraft rise to defend against the U.S. aircraft, including Zekes (Mitsubishi A6M Zeros); Nates (Nakajima Ki-27s) and Tonys ( Kawasaki Ki-61 aircraft). U.S. Corsairs engage the Japanese aircraft in dogfights. Marine SBD bombs a Japanese transport ship. U.S. aircraft formations returning from mission. An SBD lands and parks. Crew chief is briefed by pilot and begins repairs of battle damage. Marine aircrews play baseball and later drink beer.
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