U.S. Army men attack Japanese fortifications in Truk during World war II. U.S. aircraft on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. An aerial view of Japanese ground installations. Japanese aircraft are attacked. An aircraft descends as it catches fire. An aerial view of Japanese ground installations being bombed. Japanese ships explode. A U.S. aircraft with a damaged wheel lands. The injured pilot is carried on a stretcher.
The bride schools in Yokosuka, Japan. Sailors and their Japanese girls enter chapel at Naval Base at Yokosuka for briefing before marriage. Chaplain talks at the two sailors and their girls. One sailor and two Japanese girls talk to Chaplain. Japanese girl talks to Chaplin as a sailor and a girl listens. Sailor and bride look at some books on table. Chaplain takes book from sailor and hands it to the girl. Girl takes the book and opens it. The book is a Japanese English version of new testament. One page of the book and other in Japanese. Girl turns pages of a book.
Japanese troops in Bataan, Philippines during the Battle of Corregidor of World War II. Japanese troops rotate propellers of an aircraft. Japanese pilots lined up on an airfield as they sing. Japanese machine guns fire. Tanks and infantry advance in the jungle of Bataan. A long line of infantry with pack mules moves up. Japanese aircraft in flight. Troops on truck in front of a damaged building. Explosions occur on ground.
Surrender of British-led forces on February 15,1942 in Singapore during World War II. British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival led by a Japanese officer, marches with a flag of truce to the Old Ford Motor Factory in Bukit Timah to negotiate the surrender. Sign on a building 'Ford'. Interior: British General Percival seated at table with another officer. Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita comes out from his car and enters into a building. British General Percival, Japanese General Yamashita and other officers sign surrender documents. Ruins and smoke rising. Barbed wire perimeter. Japanese flag seen. Japanese celebrate their victory.
Japanese prisoners of war work under guards in Mukden, Manchuria during last days of World War II. General camp area, prison kitchen in the background. Former American POWs (prisoners of war) Brigadier General Charles C. Drake, Staff sergeant Frank A. Pechek. Japanese POWs work under guards. Japanese prisoners of war scoops rubble and toss them to a cart. Prisoners of war march to stations. American staff including American GI, Melcolm D. Russell check Japanese rifles. Former POW's Major George Parker Jr., and Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe. MKK factory where American POWs worked, general camp area. Latrine, accidentally bombed by U.S. during war, where 19 American POWs died. Japanese filling in foxholes to make baseball diamond.
Japanese bombing of Darwin, Australia in World War 2. Animated map showing line of Japanese attack from the RyukYu Islands to Darwin, Australia. Japanese MitsubishiG4M1 (Betty) long range bombers being readied at a Japanese air base. They take off on mission to bomb Port Darwin.Those on ground wave goodbye to them. View through nose greenhouse of a bomber. Bombers in formation. View of pilot and copilot in cockpit. More views of formation flying over clouds. Pilot with hands on control yoke. A note in Japanese fastened to the cockpit window. Crew members take lunch break while underway. Crew of bomber seen in warm clothing and on oxygen, as they proceed at a higher altitude.Radio operator keys message. Gunner at his station. The bombers begin their bomb run over Port Darwin. Bomb seen dropping from the aircraft, and striking the airfield of the Australian Naval Base on the coast.
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