United States 1st Marine Division troops advance towards Japanese enemy forces at Peleliu Island, Palau in World War II. View of Japanese aircraft on field. Marines hold Japanese soldiers at gunpoint. War wrecked rooftops of large huts. Damaged Japanese aircraft.
Mutilated bodies of dead Japanese in trench at Peleliu Island, Palau. Piece of cloth with Japanese slogan over one of the dead Japanese. United States 5th Marine Division troops fire at Japanese enemy. (World War II period).
Heavy road rollers working to level a new captured airstrip on Leyte Island during World War 2. U.S. soldiers work laying down Marston Matting. General MacArthur and General G C Kenny visit base near Tacloban on Leyte, Philippine Island and inspect the Marston mat effort. Good views of low flying P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight just above the airfield. Japanese bomber aircraft is fired upon by forces at the airbase. View of aftermath of bombing on Air Base, with destruction seen. Japanese planes attack a supply depot and destroyer ships. Views of several Japanese kamikaze attack aircraft flying toward U.S. Navy ships in Leyte Gulf and being shot off course. A Japanese Kamikaze aircraft crashes into a landing craft infantry (LCI).
From a Japanese propaganda newsreel. Blend of actual and reenactment scenes depicting the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse off the coast of Singapore. Japanese Mitsubishi-96 bombers overhead in formation. Japanese aircraft drop bombs on the British ships. Large explosion on British battleship as it is struck by a torpedo. British flag on the mast of a ship. Japanese pilot speaks over mouthpiece, seated in cockpit of Mitsubishi-96 bomber. Another pilot looks through binoculars. (World War II period).
British delegation escorted by Japanese guards, carry British flag and a white flag of surrender in hand. They enter a Ford Motor factory building at Bukit Timah, headquarters for the Japanese forces, and are seated around a table. Japanese high ranking officers arrive by car. They enter building and sit across the British soldiers. The British delegation members include Lieutenant General Percival, Brigadier Newbigging, Brigadier Torrance, and Major Wild. The lead officers for the Japanese are Lieutenant General Sugita and Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita. Scenes of the surrender discussions are shown including discussion between Yamashita and Percival, as Percival examines surrender documents. (World War II period).
Japanese troops capture Nanning in China. Japanese troops march amidst mountains in China. They march with artillery. They cross Ford River by wading with horses. Japanese troops attack city. Explosions in city. The flag of Japan. Japanese troops march on horseback. View of victory march. (World War II period).
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