Recognition and capabilities of Japanese World War II Zero fighter plane. Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero in flight. Animated diagram of Zero fighter plane shows its wings, tail and engine. Animated picture of Zero fighter plane and United States P-40 Warhawk. The similarities and differences of both the aircraft is shown. United States P-40 Warhawk in flight. Actor Ronald Reagan dramatizes the experience of mistakenly shooting at a P-40. Officers converse with each other. Pilot looks at pictures of P-40 War Hawk on wall. Airmen discuss the differences and similarities between Japanese Zero fighter plane and the United States P-40 Warhawk. Pilot seated in cockpit of P-40 Warhawk. Airmen ask questions of Ronald Reagan. Pilot Ronald Reagan then takes to the air, correctly identifies a Japanese Zero fighter plane and shoots at it.
Opening scene shows German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel gesturing as he hosts members of a Japanese military mission and a Turkish military delegation (headed by Colonel General Cemil Cahit Toydemir). At Adolf Hitler's invitation, they are on a tour of the Eastern front and English channel coasts between June 25th and July 7th, 1943, during World War 2. Here, they are seen inspecting German positions and witnessing firepower demonstration on the Russian Front near Kharkov (also Kharkiv) just south of Kursk. They observe a German artillery gun crew as they demonstrate rapid firing of their field piece. Shells explode raising black smoke. Closeup of a senior Japanese military official. Turkish and Japanese delegation visitors board two small open train cars driven by German soldiers on motorcycles adapted for the purpose. Following a pause, the scene shifts to the visiting officers inspecting German armor, including a small armored personnel carrier; a Tiger Tank of Pz.Abt.503; and other armored vehicles. They watch a Tiger tank moving along a muddy berm rotating its turret and 88mm gun as it moves. Another tank races past the camera at high speed, raising clouds of dust. A German gun crew, in a trench, fires an MG 42 heavy machine gun. They look up and camera focuses on formations of German JU 87 Stuka dive bombers flying overhead. Visiting officer peers through a periscopic viewing device, as Large explosion occurs in the field. German, Japanese, and Turkish officers converse as a huge plume of smoke rises in the background, capturing their attention.
Burmese workers construct bridge for Japanese soldiers on Shweli River in Burma. Japanese soldiers transport army truck across bridge. Troops sit on field with rifles in hand. Japanese soldier smokes cigar. View of damaged bridge on Shweli River. Troops cross water stream and enter town. Soldiers inspect captures enemy fortress and large cannons. Japanese officer looks through binoculars. (World War II period).
Descriptions of Axis forces and intentions in an American produced propaganda film. Animated map shows Japan. Emperor Hirohito inspects Japanese Troops. Troops bow down in front of the emperor. Group of Japanese women also bow down to the emperor. Masses of German citizens at packed rallies in Germany, crowded with people cheering Nazi leadership. Military demonstrations in Axis countries with military forces in their respective uniforms in each country and masses of decorated flags carried high. Picture of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito. Adolf Hitler addressing Reichstag in an animated speech with much gesticulating calling on Germans to follow him and he'll 'make them masters of the world.' Mussolini speaking to a gathered crowd and rallying support for the fascist cause. Hirohito speaking and Japanese forces answering with "bonzai" shouts. Italian soldiers massed in front of Colosseum in Rome. Italian officers in blackshirt uniforms. Brownshirt uniforms of Germans. Views of Japanese officers in uniform. Scenes of Axis government buildings in various cities: The Reichstag in Berlin, the House of Deputies in Rome, and the Diet in Tokyo. Legislatures in each country cheering their leaders as they speak. German ditch digging crew listens to military foreman and shouts heil Hitler. German brown shirts approach a residence and use butt of gun to force entry. Italian Soldiers raising daggers or bayonets up high and also placing their helmets atop bayonets on rifles. Newspaper headline reads 'Hitler executes more Anti-Nazi Leaders'. Dramatized depiction of slaying of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Italy in 1924 by fascists, and Viscount Saito in Tokyo in February 1936. More headlines of other anti-Axis leaders. Views of large cathedrals from street level. People praying in church - a woman praying the rosary and an elderly man praying. German Doctor Alfred Rosenberg speaking in 1938 and decrying organized religion. Newspaper headlines recount mistreatment, imprisonment, and slaying of religious leaders. German Doctor Goebbels speaks over a microphone. German leader Julius Streicher speaking in 1935.
Children receive candies from an American soldier in Koga, Japan during World War 2. From a jeep, a young American soldier hands over a piece of candy to a Japanese baby. The Japanese father smiles as his baby receives a piece of candy. The father feeds his baby with a piece of candy. Japanese children crowd the jeep of American soldier distributing candies. Japanese children stretch their hands as the American soldier distribute candies. Soldier throws candies at children. Children mobbing the young soldier for candies.
Japanese ship underway at sea in the Pacific Theater. Japanese flag fly on the flag pole. A Japanese lean on the rail of the ship. A line of small boats in water. Two Japanese pilots climb up to cockpit of a Nakajima plane.
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