U.S. 1st Division marines during final phases of initial mopping-up operations on Peleliu in World War 2. They have several Japanese prisoners of war and are trying to get others to surrender. A marine using a pair of binoculars to locate Japanese hideout. Other marines crawl through underbrush toward area where Japanese soldiers are holding out. One throws a hand grenade.
Scenes from U.S. Office of War Information film called, "Fury in the Pacific." Clouds silhouetted at sunset or sunrise, over Peleliu Island, as seen from a ship during World War 2. View of Japanese airfield at Peleliu, from U.S. reconnaissance airplane flying overhead. U.S. Navy ordnance crewman wheels a 500 lb bomb, on a dolley, across the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Other "red shirts" load a 500 pound bombs on an F6F aircraft. Marines loading machine gun belt ammunition into an airplane. Pilots scrambling across the flight deck to their aircraft. Engines starting on a large group of Navy F6F aircraft on the carrier deck. F6Fs taking off from carrier. SB2C Hellcat taking off. View back from tail of aircraft showing Essex-class carrier behind. Formations of SB2Cs and F6Fs in flight headed toward Peleliu. View from air of the Japanese airfield. Smoke rising from the ground. Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force, in flight overhead. Pilot and copilot in cockpit of a B-24. Navigator at his station. Aerial view of B-24 formation. Waist gunner manning gun in B-24. Bombardier in nose. Bombs falling away and striking all over the Japanese airfield. Anchors being weighed on warship. Sailors in control room of a U.S. warship. View of two New Mexico class battleships, one in camouflage. Three U.S. battleships in single file. the closest carries two Curtiss SOC Seagull scout planes. Sailors cleaning barrel of a war ship's gun. Glimpses of warships and transport ships of the invasion convoy.
Japanese workers work at Akita Oil fields in Yabase, Japan. Japanese boys haul sand. Employees read notice on bulletin board of Union Election. The employees leave plant after work. Woman transplants vegetables in a garden, child stands next to her. Japanese workers work on reconditioned pump.
Three Japanese men adjust camera and prepare a scene in Kyoto, Japan. The Director adjusts lights, instructs men and takes pictures. View of motion picture camera and Cameraman films objects on the table. Popular Japanese actor performs part of a skit. He picks up a traditional Japanese fan and opens it. Men act during a skit performance.
Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops street fighting during Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Burning oil storage tanks. Smoke rises from an oil dump in Hong Kong. Destroyed British bunkers and defenses, oil plants and wreckage. Japanese senior officers including Takashi Sakai pose inspecting the captured city. Japanese ships at sea. British prisoners in a courtyard in downtown Hong Kong. A British prisoner of war drinks from a can.
The Japanese occupation of Manchuria. An animated map showing East Asia- Japan, the Korean peninsula, China, and Manchuria. The Japanese flag flies in Hsinking, Manchuria (present-day Changchun, China). A truck driving on a road in Hsinking. A building under construction. Kwantung Army headquarters in Hsinking. A Japanese Kwantung Army official (probably Hideki Tojo) stands outside the headquarters. Exterior of headquarter. Helicopter parked on field. Military personnel stand near the helicopter.
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