Official cars moving along a road in the Imperial Palace park in Tokyo, Japan. The cars drive past lined up. Japanese in various dress. Policemen in uniform with white gloves, walk together, informally, on a path, after some ceremonial activity. Japanese Emperor Hirohito and officials get into a car in front of the Imperial Palace. Officials in formal wear and officers in uniform, assemble in front of the imperial palace. The car is driven away. Japanese flag displayed on a pillar of the building.
A U.S. convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean heads for a raid on the Marshall Islands during World War II. F4U Corsair fighter airplanes with wings folded on the deck of a U.S. carrier underway. U.S. anti-aircraft guns down two Japanese torpedo airplanes. A Japanese airplane in flames falls in the ocean off the stern of the ship. A sailor lies down on the deck of the U.S. carrier as the flaming airplane passes. Another Japanese aircraft crosses behind the ship and also crashes in flames.
U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Myitkina, Burma during World War 2. Chinese and U.S. officers at an airfield in Burma. U.S. P-40s take off from the airfield to bomb Japanese positions. Formation of p-40s airplanes. They peel off and drop bombs on Japanese positions. Smoke billows up from explosions. U.S. Army General Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell steps from his C-47 transport airplane (named "Uncle Joe's Chariot") and is greeted by U.S. Army Brigadier General Frank Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) on an airfield in Kandy, Ceylon, where he is to consult with Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA).
A military film report on the advance of members of U.S. Army 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders towards Myitkyina, Burma and its capture during World War II. Burmese nurses treat wounded members of Merrill's Marauders. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Gordon Seagrave operates on a patient at a field hospital. Japanese prisoners of war (POW) are being questioned by U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Detachment 101 trained personnel who are Japanese-Americans. Japanese prisoners eat.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield on May 19th ,1944 by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. U.S. soldiers bring a wounded Japanese prisoner in jeep at Myitkyina airfield. Wounded soldiers on bamboo stretcher is lowered from jeep. Wounded Japanese prisoner is questioned by an intelligence officer using a map. Dead body of a Japanese sniper lying on ground near strip. U.S. soldiers sleep under shelter halves protected by blankets at airfield. Wounded Allied soldiers treated at mobile clinic. Dr. Gordon Seagrave operates a patient. U.S. Army Air Forces fighters overhead. Burmese nurses giving medical treatment and blood transfusion to patients.
Japanese aircraft attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. Japanese diplomats come out of building in Washington DC after having met with Secretary of State Hull regarding peace terms. People gather outside the building. Japanese airplanes fly in formation over the Pearl Harbor. They bombard the United States Naval Base. U.S. ships underway at sea and docked at the harbor explode. Smoke arises from bombardment. People on the street as they run to save their life. From a May 1963 newsreel recounting the events years prior.
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