Philippine officers speak over radio during Japanese occupation of Philippines in World War II. Filipino politician Benigno Aquino speaks into a microphone as Japanese officer looks on. Presiding officer of the Philippine Executive Commission Jorge Vargas speaks at desk as Japanese officer looks on.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands on 26th of October, 1942 during World War II. U.S. aircraft take off from U.S. Navy USS Hornet (CV-8) carrier at dawn. Members of crew on U.S. carrier look through binoculars. Japanese bombers formation overhead. Gun crews of USS Hornet (CV-8) attack the Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft in flames crash. Flak bursts in sky. USS Hornet gets torpedoed and bombed heavily. USS Hornet burns. The crew abandons the USS Hornet. Members of the crew board rescue boats. USS Hornet being sunk by torpedo attacks at night. Wounded men transferred to other U.S. ships and taken ashore. New ships being launched from shipyards in United States.
Japanese Generals visit the disputed Thai-French Indochina border during World War II. Japanese officers arrive in a truck. The officers study the boundary line under guidance of Vichy France officers. The officers in front of a damaged building. The Japanese officers inspect Thai Army.
A promotional documentary justifying Japanese involvement in World War II. Japanese cavalary, infantry, and tanks advance in Chinese territory. Formation of Japanese aircraft in flight.
Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo declares war during World War II. Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo declares war on United States and Britain. Japanese officers seated. Prime Minister Tojo records the declaration for the radio. A Japanese officer reads out the declaration.
U.S. Task Force 38.3 in Leyte Gulf during Battle of Leyte in World War II. CVLs (Light Aircraft Carriers) and CVs (Fleet Aircraft Carrier) underway. USS Princeton (CVL-23) underway and burning. Japanese plane passes through flak. Princeton burns fiercely following attack by a Japanese Yokosuka D4Y 'Judy' Dive Bomber. The aircraft had dropped a bomb which struck the carrier between the elevators, crashing through the flight deck and hangar, and then exploding. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter parked on deck of carrier. Explosion on the after-deck of Princeton. Additional explosion on the USS Princeton. Japanese Zeke (Zero) dives on USS Langley (CVL-27), burns in flames, and crashes.
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