Pearl Harbor bombed by Japanese during World War 2. Harbor installations and warships burn from attack by Japanese airplanes. Several ship burn in harbor. Black smoke rises from the burning ships. Destroyed aircraft in hangar. Entire waterfront section in flames. Burning warships partially submerged. Fire boats spray streams of water on the burning ships. Hickham Field with wrecked planes and hangars.
Film begins showing Japanese flag spreading over the Pacific areas of Japanese control. Newspaper headline reads: "Japs Attack Pearl Harbor." Radio news broadcaster states the "While the Battle of the Pacific spreads over a 5 thousand mile front, the United States formally declares war on the Empire of Japan." A woman in her home goes to her radio to listen to the broadcast. A man listens to his car radio. A man and woman listen to the broadcast in the family living room. Film transitions to view of the Ford Motor Company Rouge River Plant in Dearborn Michigan. Then, the film begins to show products of the Ford Company as it converted to wartime production for the war. Several jeeps drive out of a yard holding thousands of them. View from camera below as jeeps drive above it. An Army officer and a civilian riding with a driver in a jeep being run through its paces at a Ford proving ground. An M4 tank running through mud. A 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 (Tank Destroyer) Amphibious jeeps entering a body of water, Several seen driving on a dry road and then entering the water. Numerous Army trucks seen parked in an open field. View of an M-10 Tank destroyer running over some trees. A twin engine transport plane takes off towing a Ford-built Waco CG-4 glider behind it. Aerial view from above of several transport planes towing CG-4 gliders at low altitude below. Closeup of a Ford-built supercharger installed in a warplane. Closeup showing its flapper valve moving as a person spins its compressor with his finger. Aircraft engine starting up. Ford-built Electronic antiaircraft director is shown. The remainder of the film shows men and women assembling aircraft engines in a Ford Motor plant.
Japanese troops fight outside the walls of Nanking in China during the Second Sino-Japane War. Destruction and battle near the Kwang-hwa Gate. Japanese troops fire over the wall. The carry equipment and material up the wall. Troops atop the wall. Soldiers seated with artillery. Soldiers in a field. Smoke due to explosions. Destroyed buildings. Soldiers load and fire artillery. A white smoke cloud rises into the air due to the explosion. Soldiers fire through broken windows in destroyed buildings. Troops atop wall. Machine gun and artillery fire. Soldiers advance with rifles, cross a bridge, climb up the wall. A sword salute by the Japanse troops on the wall.
Stern deck of Japanese light cruiser awash as she makes way in heavy seas near Aleutians during World War 2. Japanese sailors breaking ice from her deck. Deck life lines, anchor chain, and stanchions covered in ice. End of deck gun barrel enclosed with canvas cover. Mountainous snow-covered terrain nearby in background. Officers on bridge of the ship. Closeup of one using binoculars.
Japanese Imperial Navy ships encounter severe icing conditions in Aleutian waters during winter, World War 2. Thick layer of ice covering everything on the deck of a Japanese light cruiser. Sailors chop ice from a container on deck and shake ice loose from guy lines. Ice sculpted by wind and wave on the foredeck. Two forward turrets and their single 5.5 inch guns covered in ice. Looking from starboard, towards the stern, a Mitsubishi F1M2 (Pete) scout observation plane can be seen mounted on the ship. Another light cruiser seen well astern. More views of ice covering a ship and of sailors chopping it away.
Japanese planes attack United States fleet off Okinawa Island, Japan. A barrage of United States Navy fire shoots down the Kamikaze planes. Views of fire and smoke-filled sea and air. Curtain of anti-aircraft flak fired at Japanese aircraft. Many attacking aircraft seen streaking across the sky and some falling into the ocean after being hit by fire form U.S. Navy ships. (World War II period).
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