The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. American troops look through binoculars. U.S. troops use flamethrowers to burn out the Japanese hidden behind underbrush. The enemy is blown out of there pillboxes. (World War II period).
Clip opens with unrelated brief two second view of Frank Griswold, winner of 1940 New York World's Fair road race, waving from behind the wheel of his 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B after the race. Scene changes to views through the fertile countryside of French Indochina on a trip to Hanoi early in World War II. Narrator notes Hanoi is a principal supply hub for war materiel destined for General Chiang Kai-shek; supplies which the French have now interrupted at the request of Japanese authorities. A train arrives at station in Hanoi. People at the station. Views of downtown buildings of Hanoi and a market place. Street vendors selling foods and goods. A woman carrying a basket on her head. Rickshaw pullers at work behind several people seated at a street-side outdoor cafe. Narrator notes views are proceeding toward the central park where the residence of the head of the new government is located. Views of a couple in formal suit and dress strolling in the park. Major General Nishihara, head of the Japanese mission, is seen exiting a building following talks with the French Governor-General. Scene changes to Lao-Kai (or Lai Cai), a border station between French Indochina and China, where narrator says supply inspectors from Japan have traveled to examine the situation. View of the Yunnan railway with railroad tracks cut off by the French authorities, and guarded by local indigenous soldiers with conical hats (nón lá). Scene changes to the harbor at Canton China. Large ships anchored in harbor. Barrels or drums on the ground near docks, as narrator notes that large quantities of war supplies no lie idle and unusable on the port docks. Scene changes to Shanghai. A procession of forces from Great Britain on parade at a racecourse or stadium, and in the streets of the city, including uniformed bagpipers. Narrator notes it marks the end of British supremacy in China, with the first contingent of British troops departing Shanghai.
Filipinos try to save themselves from Japanese shelling on Manila, Philippines during World War II. People run across a street. Military vehicles in the street. Children run across a street to take cover during Japanese shelling. A cloud of smoke rises in the background. A building on fire. People try to douse the fire. Filipinos on the streets. People run across a street to seek shelter as shells hit the street. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the burning building.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. aircraft carrier underway at sea. Smoke rises from near the carrier as it fires guns at the kamikaze aircraft Anti aircraft guns being fired. Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in flight is hit, on fire, and begins falling toward the ocean.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Japanese Kamikaze aircraft in flight over a fleet of U.S. warships. Fire on a ship. An aircraft is hit and it spirals down.
Japanese Kamikaze pilots attack U.S. warships in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A U.S. fleet underway at sea. Anti aircraft guns are fired at Japanese Kamikaze aircraft. US Navy crew runs on the deck of ship as incoming Kamikaze approaches. The kamikaze aircraft, hit by fire from anti aircraft guns, and on fire, passes low, directly over the ship, and crashes into the ocean. Huge splash in water as the kamikaze plane narrowly misses the U.S. Navy ship.
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