United State prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. Captured U.S. prisoners of war in Corregidor Island during Japanese occupation. Army nurses with the captured prisoners of war. A wounded prisoner of war walking with crutches. Injured prisoners of war smoking cigarettes. The flag of the U.S. crumpled on the ground. Brigadier General Lewis Beebe, Colonel Bowles, General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, and General George F. Moore inside their cells in a prison camp. The flag of the U.S. on the ground and the Japanese flag is hoisted on a flagpole.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito moves into his new house in Japan. Interior of the house. The Japanese Emperor arrives near a building with his family members. They walk near the house. The Imperial Palace of Hirohito was destroyed during World War II air raids.
Wreckage on Tarawa in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Wreckage along the side of an airstrip. A damaged Japanese aircraft. Insignia on the Japanese aircraft. The damaged motor of the aircraft. Trucks and U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat aircraft parked on the runway of the airstrip. Airplanes parked along the side of the runway.
Japanese prisoners in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. Japanese prisoner in a building. Smoke due to firing and ruins of the buildings.
Opens with scene of Japanese Ambassador to Germany, General Hiroshi Oshima ascending stairs to greet German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The Japanese and German representatives are shown signing an economic pact. Scene changes to French young men working in a German plant in occupied France during World War II. Prisoner French young men are seen working as apprentices in the German artillery plant. Men working on machines in the plant and then seated in a dining hall to have a meal. The French workers receive diploma certificates on completion of their training.
U.S. Naval fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Santa Cruz Island of World War 2. Aft section of the flight deck aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The ship is under attack by Japanese airplanes and men take cover. Smoke arising from a Japanese bomb strike obscures the scene. The smoke engulfs the flight deck with stranded U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless near the stern. Sailors on the Enterprise firing 5 inches guns. An explosion rocks the ship and the SBD airplane at the stern falls into nearby gun sponson. Several men are in prone positions on the stern of the flight deck. One lone sailor runs forward, the length of the flight deck. Personnel running with fire hoses. SBDs and U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat parked on the flight deck. Anti-aircraft cruiser USS San Juan and battleship USS South Dakota are visible steaming along Enterprise's port side.
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