U.S. soldiers aboard Japanese freighter underway in Sea of Japan heading for Korea during Korean War. Deck of Japanese freighter littered with vehicles. U.S. soldiers sleep in vehicles. Soldiers relax on deck as ship steams out of harbor. Another ship of convoy underway. Other ships in the background.
Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. Wooded area of Burmese jungle showing trees. Leaflets on ground. A Japanese soldier in foxhole reads leaflet. Worlds on leaflet reads 'Burma Mail O.W.I. P.W.T. ASSAM, INDIA'.
A Japanese prison camp at Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan towards the end of World War II. A Japanese officer talks to American intelligence officers in a hospital prison camp. Living quarters and barracks where American prisoners live. A street in Haikimo. A freight train loaded with tree logs moves past.
At start of film, Camera pans over a field of Manila Hemp plants in the Philippines during occupation by the Japanese in World War 2. Camera shows views along path in the fields with hemp plants towering on either side. Filipino workers use cutters on long poles to harvest the tall plants. They cut large ones at their bases and slice strips of their barks into long thin pieces. Glimpse of a Japanese soldier observing the work. Next, Filipino workers transport the hemp in a wagon to a processing shed. Filipino workers further process the hemp into longer thinner strands and place them on horizontal poles to dry. Closeup of a man separating strands of hemp. Next, workers are seen shaking the strands outside a building. View of workers moving bales of hemp on hand carts to a scale where they are weighed and labeled. Closeup of a labeled bale.
A Japanese light cruiser underway in heavy seas, with her bow plunging and deck awash, during World War 2. Two Japanese crewmen look through binoculars and telescope on the bridge. Frozen deck showing ice-covered lifelines and anchor chain. Crewmen wearing cold weather gear break ice from the deck and a gun mount.
Ruins in a Japanese city after Allied bombings of World War II. People pulling carts. Damaged and bombed-out buildings. Japanese people walk past debris. A burned train.
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