Activities of United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War II. A marine advances towards cliffs. An ocean in the background. Men advance across an open field. A half track armored tank and men advance down hill. They go past a burning Japanese machine gun nest. The tank advances along a road. A man kneels down in cane grass with a weapon on shoulder. Other men on the top of a hill observe a fire in a valley. The men advance along the side of the hill. A M3 Stuart Light Tank M3A1 with a flamethrower advances along a road. The flamethrower tank fires into a wooded area.
Activities of children in Japan. Japanese children walking on a street. Mountains in the background. Children on their way to school. A truck passes on the street. A woman rows a boat with oars underway at a river. Sailing boats underway at river. Children aboard a boat.
Film opens showing a large well equipped gymnasium in a Japanese school. Some boys are holding onto climbing ropes, watching as several boys run toward the camera, jumping over obstacles. Two of them do somersault vaults over theirs. Next, a large group of boys in meager undershorts and bathing caps run down down the steps of their school behind their teacher, who wears a regular bathing suit. Next, the boys run under a battery of showers to enter a swimming pool. One takes a large beach ball with him. Several closeups follow, of boys and girls standing in front of their school building. Film ends showing very closeup views of an individual boy and girl.
Activities of the people in Japan. People engage in different sports activities. Teams march in formation on the ground. People seated in the stadium to watch the matches and the games. Japanese flag flies atop flag pole. Teams participate in skiing, swimming, high jump and racing. Trees in the background. A ship underway at sea.
The bombing of Ballale Island in Solomon island by the U.S. aircraft during Pacific campaign in World War II. United States Army Air Froce B-24 Liberators and other airplanes in flight. Airplanes fly in formation over the target area. Aerial view of the Ballale Islands. The airplanes drop bombs over the target area. Smoke from explosions. Also, bombing of Buin Airfield (Kahili) Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero in flight. USAAF P-39 Airacobra crashes. Dogfights of the airplanes and view as an airplane that is hit descends and crashes in water.
U.S. patrol plane from Midway Island sights a Japanese fleet during World War 2. One of a newly arrived B-17E bombers parked on ramp at Henderson Field, Midway Island. Group of U.S. airmen discussing plans. Several B-17 aircraft seen, including one in sand-bagged revetment. Ground and aircrews prepare B-17Es for a mission. Views of a B-17 crew member's family back home. His father, a railroad engineer poses in front of his Ironton Railroad steam locomotive in Pennsylvania, United States. His mother sits, knitting and his sister is seen speaking on the telephone. B-17E number, 41-2437, taxiing, unusually, using numbers 2 and 4 engines. B-17Es taking off on a Battle of Midway mission, including aircraft numbers: 41-2524, 41-2611( of the 31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group), 41-2532, 41-2437(of the 98th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group). Tail of parked B-17E number 41-2648 clearly seen in one scene.
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