A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. The Battle of Leyte in 1944. The troops in landing craft underway in the Philippines Sea. A close up of the U.S. troops on the landing craft. The U.S. ships underway and set on fire by the Japanese. A Japanese aircraft in flight. The troops get off from the landing craft on a shore. A tank being unloaded from the craft. The troops in prone position at the shore. An injured U.S. soldier. The troops in a jungle and a U.S. Sherman tank moves at the field. They advance in a jungle. Two troops carry supplies. The soldiers fire rifles, bazooka and rifle grenade. The dead Japanese troops. The soldiers on tanks enter Tacloban City in Philippines. The civilians greet the soldiers. Two soldiers and a civilian smoke.
Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II. U.S. 5th Division Marines near an artillery as they fire at a Japanese emplacement on Mount Suribachi. The marines fire an artillery. Explosion on the mountain. Smoke rises due to explosion. The U.S. Marines fire an artillery. Explosions in the foreground. U.S. Navy ships underway. The marines fire guns on the deck. Explosion in water and water splashes. The marines fire on Mount Suribachi. The marine in prone position fire guns and advance. The U.S. Medial Corps carry a wounded marine on a stretcher. The medics treat the wounded. Dead Japanese soldiers. The marines fire guns. Smoke rises on the mountain. A U.S. Navy dive bomber in flight and drop bombs on Mount Suribachi. The bombers in flight drop bombs. Explosions on Suribachi. The bombers in flight. U.S. Marines advance towards the caves of Japanese soldiers on the mountain. U.S. Marines capture Mount Suribachi. U.S. Navy ships underway. The marines raises U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi.
A film shows the geographical features of Taiwan mountains during Japanese colonial period. A view of the mountainous area. Japanese soldier with a bag on his back looks at the mountains. A mountain fort in the mountains with Japanese flag flying on flagpole. A view of clouds over the mountains. A group of civilian campers wake in morning and look at cloud formations below them. The campers with bags hanged on their back climb steps on the mountains and set off across footbridge to further ascend mountain. A camper heading towards the footbridge. Flowers that grow in mountainous ranges of Formosa. A group of school children on mountain expedition. Girls climb up the mountain. They walk on a footbridge. A view of the mountainous area. Fort surrounded by the mountains.
A train passes a railroad station in Taiwan, during Japanese colonial period. A child's Japanese book. A boy reads from the book in Japanese. The Hokuho shrine. A Buddhist temple in the northern sector. A sign board. The structures on top of a shrine. People visit the shrine. A Monument in northern Taiwan. A train moves past behind the monument. The train crosses a railroad bridge. Sugarcane fields as seen from fast moving train window. A factory. The railway tracks. Animated map of the route of the train.
Posters during a Shōwa period repatriation in Japan. A billboard depicting a woman with two children. Billboard thanks the Japanese for their hard work and hope for a new Japan. A poster reads “Kyushu connection” in Japanese, depicts a family and the Japanese flag drawn on it.
Sergeant Richard Sakakida testifying during Yamashita trial in Manila, Philippines after World War II. American officers and prosecutors enter into the court room. Maps on a wall. Hawaiian-born Japanese-American (Nisei) sergeant Richard Sakakida sits in a chair and is questioned. He answers about his birth and his capture by Japanese forces. He answers about Japanese attitude during capture and his assignment as interpreter in HQ of General Yamashita.
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