Iva Ikuko Toguri (D' Aquino after marriage) re-enacts segments of a broadcast of the 'Zero Hour' as her character 'Orphan Ann' from Radio Tokyo. Iva Toguri D'Aquino reads the script, openly declaring that she will be assaulting the 'morale' of her listeners. She then introduces some music she describes as 'Jive'...a song called, 'I Don't Want to Work.' Japanese man plays a phonograph vinyl record in the background. Iva Toguri D'Aquino also talks about her life in America and Japan. She would later wrongly be accused of being 'Tokyo Rose'
Cartoon animation 'Private Snafu' in 'Spies' leaks classified information a little at a time until the Germans and Japanese find out and sink his transport ship. World War II cartoon Private Snafu speaks over the phone and leaks out important information. He buys magazines, and drinks at a bar. He speaks to a woman. Bird carries a message in a letter to Adolf Hitler. Cartoon animation of Hitler speaking over microphone. German battleships prepare for war. German ships capture Private Snafu. Adolf Hitler interrogates Private Snafu.
Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany ca.1934. Massed Storm troopers and spectators salute Hitler. An artillery piece is fired. Hitler personally recognizing loyal Storm troopers. Animated map of Asia, showing Japanese occupation of Manchuria, and Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines describe Britain and France hesitating to support League of Nations oil sanctions against Italy; and U.S. increasing its oil exports to Italy by 600% (ca. 1935). Hitler and Hermann Goering looking pleased in Hitler's private railroad car. Adolf Hitler at a planning table covered with maps. German citizens traveling abroad and Joachim von Ribbentrop visiting London, as ambassador to Great Britain, in 1936. View of Léon Degrelle and his Catholic-fascist, Rexist party in Belgium (ca. 1936). View of Colonel Francois de la Rocque speaking at a Cross of Fire (Croix-de-Feu) party night rally in France. Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian National Socialist official, seen in an automobile during a parade. Sir Oswald Mosley addressing followers and defending Hitler. Street scenes of public disorder attributed to Nazi sympathizers in France and Belgium. Mass meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden, New York City,1939. U.S. flags and picture of George Washington decorate stage. Fritz Julius Kuhn addresses the gathering and members rough up a protester. Views of heavy industry in Germany, especially steel manufacturing for remilitarization. Persons working at a German concentration camp. Dramatized execution by machine gun. View of Heinrich Himmler. German President Paul von Hindenburg. German national conscription of 1935 during military mobilization efforts. German youth training pilots with gliders. German paratroopers, Junkers 52 aircraft, German soldiers goosestep, views of German tanks. Ju 87 Stuka plane. German invasion of Rhineland, 1936. Construction of Siegfried Line. Antitank barriers, bunkers, dragons teeth. Hitler visiting Westwall. German military parade.
Chinese civilians evacuate the War Zone in Hankow, China (part of present-day Wuhan, China) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Young Chinese girls march on street with banner in their hands. Wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Soong Mei-Ling (also known as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) trains girls for war work and plays a ball game with them. She and an American man pass by an ambulance on the road with lettering "To the Heroic Defenders of China. Donated by American Friends of the Chinese People." Chinese civilians in market area. Chinese tanks on street. Soldiers ready to fire from a high overlook area.
Aftermath of attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Damage and wreckage after Japanese attack. Wounded United States sailors being carried on litters for treatment. Dead sailors taken away on litters. A grave of an American sailor with a wreath on it. Family members of the dead soldiers. A board reads 'Albuquerque city Limit'. A priest performs the burial ceremony for the dead soldiers. United States soldiers pay homage to the dead Americans. (World War II period).
Aftermath of attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during World War 2. An animated map shows Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Nagasaki, Kobe and Otaru in Japan. U.S. propaganda scenes with caricature voice of a fictional "Mr. Tojo" of Japan declaring various U.S. Navy ships destroyed after the Pearl Harbor attack. Scenes of various capsized and damaged ships in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. United States naval personnel and civilian personnel work on salvage and repair. Engineers and personnel recruited. Navy divers get into scuba diving suits and helmets and go under water to collect salvage and make repairs. Destroyed USS Nevada, USS West Virginia, USS California. Salvage crew work aboard these ships. Refloated and refitted U.S. Navy ships departing Pearl Harbor in the war effort. View of the Aloha Clock Tower. Sailors stand with Lurline ship in background. View of people enjoying Waikiki Beach in 1940 or 1941 before the attack. Later scene of the same beach with two young boys playing in the sand, but barbed wire between the beach and the ocean, following America's entry into World War 2. Empty streets of Honolulu at dusk as blackout time hours begin. Narrator speaks out against Japan and states that all they that take the sword shall perish the sword, and text "This is not the End" appears at the end of the film, following by text, "This is but the Beginning!"
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