Nationalist Chinese troops of the 38th Infantry Division are seen moving through Jungles with pack animals carrying supplies as they advance toward key city of Bhamo (Banmaw), Burma, during World War 2. A map shows the area, highlighting cities of Rangoon (Yangon), Mandalay, and Bhamo. Using small assault boats, the Chinese troops cross a river near outskirts of Bhamo. American officers, working with the Chinese troops, consult a map as they plot the attack. Chinese artillerymen begin a barrage, as their infantry advance. Allied P-47 aircraft bomb Japanese positions only a few hundred yards in front of advancing Chinese infantry. Chinese troops make their way through bombed and burning areas. Severely damaged Buddhist Shwe Kyina pagoda is seen. A destroyed wall with Buddha statue. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan, U.S. Commander in Burma and India, inspects the captured city. Chinese troops raise their flag over the city.
A view of the badly damaged freighter USS Absaroka at Pacific Coast in Los Angeles. The ship damaged by a Japanese submarine in World War 2. Men stand on the freighter. A man carries a banner. The banner reads "A slip of a lip may sink a ship" urging confidentiality during the war The freighter undergoes repairs. Officers inspect the work.
United States President Harry S Truman gives a message on the war against Japan in World War II. He states that the Japanese should realize that United States has skill, men, power, leadership, allies and determination to win the war against Japan. He gives a report on the progress of the war.
Two Japanese women and their children stand near the public water pump in Kyoto, Japan. They pump water. Two women get water from a running stream. They take water and sprinkle it on street. Two young children run on sidewalk. The sidewalk is covered with wheat drying in the sun. An old woman cuts green branches of vegetables. Garbage and old utensils scattered about. A shopkeeper's store with customers and wares outside. Backyard of homes where vegetables are grown.
Japanese people pass in front of a camera store, Kyoto, Japan. Pedestrians pass in front of Marutama departmental store. Interior of the store. Pedestrians pass by the store. Entrance archway to amusement zone in Kyoto. Pedestrians and shops on sidewalk. Middle class and low class tea houses in Kyoto. People stand in a ration line waiting for their ration of bread substitute. Fourteen small rolls issued to one family. Rolls made of nuts, vegetables and wheat flour.
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States during World War II. United States flags raised on the buildings. The first float in the Parade is called "Death Rides" and is an effigy of Death, as a cloaked skeleton, astride a gray horse, beating Nazi swastika drums. Another float , entitled: "Pearl Harbor", depicts a Japanese man (Hideki Tojo) stabbing Uncle Sam in the back prodded by other Axis leaders, German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. A Boy Scout Band marches and plays. Boy Scouts of America carry massed American flags. A huge crowd of spectators gathered on the sidewalks. Jeeps and tanks take part in parade. Units of Army and Navy participate in parade. A band of bagpipers in Scottish garb. British and American flags lead contingents of British troops. Unit of U.S. Womens Army Corps (WAC) parades. Policemen all along the line of march.
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