A survey of incendiary bomb damages inflicted upon Kobe, Japan during World War II. Rubble and remains of one and two-story brick buildings. The west face of Shurakukan Theater. Debris in the foreground. The west face of four-story concrete Shochiku Theater gutted by fire. The entire roof collapsed. Interior of the burnt out theater shows the collapsed roof. A former government building. Area lying between the Meteorological Observatory and east west of street car tracks. Debris and rubble in the area. A crowd of Japanese people along a street.
Aerial views from airplane flying over an airfield near the ocean in the Philippines, prior to World War 2 in the Pacific. (The airfield is probably Iba Field, on Luzon, which was destroyed by Japanese bombers on Dec. 8, 1941.) Army airplanes are parked on the field. Numerous buildings and facilities are seen. A bivouac area of tents near the water. Scene shifts to Philippine Airlines pilot Paul Irving Gunn and his assistant, aviator Emil Sylvan Scott, standing in the grass, by a Philippine Airlines model 18 Beechcraft. The airplane is bright red with the number 2 painted on its nose and the company logo on its fuselage.
U.S. troops prepare to embark for the United States from France at the conclusion of their service in Europe during World War II, but before the end of the war, so it is regarded as a 30 day furlough. Soldiers stand in line and receive awards and recognitions for their service. The troops go through a chow line and eat food. Soldiers march and smiling U.S. Army soldiers board waiting trucks. The soldiers carry barracks bags as they board troop transport ships, embarking on the voyage back to America. Narrator notes that they will still be needed to help in the fight against the Japanese.
From a 1943 film blending dramatized scenes and actual archival footage about the conditions soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii in December 1941 by Japanese bombers during World War II. U.S. troops remove the dead bodies of soldiers who died in action. The U.S. flag on the grave of a U.S. soldier. Pictures and parents of U.S. service men of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Army and Medical Corps who died during Pearl Harbor raid. The family of a U.S. Medical Corps Lieutenant who died during Pearl Harbor raid. Wife of the same lieutenant holds her baby born after the attack. Prayer services for the dead U.S. servicemen. Families of the dead servicemen lay wreaths and flowers around U.S. flags. U.S. Navy officers and sailors at shore attend the memorial services. Ceremony shows line of U.S. Navy sailors laying garlands around each U.S. flag bearing the names of U.S. servicemen who died during Pearl Harbor attack. An Army Chaplain and Navy officers attend the prayer services. Palm trees on the beach.
Methods of transportation in Tokyo, Japan. Coolies pull jinrikishas along a street. Japanese people ride bicycles. Tourists ride in jinrikishas. A horse-drawn hay wagon moves past along a road. Streetcar and truck traffic. A pagoda type structure. Men pull loaded vehicles. Railroad tracks and yards.
The U.S. Army secures Enewetak Island in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Men on a beach. The U.S. flag. A soldier displays a Japanese sword. A wrecked 40 mm gun. An LST (Landing Ship, Tank) in the background. Transports and landing crafts underway. Shells burst on the shore.
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