A promotional documentary justifying Japanese involvement in World War II. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill on board HMS Prince of Wales underway in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland during Atlantic Conference, working on the Atlantic Charter. U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall and other officers stand behind the leaders. President Roosevelt as he imposes embargo on oil and gasoline exports to Japan.
Japanese air attacks on U.S. Task Force underway during Battle of Leyte in World War II. U.S. Task Force ships in Leyte Harbor. Flak bursts in air. LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) lays smoke screen.
USS Hornet (CV-12) battles enemy planes in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Japanese plane burns and falls into water after being attacked by guns aboard Hornet. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat fighter lands on flight deck of Hornet. CV (Aircraft Carrier) burns. U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers land on deck of Hornet. Checkerboard tail marking from Hornet CV12.
United States Carrier Division 25 CVE underway during World War II. Japanese air raid in the Pacific. United States Navy F6F Hellcat fighters approach and land on deck of CVE. 20 mm gun pits on CVE.
Survivors of crashed and ditched U.S. planes are rescued on Midway Island after Battle of Midway during World War 2. U.S. Army personnel on Midway Island after securing the same. Damaged buildings and pieces of Japanese planes on island. Gooney birds roam the island. U.S. PBY Catalina flying boat in flight. Crews of crashed U.S. planes leaving PBYs after being rescued. Some are carried on stretchers and placed in an ambulances. Ambulance is driven away (with door still open). A ditched U.S. airplane afloat and a ship nearby. Remains of destroyed hospital.
Burial services for fallen U.S. servicemen on Midway Island after Battle of Midway in World War 2. Chaplain before flag draped caskets. Marines give 3-volley salute. U.S. Navy Captain, USMC (US Marine Corps) Colonel Harold Douglas Shannon, and USMCR (US Marine Corps Reserve) Major James Roosevelt salute. Boats on water for burial at sea. Formation of aircraft. A Marine looks through binoculars. Smoke and flame rise from burning building on Midway Island. A man crosses out signs with paint brush indicating lost Japanese aircraft and battleships in Battle of Midway.
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