Film begins with view of forward deck on a U.S. submarine in calm waters, during World War 2. A Japanese survivor of a sunken warship is seen on a raft of wreckage. The submarine positions itself and lowers lines that the Japanese sailor uses to board the American boat, where he is taken as a prisoner of war. Closeup of a three-masted Japanese boat that begins to raise some sail as it is being observed. The sailboat seen at some distance with empty masts and no sign of anyone on board. View of the deck gun on the deck of the submarine. It fires and causes the sailboat to explode.
Railroad train cars carrying Republic of China (ROC) troops arrive at a railroad station, likely in Jinan, in Shandong province during the Sino-Japanese war. ROC troops alight in the railroad station. Japanese planes fly over Shandong, also known as Shantung. Chinese soldiers and civilians run towards safety. Civilians evacuate from Japanese attack. A wounded Chinese man lying in road. Injured Chinese men walk on the street. Chinese soldier pulls out a shell from artillery. Chinese nuns and nurses tend to patients’ injuries. Chinese soldiers run through bombed streets and buildings in Shandong.
Japanese bomb the city of Chungking (Chongqing), China during the Sino-Japanese War. Bombs from fall in Chungking. Firefighters spray water into Chungking’s burning buildings. Chungking houses and streets on fire after Japanese bombing. Firemen extinguish fires in Chungking.
Japanese laborers pack Korean War ammunition boxes at a Japanese air base. They prepare the supplies to be air dropped. They adjust the parachutes on ammunition crates and tie up the crates. Soldiers prepare supplies for airdrop. Hundreds of prepared supplies for airdrop. Rations are unloaded from a truck. Packed supplies are picked up by forklift. Planes in the background.
Scenes from a Japanese war-time film about the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor. Dramatized scenes of fleet of five type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarines, two-man mini or midget submarines advancing. Shows the midget submarine conning towers above surface, and then underwater scenes of the midget submarines advancing and evading mines protecting Pearl Harbor area. Formation of Japanese Nakajima B5N1 aircraft flying in the sky, advancing for attack on Pearl Harbor.
Tachikawa Airfield in Japan after the end of World War II. Opening scene shows a U.S. Army Air Force flyer's A-3 equipment bag with logo of the 5th Air Force on it. A Japanese ambulance is seen, next, with Japanese attendants. Injured American soldiers are helped aboard the ambulance. One, with his arm heavily bandaged, waits to board. An Army Air Forces C-54 transport aircraft makes a long takeoff roll before climbing out from the airfield. Several views from an empty hangar of a C-54 taxiing past on the airfield ramp. In background C-54 aircraft are seen taxiing in various parts of the airfield. Some jeeps drive and a soldier walks past the hangar as a C-47 starts a takeoff roll in the background. View of hills and clouds.
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