Japanese Newsreel Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This moving image contains the following: Reel 1 shows a Japanese fleet at sea in heavy, freezing weather. Ice is chopped from the decks. The fleet anchors in the Aleutians and antiaircraft fights off U.S. planes. Japanese planes take off and land on carriers. Buoys are dropped from a mine sweeper to mark a mine field. Naval guns shell Dutch harbor. Reel 2, part 1 shows views of the Yasukuni National Shrine in Tokyo in which naval heroes are buried. Part 2 covers the attack on Hong Kong. A seaplane is launched from a transport and infantry climb into landing craft which head for shore under a naval bombardment. Japanese infantry man street barricades in the flaming city. Cavalry and infantry parade through the streets. British Prisoners of War (POWs) are shown.

Collection

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized

Series

Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division