Japanese Newsreel "Training At Manila And On Borneo" 1942

About this film

Listed at National Archives as "Japanese newsreel, training at Manila and on Borneo, 1942?" Description at National Archives: " MS Japanese Army General making announcement (front shot). MS Several captured U.S. pilots (blind folded with black cloth masks) disembarking from vehicle. (NOTE: Probably attached to the USS Hornet (CV-12), of Doolittle Raid on Tokyo (the first in Japan), April 18, 1942.) MS Japanese high-school boys being trained as tankmen: Boy wearing helmet; boys get into tanks (good). MLS Many Japanese tanks training on large field; Mt. Fujiyama in background (good). MLS Street scene of Manila after capture of city by Japan (short). MS School exhibition; various pictures made by school children make up show; many children looking at them (poor). MS Map of Borneo. MV Japanese training Borneo natives for pre-war activity: Natives cutting trees in jungle; they cultivate land; learning Japanese semaphore in open air. MS Borneo natives aboard Japanese ship being stationed on crow's nest for lookout. MV Japanese seaplane activity on Borneo; crew mounting engine; pilots on beach being briefed; seaplane taking off. MS Japanese pilot in cockpit of same plane." National Archiv…

Directors & creators

United States. Navy

Subjects

WWII, World War II, Newsreel, Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Manila, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, Japanese

View on archive.org ↗