Nippon News #237

Nippon News #237 SOF CU Officer addresses a group of kamikaze pilots. Pilot leader salutes & responds. 00:01:32 Pilots beside chrysanthemums; drink small cups of sake at table in front of hangers; salute. People wave flags, pilot in plane, others wave hats watching takeoff for suicide mission. 00:02:24 Officer shakes hands & presents white cloth strips to cadets (?). Pan large banner w/ calligraphy. Squadron leader gesturing as though diving on a ship to other pilots w/ maps (?). 00:02:56 Pilots into planes, take off w/ others waving hat. 00:03:17 Japanese Title. "Determined soldiers" battle hard on Leyte Island, Philippines. Explosions in jungle; camouflaged troops w/ bayonets on rifle moving thru tall grass & run up road, back into jungle. CUs. Officer talking to Japanese soldiers (SOF) at attention. CUs, MSs. 00:06:15 Map of Burma (?) w/ narrator naming locations. 00:06:35 Japanese Title: ??? Japanese artillery firing. Pan of destroyed American & Chinese B-24 bombers & other aircraft on Kweilin Airstrip, China. CU sign: 12th Service Group Dispensary. 00:07:56 Japanese troops fire on an unknown village or military barracks, throw grenades. Climb up hill; deserted village street. The End. WWII Japanese Newsreel; WW2; Asian Fighting; 1945;