Jump to Walembang (1942)

Palm trees, sentry.

Anglo-American bases in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore captured by the Japanese.

Traces of Japanese attacks on Sumatra.

Japanese paratrooper base on the Malay Peninsula.

Soldiers are walking.

Under a large canopy, soldiers at a table, someone is writing a letter home.

A samurai sword that has been passed down from generation to generation, the owner is cleaning it.

Japanese soldiers are washing clothes.

The planes are being prepared for flight, a mechanic is cleaning the propeller, painting the wing.

A symbol is marked on the tail in hieroglyphs.

Paratroopers are preparing weapons and ammunition, packing them in boxes.

February 14, 1942, Japanese planes take off for Sumatra.

The target is Palembang.

Paratroopers put on parachutes, board the planes.

The planes are flying south, a squadron is in the sky.

The land is visible below, then the sea.

A map of Sumatra with the point Palembang marked on it.

Panorama from an airplane, the area with a river.

Faces of paratroopers.

Planes arrive at the scene.

Air defense fires at the planes.

However, the paratroopers jump down despite the fire.

Parachutes with people and boxes open.

Immediately after landing, the Japanese take weapons out of the boxes and begin the fight for the base.

An American plane is burning on the ground, destroyed American planes, the Japanese climb onto them.

American helmets, mess tins on the ground.

Japanese paratroopers walk through the reeds, through the swamp with a flag.

Night footage, fires, smoke.

The Japanese seize oil tanks that the Americans set on fire, try to put out the fire.

The Palembang oil region falls into Japanese hands.

Japanese paratroopers look at the sky.

The Japanese flag over the Palembang base