Japanese pilots get instructions aboard an aircraft carrier before the attack on Pearl Harbor, in this scene from a Japanese newsreel. It was obtained by the U.S. War Department and released to U.S. newsreels.


Final briefing before the attack

Japanese Army pilots taking a break during the Nomonhan Incident, also named the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China; The decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in August 1939. -  Note the Toyota KC truck.

Pilots on break

A formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96) bombers in flight over the territory of China. The Allied code name for them was "Nell". 
The Mitsubishi G3M Type 96 Attack Bomber 'Nell' was the Japanese Navy’s main land based torpedo and high level bomber in the years before the start of the Pacific War.