(31 Aug 2002)
1. Wide shot, tanks and helicopters converging as Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force conduct military drills
2. Close shot, tank driving and firing
3. Wide shot, explosions
4. Wide shot, tanks firing
5. Wide shot, planes firebombing
6. Helicopter dropping off troops
7. Helicopter hovering
8. Tank
9. Helicopters dropping off vehicles
10. Wide shot, helicopters flying off
11. Troops running
12. Troops next to vehicle
13. Weapon being launched
14. Soldier on radio
15. Aftermath of explosion
16. Soldier landing from parachute drop
17. Tanks driving past
18. Troops firing large gun
19. Wide shot, explosions and applause, Mount Fuji in background
STORYLINE:
The Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) held massive military drills on Saturday in Shizuoka Prefecture close to Mount Fuji.
About 2-thousand troops took part in the drills at the Higashifuji training site in the city of Gotemba and its vicinity.
The exercises, based on the scenario of a foreign invasion, lasted about 90 minutes.
Sixty vehicles, including tanks, 70 sets of artillery and 30 planes and helicopters took part.
About 32 tons of ammunition were used to in the exercise, which also saw airborne units conducting parachute drills.
The exercises have been held annually since 1961 at the 8,800-hectare site jointly used by the GSDF and the US forces.
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