Major nuclear testing events of the year 1952. Narrator indicates that the British detonated their first atomic bomb in 1952 (not shown). Aerial view of Enewetak Atoll area where United States testing took place for Operation Ivy. America tests its first hydrogen bomb. View of bomb apparatus on island. Massive explosion occurs during test shot Ivy MIKE, at the Enewetak atoll, on November 1, 1952.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. Japanese and United States scientists work at a laboratory. A Japanese girl mixes chemicals in a test tube. A man looks through a microscope. Technician takes water and pours it in a beaker for examination of malaria, typhoid and plague parasites. Men spray insecticide in water, swamp and drainage besides road. Farmers work in farm. Men dig in field, one man pulls rodent out of hole in the ground and places it in box. Inspector examines cows and milking process. He inspects milk cans and meat in butcher's refrigerator.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. People go in Public Health Clinic. Women sit in line at clinic. Nurse places thermometer in a woman's mouth. A lady doctor examines a boy with stethoscope. Boys receive chest X-Rays. Little children weighed in baskets by nurses. Dentist examines little girl's teeth. Teacher lectures at a Nursing class and nurses under training take notes. Nurses check patients' blood pressure. Nurse brings tray of food to woman on bed. Farms on hill side. Men and women plow farms. Water besides the farm. United States freighter at port. Fertilizer sacks are lowered down to port. Farmers spread fertilizers in a farm. They use their feet to mix fertilizer with soil. Horse drawn thrasher in the farm. Men and women sow rice plants in water filled paddies. Laborers dig new hilly land for re plantation. Farmers trained in farming school for practical work. They plow and spray chemical.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. An old Japanese man reads Japanese newspaper. Poster on lamp post about land possession. People at polling booth. They cast their votes in the booth and put ballet papers in box. Surveyors work on land for dividing it. They measure land. A man goes to an office and receives papers. Farmers pull out radishes from farm and make pile after washing. Women cut cabbages from farms. Farmers cut wheat crops, make bundles of it and load it onto carts. Men and women work on thrasher. Water filled rice paddies. Boats in sea. Men go to sea for fishing. They pull up net full of fishes. Boats and fishes at sea shore. Men shows tokens to an official, he collects it. People go to cooperative homes at night. They gather there to talk and discuss about their problems and share their views. Men on a boat in sea.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. Smoke rise from chimneys at factory area. Factory workers go towards plant. Woman works at a machine in cotton plant. Man paints on dish. Woman feeds flax into machine. Men cut down trees in forest. Wood logs are rolled to water. Machine chops wood to pulp. Filled vats ready for paper processing. Hot melted metal at steel plant. Worker takes out hot metal rod. Workers in a car factory. Workers assemble parts of truck at automotive factory. Ready vehicles come out of factory in line. Train pulls into elevated subway station. People get off train. An electric train arrives. Persons of management and labor representatives sit and discuss for common good. Workers at shipyard. Ready and decorated ship launched in sea. People wave. Ship heading for New York harbor. New York skyline in the background.
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. People buy newspaper at newsstand. Election campaign activities. People listen to the leaders. People go to polling booth and cast their votes. Woman puts ballet paper in box. People watch tabulation board for results. Man stand on ladder at the board. Building of DIET. Emperor Hirohito on throne. He holds a paper and addresses DIET. He reads the declaration. Speakers on rostrum. Japanese constitution opened. Pages are turned over. Officials enters the supreme court. The court in session. Police instructor lectures police and they make notes. Traffic police on cross road controls traffic. A policeman picks ball on road and returns it to baseball player. Witness comes in court and bows. People in meeting around table.