King Baudouin of Belgium, Queen Fabiola, Belgian Foreign Minister Henri Spaak and 11 members of the Royal Belgian Court arrive on a SABENA plane in Tokyo Haneda International Airport (4-3 Haneda-Kuko, 2-Chome, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 144, Japan). Line flags of both Japan and Belgium flying above airport terminal. Japanese Emperor Hirohito welcomes King Baudouin. King Baudouin shakes hands with the Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and his wife, Crown Princess Michiko. Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Chira and members of the Japanese diplomatic corps can be seen welcoming the King and Queen of Belgium. Crown Princess Michiko welcomes Queen Fabiola. A line of Japanese honor guards welcome the King and Queen of Belgium. The royal motorcade drives away from the tarmac.
City view of Tokyo. Large crowd gathers as 18th modern Olympic Games opening ceremony goes on in Tokyo, Japan. United States players hold their national flag. Russian players come after the American players. Japanese players hold their flag. Emperor Hirohito declares the games open. Olympic flag hoisted. Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic torch. Pigeons fly in sky.
Don Schollander sets new Olympic record for 100 meter free style swimming in Tokyo, Japan. Dawn Fraser of Australia wins gold medal in Women's 100 meter free style swimming. U.S. Jed Graef leads his teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett in Men's 200 meter backstroke. Three U.S. flags hoisted. Winners on stand during medal ceremony.
United States competitors outrun Tokyo in the Tokyo Olympics. The spectators seated in the stadium. The royal family members of Tokyo seated. The 100 meter butterfly event in swimming in progress. Sharon Stouder wins the Gold Medal in the event. A woman stands and cheers. The U.S. flag raised in the first and second places. The Platform Diving event in progress. Lesley Bush of U.S. wins the Gold Medal and Ingrid Kramer of Germany in the second place. A large crowd in the gallery to witness the track events. The 100 meter track event. Bob Hayes of U.S. finishes with an Olympic record and wins the Gold Medal. A man looks through binoculars. Other men seated beside him. An official presents Hayes with the Gold Medal. The U.S. flag raised to the first position, Cuban flag in the second position and Canada flag in the third position. The final100 meter dash event of women starts. Wyomia Tyus of U.S. who set an Olympic record in the semifinals wins the Gold Medal and Edith McGuire runs second.
General of the Imperial Japanese Army Baron Sadao Araki narrates the film. Japanese flag is seen behind Baron Sadao Araki. Aerial view of clouds. Smoke emanates from volcanoes in Japan. Ripples being made in a lake or pond. A map of Japan. View of a Japanese waterfall. Trees grow on rocky cliffs by a river. View of the summit of Takachiho in the Kirishima Mountains (霧島山, Kirishima-yama) in Kyushu, Japan. Rice grows in a rice field in Japan. A print of the enthronement of Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. View of the Entrance to the Ise Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮, Ise Jingū 1 Ujitachicho, Ise, Mie 516-0023, Japan). People crossing a traditional Japanese bridge. View of the two giant “married couple rocks” (Meoto Iwa 夫婦岩575 Futamichoe, Ise, Mie 519-0602, Japan) that are joined by a Shimenawa rice-straw rope in Futami, Mie, Japan. View of the Kashihara Jingu Shrine (橿原神宮934 Kumecho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8550, Japan) in Nara, Japan. View of the Torii gate at Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta-jingū 1 Chome-1-1 Jingu, Atsuta Ward, Nagoya, Aichi 456-8585, Japan) in Nagoya, Japan. Torii gate of the Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū 1-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 151-8557, Japan) in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. View of the Nijubashi Bridge inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan). View of the Kyoto Imperial Palace (3 Kyotogyoen, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, 602-0881, Japan) in preparation for the coronation of Emperor Hirohito. Banzai banners decorate the imperial palace. Japanese archers in traditional garb, carrying their bows. Emperor Hirohito’s procession makes its way to his coronation in Kyoto. Two 18th Century coaches bearing the Imperial Seal of Japan, also known as the Chrysanthemum Flower Seal (菊紋, kikumon) head the procession, accompanied by a mounted honor guard. Also in the procession is the Kashikodokoro (enshrining the Imperial Regalia) being carried by young men from the village of Yase, near Kyoto.
Cars and shops near the intersection of Master Street and Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, during the 1964 Philadelphia riots, also called the 1964 Columbia Avenue riots, in an era of racial tensions and civil rights struggles. People loot shops. Men and women take out articles from a shop. Broken window panes of a shop. A mannequin dummy on a road in front of a damaged garment shop. Exteriors of the damaged shops. A damaged car. A man walks through ruins of shops. Policeman attempts to clear looters from a shop.