Newly elected members of National Assembly of Japan in a meeting. Members of the House of Representatives wear a button on their collars. Ancient assembly Diet in session. Japanese in a procession to mark the new civil rights celebrations. A judicial trial at a court room is seen. Disestablishment of Shinto religion and people of different religions pray at their places of worship. Japanese children being taught in classroom under a new democratic educational system. Free press in the country, newspapers being printed and sold.
The chief of communicable disease along with other officers works on a plan to control the spread of typhoid in Japan. DDT disinfectant being sprayed in a house and a patient being carried to hospital. Doctor explains the importance of public health to people on street. Japanese stand in queue to be sprayed with DDT powder. People line up to get rationed food under public distribution system. Japanese women shop for clothes. Reconstruction work in progress at factories and a church.
Japanese farmers till land, sow rice seedlings, harvest and thrash the grain in Japan. Workers at an oil refinery, lumbering being carried out in forests. Female workers extract pearls from oysters. Mulberry fields, breeding silkworm and production of silk thread are seen. At a textile exhibit goods like camera, cycles, hats being displayed.
American soldiers talk to Japanese people. American soldiers speak to a Japanese farmer. An American soldier buys wares from a Japanese man. A man plays with wooden trinket attached to a box. Sign reads “Can you open this box? Please try!”. They visit Japanese Buddhist temple. Soldiers plant incense into container as offering. A statue of Buddha. Movie theaters are seen. A sign reads “boys town” (Shonen no machi) in Japanese. An advertisement for “A Medal for Benny”. A movie theater called “Everyday Hall” (Mainichi no hooru) in Japanese. An advertisement for “Rumba”. Japanese play a game of baseball. People vote at the first elections
Several notable persons including James F. Byrnes and Senator Vandenberg receive honorary degrees at a commencement exercise at Columbia University in New York. Byrnes and Vandenburg, in academic regalia, descend from the steps of the Low Memorial Library (535 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027, USA). Commencement ceremony in front of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library. General Eisenhower also attends the ceremony.
First European Recovery Program shipments under the Marshall Plan reach Italy and are unloaded. Priests read out prayer from scriptures. Pope Pius XII along with American officials welcome the shipments.
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