Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). U.S. 11th Airborne units arrive at Ashiya Air Base to carry out Seoul operations in Korea. Soldiers unload equipment from truck at air base. Sign on building reads 'Ashiya Air Base, Base Operations'. Paratroopers board planes. Plane takes off from runway. Road sign reads 'Kimpo Airdrome Stop Military Police Check Point'. Plane taxis at Kimpo air base in Korea. Men disembark from plane. Wounded soldiers on stretcher taken into plane. Boats are carried out of cargo planes at air base. Air University Commanding General George C Kenney, and Commanding General of Far East Forces (former commander of U.S. forces) Carl Spaatz, arrive at Kimpo air base for inspection. Captured IL-10 plane parked in the background in hangar. Men manning Grumman F7F Tigercat aircraft. F7Fs in flight line.
4H club flag at office of the club in Japan. Japanese 4H club members in a meeting. 4H club head and members in discussion. Issues raised by members of club.1950.
Two Japanese men discuss the success of 4H club irrigation project that increased productivity in Japanese community. Japanese farmer and his family express joy brought by the success of the 4H club irrigation project in rural Japan.1950.
General Douglas MacArthur exits a building in occupied Japan. General Matthew Ridgway greets officers and officials in Japan. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles waves farewell and boards an airplane in Japan. Roman Catholic Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York greets American soldiers and Japanese people. Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon are greeted upon arrival in Japan. Ordinary American soldiers meet ordinary Japanese people.
Group of American women discuss CARE project over tea in Memphis. One woman shows picture of her son dressed in a naval uniform who died in Japan due to polio. Woman shows a 'Care Help Them to Help Themselves' information card to group.1950.
Emperor Hirohito of Japan and wife Empress Nagako visit the Ueno Zoo (9-83 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8711, Japan) in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese emperor’s 1949 Cadillac car and motorcycle escort enter the zoo gate. Ueno Zoo officials greet the Emperor and Empress of Japan with a bow and escort them into the zoo proper. The Emperor and Empress see leopards that leap angrily at the cage bars; a lion being fed, elephants (performing tricks), and seals. An elephant stands up. Empress Nagako feeds fish to the sea lions. The royal couple wave to a group of spectators who are kept at some distance. They attend a performance by several trained seals. A trained chimpanzee, dressed in a costume, riding a bicycle.
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