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Views of Japan and its militarism from 1937 through 1943 . Construction of B-29 bombers in the United States

Volcanic eruption and creation of island of Japan. Glimpse of map of Japan. Gardens and rivers. Two men demonstrate samurai sword techniques. Japanese soldiers advance through smoke carrying rising sun flag. Chinese suffering under Japanese military occupation. Two executed with rifles. Japanese soldiers waving weapons and red ball flags. A DC-3 aircraft flying over a Japanese Pagoda. Vies of Old Japan. Farmers at work. One manually turning a water pump with his feet. A man using a pole to propel a boat. Modern methods adopted in Japan for terraced farming. Japanese building railroads. Japanese modern locomotive on South Manchurian Railway. in 1934. A Japanese twin engine bomber taking off. The Japanese ocean liner, Asama Maru, in the 1930s. Glimpse of numerous ships in Tokyo harbor. Western style architecture in modern Tokyo buildings. Neon lights on the Grand Palace Hotel and other establishments in Tokyo. Industrial smoke stacks. Women at work in a silk factory. Finished product stamped "Made in Japan."Steel ingots being made in a Japanese steel mill using scrap iron imported from the U.S.A. Chinese victims of 2nd Sino-Japanese War. Japanese troops on parade. Dead American Marines on shore of Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific in World War 2, killed in battle. Japanese high ranking officers reviewing troops on parade. Japanese warships underway. Troops parading beneath the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. American B-25 bombers on flight deck of the USS Hornet, headed to bomb Tokyo.A crew of Doolittle's Raiders standing by their plane. B-25 taking off from the Hornet. Formation of B-25s in flight. View from bomber of smoke rising from bombing of Tokyo below. Brigadier General Jimmie Doolittle pledging to repeat bombing of Tokyo. Supply train entering a Boeing Company defense plant. United States war production workers being scrutinized as they enter the facility and punching in at a time clock. Poster in the plant picturing a B-29 bomber aircraft on a message in German describing it as an instrument for a "Destruction Battle against the Luftwaffe." Bold letters, above, in English read: "They're Promised-Let's Deliver 'em!" And, below, the words: "B-29, Super Bombers." Slabs of aluminum sheets fill a factory room. Overhead traveling cranes move them. Workers in airplane manufacturing and assembly plant use heat and brakes to shape the aluminum sheets. Multiple views of the aluminum being machined and stamped to specifications. Wings being fabricated. Relatively unskilled labor using jigs to perform the work. Woman war worker operating an overhead crane moving a wing in the plant. Views of plane parts moving across the ceiling via cranes. Women workers driving rivets into wings. Men and women employees working inside fuel fuel compartments of wings. A floor full of engine nacelles. A floor full of 2200 HP radial engines. A skeleton nose section being fabricated. Midsections and bomb bays being assembled. Workers crawling through the airframe during aircraft assembly. A woman working on a connecting tunnel. Sub-assemblies made by contractors arriving at the plant. More views of Boeing employees including young, old, men, and women, at work in the plant.

Date: 1944
Duration: 11 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046523
Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo

Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) and Empress Nagako (Empress Kōjun) visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo, plays as background music. Views of Japanese Emperor and Empress, somewhat out of sequence. Members of public, men, Women and children, wearing special tags, are assembled, and seated on the ground along a roadway outside the Yasukuni Shrine (3 chome 1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Toukyou-To 102-0073), in Tokyo Japan. Several uniformed guards wearing white arm bands, stand amongst them. Several uniformed motorcyclists lead a Mercedes-Benz Nurburg 770 limousine and others follow it as it passes along the road. The Japanese Imperial chrysanthemum seal is displayed on the rear door, and it appears to carry only one passenger. Chrysanthemum flags fly from wooden archway over the road. The front of a 1937 Packard automobile can be seen parked along with other cars on parallel auxiliary road. Across the road, uniformed Japanese officers stand in formation. Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), in military uniform, descends steps of Yasukuni Shrine toward waiting automobile. A canopy over the steps displays chrysanthemum symbols and a banner with the symbol hangs from overhead. Scene shifts to gateway of the shrine, where soldiers salute and seated spectators bow as Grand (Grosser) Type 770 Mercedes-Benz limousine, bearing the Imperial Japanese chrysanthemum seal, passes under gateway arch, followed by motorcyclist escorts. The Emperor is seen seated in back seat with the Empress facing him, riding backwards. View of rooftop device on Yasukuni Shrine building. Change of scene, as Empress Nagako (Empress Kōjun), dressed all in white, descends Yasukuni Shrine steps. A streamer flies in breeze.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675037849
Japanese actions leading to 2nd Sino-Japanese war and attack on United States at Pearl Harbor in World War II

Japanese army officers examining foreign military equipment. A Japanese worker employing electric drill developed in a Western country. The Japanese freighter, Tatsuno Maru, loading scrap iron at a port in the United States. Other Japanese freighters loading coal and oil for shipment back to Japan. View of the Washington Naval Conference in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC, held in 1921-22 and again in 1927 and 1930, to deal with several lingering issues. Glimpse of Japanese people holding flags while gathered near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Glimpse of Japanese army troops on parade. Japanese Navy warships at sea. A fleet of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers and Nakajima Ki-27 pursuit planes, parked on an airfield. A loose formation of Ki-27s airborne. Animated map illustrates Japanese fortification of Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands in the Pacific. Animated map illustrating China's greater size and population vis-a-vis Japan. Animated map illustrating Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931. New York Times newspaper with headline "Japs Seize Manchuria" hovers over fires burning in Manchuria. Other newspaper headlines reporting on Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia; the Spanish civil war; surrender of Czechoslovakia; invasion of Poland; assaults on France, Belgium, and the Netherlands by Nazi Germany; the London Blitz; and Nazi advances against Russia on the Eastern Front. Fnally, a Boston Hearald extra edition headline reports: "Pearl Harbor Bombed." A still photograph of Japanese Baron Tanaka Giichi (on left) with two other dignitaries, circa 1929. Japanese infantry streaming into Manchuria and then celebrating as they walk into local town. A busy street in a Chinese city. Japanese soldiers in Manchuria escorting local prisoners along a street. Animated map illustrating Japananese warships surrounding harbor of Shanghai, China. View from a Japanese ship bombarding Shanghai. Smoke rising from shell striking on Shanghai waterfront. View from land of severely damaged buildings on a street, and a shell exploding in background, as Chinese defenders move to successfully repel the Japanese forces. New map illustrates subsequent Japanese move, annexing Jehol, from occupied Manchukuo, and Korea. Japanese troops entering a town in Jehol. Sun newspaper headline: "League Censures Japan." Chinese diplomat protesting at League of Nations. Japanese troops exiting railroad trains in Jehol. Aisin Gioro Puyi aka Henry Pu Yi, Kangde Emperor (Kang-te Emperor) of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, is seen saluting Japanese troops on parade. Closeup of Puyi wearing shaded glasses, looking directly into the camera. chiang Kai-shek, with other Chinese officers. Reenactment of barbarian forces riding against China and thwarted by the Great Wall. Many Chinese walking in a long line along the Great Wall. Map tracing the Great Wall across China. Aerial view of the Great Wall from overflying airplane. Japanese troops marching through a city gate; infantry climbing a sheer cliff; and helmeted Japanese soldiers marching past civilians in a city. Map illustrated progress of Chinese unification by year 1937. Japanese officers conferring during occupation. Japanese troops leave a barracks, riding in open trucks. A line of the troop trucks moving along the dirt street of a town. The troops climb from their trucks in the town.

Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025181
Western tourists visit Asakusa, Matsuya Department Store, and Dai-Nippon Beer Company in Japan.

Aerial view of buildings and tourist attractions in Asakusa District, Tokyo, Japan. Exterior of Matsuya Department Store Building (1-4-1 Hanakawado, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0033). Views over Asakusa and Honjo-Ward from the top of Matsuya Department Store, Sumida River and the vehicles on the Kototoi-Bridge over Sumida River of Asakusa Ave., the facilities of Dai-Nippon Beer Company along Sumida River in the background. to Sensō-ji temple (2 Chome-3-1 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan) with the five-story pagoda are also seen. The Kototoi-Bridge over Sumida River, the tugboat going down Sumida River and the rope way on the top of Matsuya Department Store. Tourists taking a walk in the Sumida Park at the riverside and boating under the truss bridge of Tobu Railway in Sumida River.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024846
Natural disaster scenes in Japan during the early 1900s, and scenes of Tokyo before World War 2

Panoramic views of Japanese cities before World War II. A Japanese boy at home. A volcanic eruption is shown in progress. Japanese firefighters on a ridge survey a massive wildfire burning forest area. Damage after earthquakes and floods. View of a flooded Japanese town. 33rd Prime Minister of Japan, Senjuro Hayashi, exits a car and is surrounded by other officials. A crowd assembled on the street. Japanese modern buildings seen across water view in Tokyo. The Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The exteriors of several downtown buildings in Tokyo before World War II.

Date: 1937
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074741
Flower trees outside a British family in Tokyo, Japan.

The British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan (No 1 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). People walk on the Chidorigafuchi Park outside the British Embassy. Sakura cherry blossom trees along the sides of the Chidorigafuchi Park. Men on bicycles pass on street. British family watches the sakura trees. Exterior of the American Embassy in Tokyo (1-10-5, Akasaka, Minato-ku).

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045643
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