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Wives of army officers and men of the American Occupation Forces arrive to meet their husbands in Yokohama, Japan.

Arrival of army wives in Yokohama, Japan. A banner on a ship at Yokohama Harbor reads "Welcome to Japan". Army officers and men of the American Occupation Forces await the arrival of their wives. Women disembark from the ship. They meet their husbands. United States Army General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger greets his wife.

Date: 1946, July 3
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056210
Japanese 1931 aggression in Manchuria condemned by the League of Nations. Continued Japanese aggression in the Pacific, through World War II

Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to China with Chinese civilian people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys Kichisaburō Nomura and Saburō Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of Japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051624
Court Ladies of Japan attend the Annual Hairdressers convention in Yokohama, Japan

Japanese court ladies of the Imperial Household Ministry (now known as the Imperial Household Agency) attend the Annual Hairdressers convention for expert instruction in proper hairdressing in Yokohama, Japan. Sent by Empress Kōjun, court ladies sit on a lecture on anatomy. A Japanese professor points to anatomical charts and diagrams during a lecture. A group of hairdressers set the hair of court ladies. A hairdresser combing the hair of a Japanese woman. A Japanese woman wearing an elaborate kimono and white Tsunokakushi headgear walks into the room.

Date: 1930, March 12
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041970
Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese Naval battle fleet in Yokohama, Japan.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews his battle fleet in Yokohama, Japan. Emperor Hirohito of Japan, dressed in Naval white uniform, and carrying a sword, walks past an honor guard of Japanese sailors who present arms in salute. The Emperor renders a hand salute. He is accompanied by high ranking military officers. Scene shifts to Crowds of Japanese civilians watching the proceedings from a stone bulwark at waters edge. Next, the Emperor and entourage descend a gangplank and board a Navy launch, displaying a large Naval Rising Sun ensign. Some large freighters and small boats are seen in the harbor. View from the dock as the launch pulls away. A sailor and a Marine are standing at attention in foreground. Closeup of the Japanese battleship Kirishima. View of the navy launch as sailors raise the Imperial flag of the Emperor on its bow. View from deck of the battleship Kirishima, where sailors in dress whites stand at attention while she fires a salute with one of her guns. View from her port side, as the Kirishima continues firing gun salutes. Gun smoke obscures the ship. back on shore, the embankment is filled with crowds of spectators. Many carry umbrellas. View of the battleship Kirishima from another ship, where sailors line the deck railing at attention. Japanese military aircraft fly overhead in formations above the Kirishima. Glimpse of a column of Japanese Navy capital ships.

Date: 1934, September 13
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061006
Chinese in Yokohama, Japan during the Sino-Japanese War

The Chinese community in Japan at the onset of the Sino-Japanese War. Chinese shops in Japan. The Nationalist Chinese flag waving on top of flagpole at the Yokohama Chinese Primary School. Chinese students playing in the school yard. A boy reading a Chinese book on desk. Chinese teacher teaches students.

Date: 1937, October 19
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079747
Crab canning and shipping of cargo in Japan.

Technical experts inspect crab. Exterior of factory of Three Diamond Brand. Labeling and Repacking: Japanese workers lacquer and label the tin cans of crab in a factory. Experts inspect the tins. Sign board of 'Fancy Crab Meat, New York'. Four different grades of Japanese Canned Crab Association, Yokohama for export: Fancy (Red), Choice (Indigo), Fair (Blue), and Passed A (purple). Logo of Three Diamond on cargo. Workers bring the cargo for shipping. Cargo boats are loaded and taken to Yokohama. Supervisors inspect the cargo. Steamer Olympia Maru loaded. Flag of Three Diamond Brand at steamer.

Date: 1938
Duration: 5 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024803