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.
Huge crowd attends baseball game between visiting American players and Japanese team in Tokyo, 1931. Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons and Lefty Grove mentioned by announcer but not seen. American representatives walk out to pitcher's mound to greet pitcher. Shots of Babe Ruth hitting. Shots of Japanese player rounding third, sliding safely into home. Film suddenly morphs into anti-Japanese propaganda circa 1941-1942; shows Japanese newspaper publisher who was murdered. Scenes of sumo wresting and judo seen and compared to alleged acts of Japanese diplomatic and military treachery and spying. Shots of fishermen, tourists, barbers and others said to be spies and soldiers for Tokyo. Closeup of a Japanese man gardening. Japanese men on small fishing boats, raising boat sails, and pulling in heavy loads of tuna fish in nets. Japanese tourists supposedly taking photographs of American ships in Hawaii. Female Japanese barbers giving haircuts. Japanese military officials in Japan organizing papers, films, and incoming information. Japanese industrialist figure emerging from car. Scenes of Japanese industry supporting war preparations: Exterior views of Japanese factories in Osaka, textile mill operations in Tokyo, chemical plant operations in Nagoya, steel mills, and a large newly completed ship being launched in Nagasaki. Overhead view of steel mill operations. View of a slum town area in Japan and simple living arrangements of Japanese citizens. Japanese laborers at work in small home factories for textiles, pottery, and other goods, said to be in "semi-slavery." Workers include men, women, and child labor. Shows production of goods said to be produced in other countries that are pirated, mislabeled by Japan, and dumped abroad to undercut competitors. Products shown include factories and production lines for spark plugs, scotch whiskey, matches, silk, cotton, bottled beer, toothbrushes, hair brushes, hair combs, and American flags. Shipping dock areas in Japan showing large ships at docks, cranes in use, and importing of oil, rubber, scrap iron, tin for war materiel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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