Western tourists visit Meijijingu Shinto Shrine and Ueno Zoological Garden in Tokyo: They stand at the Torii Gate in the precincts on the way to the sanctuary. They see a bear, snake, ape, ducks and swan. Tourists seated at table in zoo. They watch animal. They swing in zoo. Giraffe in a cage. Bactrian camels in zoo.
Japanese Imperial interests prior to World War II. People gather at the Chrysanthemum Show in Tokyo. They watch the flower plants. Children walk.
Street scenes in Tokyo. Women walk on the street. Pinwheels, paper flowers, and mini umbrellas adorn a flowerpot on the street. Japanese women wearing kimono turns to look at the camera behind them. People step inside a building. Some people seated on benches along the sides of a street. Houses and trees. People walk.
Japanese Imperial interests prior to World War II. People gather in the Ueno Park in Tokyo for Sakura cherry blossom viewing (Hanami). The five-storied pagoda of the Kan’ei-ji Buddhist temple inside Ueno Park. Intensely pink cherry blossom trees in full bloom partially obscure the view of the pagoda. Crowds gathered watch the cherry blossoms. Crowds of people walk in the park. Women in kimono strolling the park. People climb stone stairs at the park.
Japanese propaganda during the Sino-Japanese War. Pro-Japanese banners and flags on display in a building in Japan. People in windows waving Japanese flags and cheering. Pro-Japanese supporters in truck during a procession. A military band plays plays on a moving truck during celebration parade. Japanese women and children cheering from sidewalk. Japanese women and schoolgirls (wearing seifuku uniforms) refilling canteens for troops. Japanese children packing care packages for Japanese troops. Japanese women stitching support banners. A woman in kimono and her child arrives at an office. A man serves a girl with a cup. Japanese pilgrims visit a Shinto shrine. Japanese woman and her children bow with soldiers.
Montage with graphics sells Japanese propaganda claiming Japanese hatred as cause for Sino-Japanese War. Newspapers declaring the non-aggression pact between Republic of China and the Soviet Union. Animated map depicting how the Communist Soviet Union can encroach China’s territories. Narrator claims “It is in order to stop this power of evil, a real everlasting peace in Asia that Japan’s soldiers and sailors are giving their lives,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe reads a speech defending the Sino-Japanese War.