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Way of life of Japanese people in Japan.
J Film begins showing the Japanese ocean liner Tatsuta Maru underway at sea. A slate and photo are shown dedicating the film to Stephen Ordway. a boy of the youngest generation. Interior of a building shows the Japanese Chairman of the Society for International Cultural Relations (Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai) speaking. Two Japanese women in boat. Fisherman throws net. Many Japanese boatmen pulling on long hawsers to bring boats toward the beach. Mountains surrounding houses in a village. A Japanese woman sits in a traditional veranda-like engawa, in which she arranges flowers (ikebana). She stands and adjusts her traditional kimona garment, helped by a younger woman. Several Geisha girls are seen in various activities and walking alond a sidewalk. One performs a traditional slow dance before the camera.
Young school age Japanese children, at a summer camp, combining outdoor activities with classroom instruction in Japanese writing.
Opening scene shows Japanese boys performing gymnastic exercises on a high bar at a beach. As they finish a large group of boys runs from the water's edge behind them. The boys run into an outdoor classroom in the shade of trees, where a teacher is instructing uniformed students how to write Japanese kanji characters. The second of two Kanji characters that spell Nippon (Japan) is shown on the blackboard with numeric guides to the sequence of strokes in which it should be written. Scene shifts to the interior of a classroom filled with boys in checkered uniforms. The teacher in this classroom is using the blackboard to teach writing of the same kanji character. As the teacher uses chalk to write the character, the students copy his motions with their hands in the air, as if writing it themselves. Closeup of the boys at their desks using brushes to form the character on paper. One boy uses a still camera to photograph the character he has written. A student is seen wearing earphones and smiling while listening. An old woman, also wearing earphones, appears to enjoy what she hears as she works preparing food in her kitchen. On a river bank, overlooking the water, a group of boys and a group of girls sit on wooden benches with their respective teachers in the shade of a large tree. Closeup of children's feet resting on a beach of many smooth rounded stones, under the wooden bench. Next, boys are seen splashing one and other in the water,
Constrasts between traditional Japenese theater and modern Western oriented stage shows
Japanese patrons, including five young women in traditional dress, line up to purchase tickets at a theater in Japan. A businessman and a woman walk past on the sidewalk. Scene shifts to a Japanese film with actors in traditional dress perform stylized combat with swords. Next, women in traditional dress perform onstage in a ritualistic dance employing fans. In sharp contrast, women in modern military costumes onstage perform precision dance moves in a follies style and a man dances with chorus girls in western style jazz stage show. Scene ends with theater curtain descending as the dancers are still performing.
Japanese women in kimono, dancing and singing at a Japanese seacoast.
Film begins showing a map off Japan highlighting notable places including Mount Fuji, Tokyo Bay, cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimoda, and Oshima. View from a ship in Tokyo Bay, heading toward tall island in the distance. Scene shifts to a dozen women in traditional kimona dress singing and dancing on a bluff overlooking the water. A colorful horse circles about in the background as the women dance. Next, two women dressed in traditional kimona, carry large trays on their heads. Glimpse of three farmers with a horse. Views of heavy waves and clouds at waterfront. Strong wind blowing snow off a mountain peak. A speeding steam locomotive pulling a train along the shore of Tokyo Bay. Mount Fuji in the near background.
Japanese crew of ship Terukuni Maru following rescue by British
Crew of the disaster hit ship Terukuni Maru, which had been carrying mail, cargo, and passengers on its way from Yokohama, Japan, to London, United Kingdom, when it struck a German mine near Sunderland in the North Sea, early in World War 2. Japanese crew eats food at table. British rescuers serve tea and sandwiches to crew members. British officers providing first adi to rescued crew members. Members of Japanese crew smile. Group of Japanese uniformed officials talk. British and Japanese officials in discussion. Scene changes to views of British civilians: Five men in suits talking just outside a building. Closeup views of the men. (One man looks very much like Lucien Raimbourg.) Man and woman at dining table having tea service. Three women at the table. Elderly woman talks to another woman.
Journalists Harold Horan and Robert Sherrod in a staged meeting at the Time office in New York, discussing Guam
Dramatic portrayal by journalists Harold Horan and Robert Sherrod at Time building office in New York. The journalists are seen conversing with other officials in a meeting. They discuss Guam and foreign relations with Japan