Kichizaburo Nomura, last ambassador to U.S. of America, is seen in Japan, before World War II. A Japanese official speaks at a table. After the end of the second World War, Nomura expresses his firm belief that there are no problems between United States and Japan that cannot be resolved.
United States Navy Martin PBM Mariner flies over Japanese submarine during Operation Road's End. Destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)seen nearby. Two Admirals and a Captain observing from bridge of the USS Chicago (CA-136). Japanese submarine explodes. View of captured Japanese submarines sinking. U.S. Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson in the background.
A group of young primary school children tend a garden and dig up the ground for further planting. A physical training class being conducted on a school playground. Girls do various exercises such as running, jumping and play basketball. The ceremonial dismissal by their teacher. They are uniformly dressed in white middies and navy blue bloomers.
Japanese Military Police acts to control black market activities in Kyoto, Japan. Japanese civilians, two men and a child and a member of the United States occupation force in Japan checked and arrested after being caught doing an illegal transaction.
May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Half a million laborers, agrarians and white-collar workers demonstrate in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace (1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8111, Japan). People assemble in the Imperial Park. Some protesters hold red banners. Speeches are held in the park. Some cars are driving in the park.
United States Army soldiers at a baseball game in Yokohama Park Stadium (Yokohamakoen, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0022, Japan) in Yokohama, Japan, during the postwar Allied occupation following World War II. The stadium had been renamed and a sign on it reads "Lou Gehrig Stadium." U.S. soldiers enter the ballpark to watch the baseball game. A crowd of American soldiers in the stands. Baseball game in progress. First Lieutenant Don Pinciotti, assigned to ASCOM-C 8th Army Headquarters, as Athletic Officer in charge of all Recreational Activities, for USA troops in and around the Yokohama area, is seen playing as catcher and manager of the 8th Army Chicks. Japanese bat boys sit near the dugout.