Speeches held during May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers gather and listen to a speaker in the Imperial Park. The speaker on a makeshift stand is Chairman Shingoro Shimagami. A group of workers listens to the speaker. The demonstrators sing 'Song of the Red Flag'. The speakers on the stand direct the singing.
May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers leave an assembly area and march along a road in the Imperial Park. Workers from Sunamachi Steel Works march. The workers march. A group of demonstrators has a pep meeting. The workers sitting on the ground listen to a speaker who is on the top of a police box. The workers wave red flags.
Japanese war crime trials in Tokyo, Japan. U.S. Admiral James O. Richardson quotes from affidavit concerning Japanese Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plan to attack Pearl Harbor during World War II. Admiral Richardson gives the figures on U.S. and Japanese losses at Pearl Harbor and mentions USS Arizona (BB-39).
Japanese war crime trials in Tokyo, Japan. Defense attorney James Brannon asks U.S. Admiral James O. Richardson about statement attributed to Japanese Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
British forces in Japan celebrating British Empire Day after conclusion of World War II. Marching troops of Commonwealth forces at British Empire Day ceremony in Tokyo. Marching troops and bands of Cameroon Highlanders, Indian Troops, Royal Air Force from England, troops from New Zealand, Australian troops. Commander in Chief Lieutenant General John Northcutt and other officers review the marching troops.
General Douglas MacArthur gives his speech to Allied Control Council in Tokyo. He praises the new Japanese Constitution. Men sitting in the hall listen to his speech. Several cameramen take photographs. A cameraman sets his camera for recording.