Operation Little Switch repatriation effort (first phase of Operation Big Switch), in which released prisoners of war (POW) from the Korean War are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Japan, and then to the U.S. Cars carrying released sick and injured prisoners in litters drive towards U.S. Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter parked at Haneda Army Airbase at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Ambulance car backs up towards the aircraft. The U.S. soldiers in stretchers are taken aboard C-97 aircraft by U.S. military medical staff. Men stand in the background and under a wing of the aircraft. An Army General stands by.
Recruitment advertisement for the United States Navy within the U.S. military. Teenage boy exits diner and sweeps stoop of diner with broom. Aerial view of Grumman F9 Cougar jet aircraft flying in formation. Mechanics on aircraft carrier examine Grumman F9 jet. Sailors in Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Sailor typing message on typewriter while wearing headphones. Flight director in aircraft carrier guiding Grumman F9 aircraft. Nurse and doctor confer with patient in bed in hospital. Sailor operates signal light. Grumman F9 Panther jets taking off from aircraft carrier. Narrator urges viewer to "see your Navy recruiter today."
Japanese Air show at Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) or Haneda Air Force Base. View of Japanese and American airplanes. Miscellaneous airplanes are on display. Personnel attending the air show. C-54 'Skymaster' parked in hardstand. Four sets of three, training airplanes of the National Safety Force, possibly L5's and L-16's. Crowd watching the air show. Some Japanese men and children stand along edge or marked off area. Model airplane meet is held. Airplanes on display include Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Grumman SA-16A amphibian, Martin B-26 Marauder, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. Man operates model airplane. Contestants give last minute checks to their model airplane. Personnel push model gliders out on ramp prior to launch. Written on top of the glider wing 'JA-0067'. A formation of eight F-80's airplanes fly over area. F-84 makes pass over area. A formation of three sets of four P-84's airplanes fly over the area.
Glider towed off for take off in an Air Show at Tokyo International Airport. View of glider in free flight as it climbs. Glider lands on the runway. Japanese glider takes off. Japanese glider in a free flight. Glider is placed in position for take off. Group of spectators rush as the glider lands.
Spectators grouped around two Japanese planes on display. Boeing Stratocruiser on display, written on its side 'Pan American World Airways'. Two girls inquire direction from an AP. Glider in free flight. North American F-86D Sabre equipped with wing tanks on display. Republic F-84 Thunderjet in background. Glider in free flight.
Japanese personnel and AP walk. Crowd of people observe the Air Show. C-119 on display. Personnel observe the Air show. Personnel are not allowed near airplane. Three Japanese children eat with chopsticks. Japanese personnel mill through area,eating.