British Financial Delegation headed by Wilfred Eady arrives at an airport in New York. The mission seeks to ease terms of a three billion dollar loan to Britain due to financial crisis the country is undergoing.
Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) and Empress Nagako (Empress Kōjun) visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo, plays as background music. Views of Japanese Emperor and Empress, somewhat out of sequence. Members of public, men, Women and children, wearing special tags, are assembled, and seated on the ground along a roadway outside the Yasukuni Shrine (3 chome 1-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Toukyou-To 102-0073), in Tokyo Japan. Several uniformed guards wearing white arm bands, stand amongst them. Several uniformed motorcyclists lead a Mercedes-Benz Nurburg 770 limousine and others follow it as it passes along the road. The Japanese Imperial chrysanthemum seal is displayed on the rear door, and it appears to carry only one passenger. Chrysanthemum flags fly from wooden archway over the road. The front of a 1937 Packard automobile can be seen parked along with other cars on parallel auxiliary road. Across the road, uniformed Japanese officers stand in formation. Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), in military uniform, descends steps of Yasukuni Shrine toward waiting automobile. A canopy over the steps displays chrysanthemum symbols and a banner with the symbol hangs from overhead. Scene shifts to gateway of the shrine, where soldiers salute and seated spectators bow as Grand (Grosser) Type 770 Mercedes-Benz limousine, bearing the Imperial Japanese chrysanthemum seal, passes under gateway arch, followed by motorcyclist escorts. The Emperor is seen seated in back seat with the Empress facing him, riding backwards. View of rooftop device on Yasukuni Shrine building. Change of scene, as Empress Nagako (Empress Kōjun), dressed all in white, descends Yasukuni Shrine steps. A streamer flies in breeze.
Japanese Lieutenant General steps from a headquarters building and walks toward airfield ramp, during World War 2. He poses for photograph with staff officers in background. In change of scene, The general, dressed in flight gear, is escorted with an aide, to a kawasaki ki-49 bomber (Helen), which they board through a door in the roundel on the aircraft fuselage. The General goes forward to pilot's seat and secures cockpit canopy. The aircraft is seen taking off. change of scene shows a Japanese Squadron Commander standing on a step stool, to brief his pilots. After the briefing, they salute and go to their aircraft. Engine being started on a kawasaki ki-49 bomber.Two are seen taking off as ground crews wave to them.
Japanese Imperial Navy exercises in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. Several Japanese destroyers at sea. A Japanese submarine on the surface, viewed from beneath heavy guns of a battleship or heavy cruiser. Pilot and second-seater climbing aboard their 3-position Japanese Aichi E13A (Jake) observation float plane, which is then catapulted from the ship. A Japanese aircraft carrier is launching aircraft that fly about the area at low altitude. Destroyers maneuver. A carrier-based Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zeke / Zero) flies overhead. Sailors fire Type 96 25mm twin-mounted antiaircraft guns. Battleships and cruisers fire heavy guns.
A Women's Army Corps (WAC) Captain takes a blood sample of an officer in Tokyo in Japan. Blood specimen is put into a test tube. An officer of Women's army Corps works on a leg brace. An Officer adjusts the costume of a Japanese showgirl in the fitting room of Ernie Pyle Theater.
Women's Army Corps officers cross the Ginza street and shop for articles at a street stand in Tokyo in Japan. Officers carrying baggage walk into the entrance of Tokyo RTO Central. They walk beside a grassy embankment with GHQ Chapel Center written on it. They look at the chapel schedule and walk towards the Diet building. Officers sit in the lawns and look at the Imperial Palace.
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