Japanese children attending school during World War 2. Japanese schoolchildren bow and greet their teachers “先生おはようございます。” (“Good morning teacher” in English). Japanese schoolchildren taking off their street shoes and changes into their uwabaki (上履き) indoor slippers in front of their assigned getabako (下駄箱) shoe cupboard. Children taking their seats inside their classroom. Outdoor shoes neatly arranged in wooden cupboard outside classroom. Japanese schoolchildren hold books during a reading lesson. A boy stands up to recite from his Japanese book. Schoolboy reads from a basic Japanese workbook. An illustration from the Japanese workbook depicting respect for the elderly inside a train. A girl stands up to recite from her book after being called. A bespectacled Japanese schoolteacher reads from book. Illustration from a Japanese book depicting people exercising together.
A Japanese maid buys soft tofu (soybean curd) from a street vendor. Street vendor cuts a block of tofu. A Japanese woman practices Ikebana flower arrangement. Japanese woman places the finished flower arrangement on the Butsudan, a small household Buddhist shrine for family ancestors. An old Japanese woman sews on a new kimono while a little boy plays with his toys. Japanese woman bows in front of the Butsudan. At the railway station the Tokyo Express steam train arrives on time and official in-charge writes the train report. Engineer inspects steam train. Children learn to write Japanese characters inside a classroom. Schoolchildren use bamboo calligraphy brushes to write basic Chinese characters or Kanji. Japanese boy writes Chinese characters that read “Great Japan”. Children play baseball during school recess. Older children practice kendo, a modern Japanese martial art.
A Japanese family makes an excursion to a Hanami (cherry blossoms viewing) festival to view Sakura cherry blossom trees in Japan during World War 2. A Japanese woman dresses her young daughter in a kimono. A Japanese boy dresses up on his own. A Japanese family goes out of the house for Hanami. The father and sons are dressed in Western attire while the mother, grandmother and daughter are wearing kimonos. People crowd the Nishinomaru Garden to watch cherry blossom trees. People crossing a bridge. The Osaka Castle (1-1 Osakajo, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 540-0002, Japan) is seen nearby. The family visits a Shinto shrine on its way to the festival. Japanese boy pulls the bell cord. Coin offerings are tossed to a box in a Shinto shrine. Japanese family clapping their hands and bowing in front of the shrine. Sakura cherry blossom tree viewing in Osaka. Japanese man takes pictures of the cherry blossoms with his camera. Closer view of Sakura blossoms in full bloom. A Japanese storyteller entertains children he uses picture cards to illustrate his story. A Japanese man treats his children with cotton candy. Japanese family have dinner at home. Family eats meat, sashimi (sliced raw fish), cooked vegetables and steamed rice in a bowl with chopsticks. Japanese girl eats a bowl of rice using her chopsticks. Japanese man eating. House maid watches rice steamer in kitchen. Japanese housemaid adds coal to fire that heats water for the ofuro (Japanese bathtub). Japanese boy takes bath. Japanese boy scrubbing his face, lathers and rinses body before entering the ofuro. Japanese boy inside an ofuro bathtub. Japanese woman and house maid prepare futon beds on the floor. Japanese man in a kimono reads newspaper and smokes cigarette before bedtime. Children are asleep. Japanese boy sleeps with a stuffed toy dog. View of Mt. Fuji at night.
United States Air Force North American F-100 Super Sabre supersonic jet fighters take off from an airfield during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. View from cockpit of a fighter jet in flight. Douglas B-66 Destroyer in flight. McDonnell F-101 Voodoo landing on airstrip.
Cars parked in front of Pan American Union Building. Sign on the building reads 'Organization of American States'. Chair for Cuban delegate is empty. U.S. Secretary of state Dean Rusk speaks.Events during Cuban Crisis.1962.
U.S. Naval ships at sea. Sailors look at a map. U.S. troops walk out of plane. M-42,self propelled, twin-40mm gun, on field. Jets on airfield. U.S. military on alert during the Cuban Crisis.1962.
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