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Commercial fishing industry of Japan before World War II
Animated map of fishing grounds around Japan that provide one fourth of the world's catch. Movement of the seasonal catch is tracked as it moves Northward during the year. Men and women engaged in commercial fishing, gathering in nets teeming with fish. Fishing boats plying waters of an inland sea. Fishing boats moored along the shores. Larger seagoing fishing boats leaving to operate along the coast of Honshu. Fishermen letting out nets from these boats and using cable winches to retrieve them. Views of refrigerated Japanese fishing ships that also freeze their catches, operatiing in the Siberian maritime provinces and in Alaskan and Arctic waters. Fishing boats, operating before World War 2, are seen pulling crabs aboard. View inside a floating cannery ship where salmon and crabmeat are being canned for export to places like the U.S.A. Closeup of a can displaying "ICEBOUNDBRAND" and text reading: " World Renowned Floating Cannery Pack Fresh from the Deep Sea Waters of Northern Japan. Net contents 13ounces. SELECTED CRABMEAT." Japanese wading in a river, and using trained cormorants, to catch fish. View of fisherman taking fish from his cormorant and placing them into a large jug. view of edible seaweed being harvested and laid out in the sun, in racks. Animated illustration of Japanese man and items included in his dinner of rice, soybean, fish, sea slugs, sea urchins, octopus, lily bulbs, bamboo shoots, bean curd and pickled fruits and vegetables, accompanied by a little saki (rice wine).
Scenes of the "Roaring 20s" or the "Jazz Age""
"The Roaring 20s" or "the Jazz Age" with most scenes being from Berlin Germany (but this is not obvious in some of the shots, which could be in the USA or elsewhere). Couples dance the "Charleston" at night club in Berlin, Germany. Views of jazz bands playing. African American man dancing with Thompson's Band. Newspapers chronicle the political events of the era, including Hitler's struggle for political power.
Henry Harley Arnold, Army Air Force and 20th Bomber Command arrives for award ceremony in Tinian Island, Marianas Island.
1st Anniversary of Japan Bombing celebrated at Tinian Island, Marianas Island. Commanding General Henry Harley 'Hap' Arnold, Army Air Force and 20th Bomber Command disembark from USA C-54 Aircraft. Officers of the 5th bombardment wing greet him. Arnold and staff board a jeep. (World War II period).
American outpost built at the Enewetak Atoll in Marshall Islands for atomic testing.
Covers events relating to the Operation Greenhouse atomic tests. Shows U.S. troops and men at an American outpost at Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in Marshall Islands. A water pumping station on the island. Boats and small planes provide transport facility on the island. The test island serve as a learning ground to U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force. Tanks fitted with measuring instruments are stationed near the Zero Tower to measure the radioactivity ,heat and pressure generated at the time of blast. Reinforced concrete buildings are build to withstand the atomic blast. Test objects like an airplane wing and fuselage section are positioned to study the effect of blast on them. U.S. parachute troopers stand beside a transport plane. Commander and his crew at the Joint Task Headquarters in Perry Islands,USA, make final decisions before the atomic test on Enewetak. Unmanned B-17s and fighter jets take off at night to collect valuable information during the blast. View of the atomic bomb explosion and its effect on the buildings at the test island.
Events that initiated World War I and animated map showing involvement of nations from 1914 through 1918
Opening scene shows a man being roughed up by a group of men in an alleyway. A slate comments (in French) that when nations are bellicose, an assassination can cause a world war. Next, a slate shows picture of the world and states (in English) "One murder may start a world war." Another slate (in French) states that In 1914, while Europe's armies and fleets were more powerful than they had ever been, the nephew of the Emperor of Austria (Archduke Ferdinand) was assassinated. A front page is shown of newspaper, "Journal De Geneve" carrying the story. Next scene is a view of the city of Sarajevo. The ancient Emperor's Mosque dominates the scene. A slate appears asking Where is Sarajevo? It is followed by a map of Europe in 1914, which zooms in on Austria and Serbia and identifies and labels Sarajevo,in Austria, close to the Serbian border. Slates (in French) says Austria accused Serbia of War and other nations enter the melee. Animated World map shows the nations getting involved, starting with the German Empire in 1914, including its African colonies, and then successively showing Russia, France, Belgium,Great Britain, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. Map advances to 1915, showing the Italian empire, Bulgaria,and Central Arabia. In 1916 it adds Portugal, Roumania. Next, the U.S.A. is added in, 1917, along with Central and South America, Greece, Siam, and China. Finally, the slate shows the war ending in 1918. Slate shows Armistice Day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month (November), with time shown on hands of Big Ben in London.
Celebrations in Havana Cuba as rebels under Fidel Castro evict Batista and take over the government
Celebrations in Havana, Cuba as Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro take over the city. Citizens marching in the streets carrying 26th of July banners (date in 1953 the coup began). Jubilant throngs of people. Newspaper man selling papers with large headline "Se Fue Batista" indicating that Batista has fled the country. Crowds smashing gambling machines in the streets. Hoards of students streaming from the University of Havana joining the celebrations. U.S. tourists leaving a hotel with packed luggage and taking refuge at the U.S. Embassy (being taken there in U.S. Military cars), and then leaving Havana on airplanes to return to the USA. Rebel fighters with beards entering the city. Views of Fidel Castro, a number of his lieutenants, and rebel fighters somewhere in the mountains. The Cuban flag flying.
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