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A U.S. Government background study film about the culture and behavior of Japanese society
Opening slate recounts that the First American Consul to Japan was received on December 7th 1857, and Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 during World War 2. After the slate, Japanese are seen depicted in prints by famous 18th and 19th century artists: Katsushika Hokusai; Utagawa Kunimasu; and Ando Hiroshige. Next are various views of Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. An industrial site with numerous smoke stacks spewing clouds of effluents. Momentary glimpse of a Japanese Torii Gate. Crucible of molten steel being emptied. Machine shop powered by driving belts. Closeups of various machine tools in operation. Closeups of Japanese industrial workers. A line of Type 95, 75 mm Japanese field guns produced in Japanese factories. Japanese women engaged in home industries making parts for factories. A Japanese artisans working in pottery, porcelain and metal. Various views of densely populated Japanese city with trolley cars; automobiles; and pedestrians (most in Western style clothing, but some women in kimonos). City buildings of modern design. Men leaving their shoes at the doorway as they enter a house. A woman helps a man don a lounging gown upon arriving home from work. Japanese children in the courtyard of their urban school, performing exercises and calisthenics. Three children walking home from school. A family in traditional Japanese attire, having dinner at home. A steam locomotive pulls a train through rural area of Japan. View from above, of farmers working in terraced area. Closeup of farmer guiding a plow being pulled by oxen. Women sowing seed in a rice paddy. Farmers planting seedlings, and hoeing, threshing, and harvesting crops by hand. Harvested crop being placed on outdoor rack to dry. Exterior of farmhouse with thatched roof. View of family inside, preparing dinner and later sitting around a covered charcoal brazier, to keep warm. The woman of the house turns on a single electric light and the man turns on a radio having an external speaker horn. Two Japanese sumo wrestlers in a ring at an arena. Views of Sumo wrestler going through preliminary movements, followed by two wrestlers battling in the ring. Japanese Jujitsu master demonstrates skill by throwing assistants in a demonstration. Two Japanese men demonstrate kendo dueling before an audience of students in a training facility. (They do not wear protective attire.) A horse race taking place at a large track with many spectators in the viewing stands. A Japanese golfer hitting a ball out of a sand trap. Glimpse of tennis players. Japanese baseball teams march into a stadium and play the game before a crowd of spectators. Japanese office displaying poster for the Marx Brothers movie "Duck Soup." Several Japanese at a home party party with saxophonist playing 1928 American song, "Sweet Sue, Just You." The group joins in singing the song. Patrons in Western style attire dancing in a night club to music of a modern orchestra. Customer smoking cigarette and sampling an American cocktail and a small cup of saki as jazz is being played in the background. A woman dressed as a Geisha plays a shamisen.
Dignitaries and civilians at the funeral ceremony of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in England.
Death and funeral ceremony of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in England. In footage from the past, Churchill is seen walking with his aides using a walking stick. Also Churchill with former United States President Franklin D Roosevelt beside him, singing during a religious service aboard the HMS Prince of Wales on August 10, 1941. View of the clergy, dignitaries and civilians during the funeral ceremony of Winston Churchill at St. Pauls Cathedral in London, England.
Japan expands its military presence and influence in the Pacific before World War II. U.S. employs air power early in the war.
Opening scene shows Emperor Hirohito of Japan dressed in military uniform, astride a white horse, riding along a path, followed by military officers. (Narrator cites Japanese declaration of war against the U.S. and Britain on December 7, 1941.) Japanese soldiers in two groups engage in local war games against each other. Animated map shows Japan and the expansion of her influence and military presence throughout the Pacific. Aerial view through scattered clouds, of Japanese fleet of warships. Aerial view of American warplanes in formation through scattered clouds. Closeup from cockpit of a U.S. A-20 Havoc aircraft, showing its left engine and prop and a second A-20 flying to its left in close formation. Swerving wake of a Japanese warship engaged in evasive maneuvers on surface of the sea, below. Several scenes of U.S. aircraft strafing Japanese warships. Aerial view from a U.S. B-25, flying above Japanese ships, of another B-25, with its bomb bay doors open as it launches a torpedo. Japanese ship is struck, explodes, and sinks stern first. Glimpse of more Japanese ships in a convoy.
Images of signed affidavits by U.S. military personnel verifying authenticity of images of German Concentration camp scenes
Camera shows close up of two certificates of affidavit signed by Lieutenant Colonel George Stevens and Lieutenant Kellogg. The first affidavit by U.S. Army Signal Corps Colonel Stevens cites Stevens' work from 1 March 1945 to 8 May 1945 photographing concentration camps and prison camps liberated by Allied forces. It is read aloud by George Stevens (or by a narrator reading the text of the affadavit). The second affidavit, signed by U.S. Navy Lieutenant E.R. Kellogg, and witnessed by Captain John Ford, is also read aloud. It cites Kellogg's expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults. A map shows the location of concentration camps in Germany and other parts of occupied Europe under Nazi control. (World War II period).
An American prisoner talks about the harsh treatment at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan during World War II.
American prisoners of war being interviewed at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan after World War II. A U.S. officer interviews a prisoner who has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp. The prisoner says that his name is James Robertson. He says that he is from St. Louis and was born in Chicago, United States. He speaks that he came to fight against the Japanese on April 22, 1941. He states that he was captured by the Japanese on May 6, 1942 in Corregidor, Philippines. He narrates an incident to prove that they were tortured at the prison camps. He also states how hot tea was poured on the legs of a prisoner.
The Americans surrender in the Battle of Corregidor and General Homma takes over the Philippines during World War II.
An orientation film titled ' Westward is Bataan' about Japanese capture of the Philippines and the Americans surrender during World War II. Scenes of destruction from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States on December 7, 1941. U.S. ships being strafed and explosions occur. Excerpts from Japanese newsreel showing surrender of U.S. forces at Corregidor. United States soldiers in Corregidor, Philippines. U.S. Army General Jonathan Wainwright meets Japanese officers to surrender during the Battle of Corregidor. Japanese soldiers near Heam Battery on May 6, 1942. Japanese soldiers remove the American flag from a pole to raise the Japanese flag after the surrender. People celebrate Japanese victory in Tokyo, Japan. In Manila people gather along the streets as they wave the Japanese flags to welcome Japanese General Masaharu Homma. General Homma enters a building. Japanese soldiers parade as they carry the remains of the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Corregidor. The boxes carrying the remains of the dead Japanese soldiers being handed over to Japanese women at a ceremony.