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Japanese and French confer in Hanoi; war materiel supplies to China cutoff at Yunnan and Canton; British forces departing Shanhai
Clip opens with unrelated brief two second view of Frank Griswold, winner of 1940 New York World's Fair road race, waving from behind the wheel of his 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B after the race. Scene changes to views through the fertile countryside of French Indochina on a trip to Hanoi early in World War II. Narrator notes Hanoi is a principal supply hub for war materiel destined for General Chiang Kai-shek; supplies which the French have now interrupted at the request of Japanese authorities. A train arrives at station in Hanoi. People at the station. Views of downtown buildings of Hanoi and a market place. Street vendors selling foods and goods. A woman carrying a basket on her head. Rickshaw pullers at work behind several people seated at a street-side outdoor cafe. Narrator notes views are proceeding toward the central park where the residence of the head of the new government is located. Views of a couple in formal suit and dress strolling in the park. Major General Nishihara, head of the Japanese mission, is seen exiting a building following talks with the French Governor-General. Scene changes to Lao-Kai (or Lai Cai), a border station between French Indochina and China, where narrator says supply inspectors from Japan have traveled to examine the situation. View of the Yunnan railway with railroad tracks cut off by the French authorities, and guarded by local indigenous soldiers with conical hats (nón lá). Scene changes to the harbor at Canton China. Large ships anchored in harbor. Barrels or drums on the ground near docks, as narrator notes that large quantities of war supplies no lie idle and unusable on the port docks. Scene changes to Shanghai. A procession of forces from Great Britain on parade at a racecourse or stadium, and in the streets of the city, including uniformed bagpipers. Narrator notes it marks the end of British supremacy in China, with the first contingent of British troops departing Shanghai.
President Kennedy awards graduation certificates to graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, U.S.
Graduation ceremony for Air Force and Naval graduates in the United States. Spectators look as cadets are graduated at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colorado. U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the graduates and the spectators from a dais. 493 cadets graduate. The graduates come up on the dais and shake hands with the President. The cadets fly their hats in the air. A board in Annapolis reads 'United States Naval Academy'. 871 graduates are seated during the graduation ceremony. They walk up on a stage and are presented graduation certificates by U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The anchorman, who is the last one to get the certificate, is cheered by his fellows.
President Kennedy is greeted by Chancellor Adenauer and Vice Chancellor Erhard on his visit to West Germany.
United States President John F. Kennedy visits West Germany. Men rolling out the red carpet in Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). President Kennedy disembarks from the Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000, Boeing 707-353B). German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes President Kennedy. Kennedy and Adenauer review the honor guard. Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard greets Kennedy. They board in a car. People on the sides of streets in Cologne as the President's motorcade passes. A large crowd cheers and waves U.S. flags. President Kennedy attends a Catholic mass at Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). Police try to control the people. German men and women running to meet President Kennedy. A banner read ' Welcome President Kennedy'. Another one reads 'common struggle for peace and freedom'. President Kennedy addresses people in front of Bonn City Hall (Markt 2, 53111 Bonn, Germany). People wave small United States flags.
U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s in live fire training at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range during World War II
Views from the adjacent Hammond Army Air Field, as U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft fly very low and engage in live fire training over the Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range. Antiaircraft gunners of the 55th Brigade AAA practice sighting and tracking these aircraft as part of their own training. Gun sight view from a 40 mm Bofors gun tracking incoming aircraft. Formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder aircraft high above the training area (probably engaged in bombing training)..
Japanese General discusses first American air raid on Tokyo, Japan, in World War II. Captured American fliers in custody
Several blindfolded American fliers are seen being taken from an airplane. They are crew of the 16th B-25 comprising the famous "Doolittle"s Raiders." (Their aircraft was serial number: 40-2268, nicknamed: "Bat Out of Hell." Low on fuel, they were captured after bailing out near Japanese occupied Nangchang City, China, on April 18, 1942.) Captured American pilot, Lieutenant William .G. Farrow, is seen smoking a cigarette, while being escorted by Japanese soldiers, out of a building. With him are members of his crew: co-pilot, Lieutenant Robert L. Hite; Navigator, Lieutenant George Barr; Bombardier, Staff Sergeant, Jacob DeShazer; and Engineer Gunner, Sergeant Harold A. Spatz They pose for a group photograph on the steps, with the officer crew members on the top step and the two enlisted crew members a step below. (Lieutenant Farrow and Sergeant Spatz were executed by the Japanese on Oct. 15, 1942, at Kiangwan Cemetery, Shanghai, China.)
Scenes of Manila, Philippines, early during the Japanese occupation in World War II
Title card with title “Roaring color Manila” in Japanese. A street corner in Manila after the Japanese invasion and occupation in World War 2. Japanese flag in storefront as Filipinos walk pass store. Closeup of the statue of St. Anthony of Padua with a kneeling woman and child, in front of the Church of St. Francis (the former San Francisco Church, now site is occupied by Mapúa University), Church of Our Lady of Angels, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. Camera pans down over the statue. View from above, at a short distance, of parishioners going in and out of the church. (This church was destroyed in the battle of Manila, 1945, but the statue survived.) A Japanese sign outside of a building. View inside the building, where many school children are seen walking through an exhibit of artwork and other displays of school projects. Closeup of one drawing on display, depicting a Spanish Toreador. Several displays of Japanese calligraphy. A model of two small structures. Closeup of several schoolboys interested in small objects on display. A group of schoolgirls at exhibits of clothing designs and patterns. A cartoon sign in the building, in Japanese but mostly in English. It shows two small girls and a boy in different exercise poses and two ducks walking past them near their feet. The sign announces in Japanese and English, "Radio Taisou Daily Calisthenics on the air." It also reads: "Health First" and "Mass exercise at Luneta Park." A man conducts calisthenics in the open in front of a rotunda. Jorge B. Vargas, chairman of the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Executive Commission, sits inside the rotunda observing a vast field filled with school children following the lead of the exercise director, as they perform calisthenics. The Rizal Monument (1225 Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) is seen far in the background. Some closeups of the children as they exercise. Wide view of the children organized in lines across the field. The French renaissance-style Luneta Hotel (414 Kalaw Ave, Ermita, Manila, 1045 Metro Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) is seen in the background.
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