Germany and Japan defeated in World War II. The defeat of Germany is celebrated in United States. Scenes represent the life of a typical Japanese soldier: a flag is raised to celebrate his birth; boys in uniform play war; troops sack Nanking; and in1944 he is killed to attack over harbor in America. In a dramatization, a soldier with an American machine gun is killed. Dead Americans. American soldiers honor their dead comrades covered with United States flag.
Carmencita in a solo dance performance, United States. She performs Spanish dance and was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Hiroshi Saito, views the Japanese Sakura cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. He is seen with his wife and children. Ambassador Saito and his family pose under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom during springtime. The cherry blossom trees in Washington DC are donated by Japan to the United States of America. Ambassador Saito meets with United States dignitaries at the Tidal Basin.
View of Washington D C city. Proprietor of "Fuji art shoppe" in Washington DC, is interviewed by a Japanese man. Proprietor shows around the shop. Articles like plates,vase and other China crockery can be seen. Small gift houses and other gift items made by wood can also be seen. Movies like Gates of Hell,The Magnificent Seven,Ugetsu, Samurai, Rasho-Mon can be viewed in the cinema hall.1964-65
Woodward and Lothrop department store in Washington DC. Customers come in to the shop and check Japanese items like China plates and crockery by Noritake company. A saleswoman helps customers. Two American women take a look at a dinner set helped by a salesman. Women look at a model bed room furnished with light lamps and furniture like bed and side tables in the Japanese Shop. A light with Japanese shade hangs from ceiling.1964-65.
An apartment furnished with Japanese furniture and artifacts in the Arlington Towers apartments (later River Place Apartments) at Rosslyn in Arlington, Virginia . An American man shows a Japanese man various Japanese artifacts like Japanese tables, vase, bowls placed in apartment. Japanese prints and paintings hang on walls of the apartment. A view of apartment building from outside. A view of Bradley Boulevard Apartments a residential neighborhood in Bethesda Maryland. Trees line garden of Bradley Boulevard Apartments neighborhood. Cars are parked. People walking. People on bicycle.1964-65.
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