Film opens with animated map showing Japan and its nearby Asian mainland neighbors. Arrows from Japan point to areas and islands that Japan considers part of the Japanese empire. In addition to Pacific islands, they include Asian mainland places, Manchuria, and the Sakhalin Islands. The map shows the Northern limit of Japan's territorial reach with a line drawn on the map at about 47 degrees North latitude. The map shows the reach of Japan's empire extending South to include all of Manchuria and in the Pacific to encompass all the scattered islands in the Pacific accessible to Japan. The map begins drawing a circular boundary to the East encompassing all these areas of the Japanese Empire. Film shifts to Japanese navy warships patrolling the Eastern Pacific boundaries of the Empire, and bi-wing aircraft flying in formation overhead. Rising sun symbol seen on underwings of biplanes. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō who was later Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Japanese Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War is seen seen as a young Admiral in 1895. Next, he is seen in 1934 at the age of 86, coming out of a barn and walking toward the camera. He is bent over and walks slowly, dressed in woolens and wearing thick eye glasses. (He died on May 30, 1934.)
1932 Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Democratic supporters carry signs with the names of US states and territories such as Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. Keynote speaker Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky speaks to the crowd, calling for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, also known as the Prohibition. View of crowd in 1932 Democratic Party National Convention. William Gibbs McAdoo, a senatorial candidate of the Democratic Party for California, speaks to the crowd, nominating Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate with the words, "he's entitled to the nomination" during the Democratic Party National Convention. Democratic Party National Convention crowd cheering as parabolic microphones turn to catch audio. Crowds cheer during the nomination of Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 1932 United States presidential elections.
in Tai-len (perhaps AKA Ta-lien-wan or Talienwan) Manchuria, Mongolians gather in large numbers to celebrate the Transformation of Maidar (Maitreya), a festival that honors Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. Flags decorate a wooden sculpture of Maitreya. Mongolians offer prayers at the holy shrine.Monks sit in a tent and people bow to holy scriptures. Mongolians lay out wooden trays of smoked meats. People along with religious leaders, gather near the flag-decorated sculpture and bow down in prayer. Offering bowls and incense sticks are seen beside the shrine. A Mongolian leader garbed in white and holding a sort of scepter, sits with a retinue under a canopy during the proceedings. He is later seen wearing a white hat and waving the scepter toward the celebrants.
Japanese immigration camps in Manchuria, China. Sheep enter corrals. A Japanese boy herding sheep. A Japanese colonist- woman hanging clothes outside her house. A Japanese woman uses a spinning wheel. Another Japanese woman fetches water from a well using a wheel.
Japanese immigration camps in Manchuria, China. Farmers separate grain. A Japanese colonist guard sits with a gun in his hand. Colonists march into a camp holding guns in their hands.
Boys receive training in Manchuria, China. Chinese and Manchukuoan boys are trained for steel mill work under Japanese supervision. The boys exercise at a factory campus. They practice marching. Factory smoke in the background.