Documentary depicts job of United States occupation forces in Japan. Opening scene shows Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita being escorted by armed American military officer to a room. A woman at an outdoor stand, passing out leaflets to Japanese people during the U.S. postwar occupation of Japan. Camera pans across exterior of prison where Japanese wartime leaders are incarcerated. Japanese read information posted on a telephone pole. Newspaper in English reporting that Emperor Hirohito says he is not a Diety and the Japanese are not a master race. A Japanese broadcaster spreading the new concepts. Loud speakers on city streets carry the news. People visiting news stands, including many Japanese soldiers in uniforms. Several Japanese citizens gathered by a bulletin board to read the latest information. Japanese workers shoveling up debris from bombing during World War 2. View of vast destruction in a Japanese city, where only several concrete and steel buildings can be seen standing. Japanese people going about their normal affairs, walking on paths cleared through the detritus of war. U.S. troops monitoring Japanese travelers boarding a railroad train. A U.S. soldier standing with a Japanese policeman, searches a Japanese cyclist for contraband. Views of the Pacific Ocean, with waves crashing on the shore. Dead American soldiers in the waters at the coasts of various scenes of combat against Japanese forces during World War II. Views of American soldiers helping and tending to wounded during the war. A huge formation of American soldiers marching. The Liberty bell. A closing slate reading: "Our Job in Japan". Music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony is heard.
Newsreel clip from "Ford News" about opening day of the 1934 baseball season at Detroit's Navin Field. View of the crowd as announcer says 24,000 turned out on a frigid day. Shots of pregame ceremonies, with parade and raising of the American flag. Firefighters present trophy that will go to team's most valuable player. Tigers manager and catcher Mickey Cochrane smiles at huge floral display showing his likeness, and is later given a new car by Ford Motor Company. Camera pans across Tigers players in warmup jackets, standing on steps of the dugout. Mayor Frank Cousins throws out first pitch. Game starts, White Sox third baseman Jimmy Dykes singles to score Luke Appling. Another White Sox player grounds out. In sixth inning, Cochrane slides into third after a hit by Goose Goslin. (Note smokestack pumping out black smoke in background.) After Cochrane scores, Hank Greenberg hits a double to score Goslin. A smiling Cochrane holds a bat in the dugout. Shots taken from unusual angle show other Tigers scoring and running bases. Clip ends with title card saying "See the Ford News at this theatre every week."
Various close-up views of President Kennedy on various stages during his Presidential career. U.S. President John Kennedy in Berlin with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, German Mayor Willy Brandt and other dignitaries standing besides him at microphone. View of huge crowd enthusiastically cheering for him in Berlin. White House balcony where President is seated with his wife and children Caroline and John, Jr. to enjoy music and presentation by Black Watch regiment of Scotland eight days before his death. President Kennedy with the First Lady Jacqueline emerges from a plane which just landed in Dallas and is greeted. The Presidential motorcade traveling through area in Dallas in open car. View of Texas School Book Depository building from where gun shot was fired by a sniper at President's open-topped car and John Kennedy is hit in the head. Citizens wait news on street corners near hospital where President is taken. Officials guard President's car and examine it in the parking lot of the hospital. View of Jacqueline Kennedy's abandoned flower bouquet in President's car. Men and women waiting near the hospital hear the news and are seen crying in response to news of the President's death. Men and women kneel at altar and pray in church. Exterior view of United Nations building. View inside UN General Assembly, where assembly members stand to pay respect to deceased President Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson is sworn in as President of US, while Jacqueline Kennedy stands next to him. President John Kennedy's casket is taken out from Air Force One aircraft at Andrew's Air Force Base and is put into an ambulance. President Lyndon Johnson leaves the plane and speaks on microphone. Views from White House lawn after President Johnson arrives at the White House from Andrews Air Force Base. View through window of White House of one of President Johnson's first meetings underway.
U.S. Army World War II promotional film presents an overview of the new M10 Tank Destroyer that humorously mimics a new car sales advertisement. A newspaper cutting shows the advertisement of 'Screaming Eagle Hardware Company' that produces the Tank Destroyer. View of United States M-10 tank destroyers in rows in an open field. Crew climbs into Tank Destroyer. The M10 tank destroyer is shown being tested over rough terrain, water, steep drop off, and steep inclines. It is shown operating at 35 miles per hour on flat open terrain. View of crew inside tank destroyer demonstrating operation of its 3 inch gun. Gun of of the tank fired at target on a practice range in the United States. Soldier observes using binoculars. Steam locomotive running on railroad tracks approaching camera position, and then passing with train cars filled with M10 Tank Destroyers. Throughout the clip, narrator describes the features of the tank as if describing a new car, with various humorous lines added.
Two satellites launched into space by United States space shuttle Discovery. (During STS-51G, three satellites were launched: MORELOS-A, for Mexico; ARABSAT-A, for Arab Satellite Communications Organization; and TELSTAR-3D, for AT&T.) An Arabic news bulletin informs about the launch of Saudi Arabian satellite. Space Shuttle Discovery is shown at ignitiion, launch, and as it takes off from the United States and moves upwards in the sky on June 17, 1985. Men inside the space shuttle include Sultan Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia. The men work on controls. A communication satellite after being launched near the earth into outer space. Another satellite launch is shown. A news anchor reads out the news related to the launch of the communication satellites.
North Vietnamese at a prison camp in Vietnam. A news bulletin shows a news anchor with a map of South East Asia in the background. North Vietnamese taken as prisoners at a prison camp in South Vietnam. The prisoners in a group. Men play sports and learn guitar. A patient being given blood plasma. The prisoners play table tennis at the camp. Patients on cots at a hospital. The news anchor talks about the prisoners at the camp in South Vietnam.
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