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Allied troops capture Myitkyina, Burma, and Japanese 15th and 33rd Divisions counterattack British Forces at Imphal in India (WW2)
At opening, film shows U.S. Army Air Forces Bell P-39 Bell Air Cobra aircraft dropping bombs on on Japanese held northern airfield of Myitkyina, which was later captured by the 3rd Battalion Merrill's on July 26, 1944. Aerial view from U.S. aircraft bombing the Japanese occupied city of Myitkyina, on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, in Burma. Heavy smoke rising from bombs striking targets at the river's edge. (Narrator states, "the siege lasted 78 days.") Next, a regiment of Merrill's Marauders marches unopposed into the city. Animated map shows Japanese forces (15th and 33rd Division troops) attacking British-held town of Imphal, Burma. Ensuing scenes show well entrenched British forces in battle, with British soldiers firing heavy artillery, mortars, and Vickers machine guns. Glimpse of shells striking in hills. Momentary glimpse of Allied aircraft above the hills. (Narrator states the British "chewed up a couple of Jap divisions"," and the Allied rear lines of communication remained secure.) Animated map shows Chinese forces attacking Japanese forces west of the Salween River. View from a high position above the river bank. Rubber rafts line the shore and troops are assembling on the land. Next, troops are seen wading neck deep crossing the river with supplies floating along with them. Some paddle a jeep across the river on a makeshift raft. A truck at the edge of the river. Soldiers pulling together on a long rope line. Others crossing with hands on a line to support them as they wade in the water. Trucks bogging down in deep mud are helped by tow lines to others, ahead. Troops in a village where the road is inundated by rain waters flowing across it as a jeep goes past. Vehicles of all kinds sidelined by flooding waters. Jeeps speeding through water in some places and moving very slowly in the center of a muddy road where troops make their way on either side. Chinese soldiers scaling the stone wall of a fortress using ladders they made for the purpose. Troops firing a small artillery field piece and then charging towards battle-damaged buildings. Several are seen using flame throwers, that set building afire. More views of Chinese soldiers firing artillery and heavy machine guns. (World War II period)
Modern Japanese women and their professions in the years after World War 2
Postwar Japanese women working in various professions in the early 1950s. Japanese women wear Western outfits, go to bars and restaurants for a drink and a smoke. The woman approach men inside a bar. Japanese women smoking with men. A Japanese woman opens sliding door and joins her family for dinner. She begins to talk about her day. Her father nods with disapproval while her younger sister, wearing a High School sailor-style Seifuku uniform, looks on. Men reading a newspaper. A Japanese couple walks in the park. They find a boy fishing on the lake. Japanese women in parliament. Japanese women working as scientists, as nurses and as doctors in hospitals and surgical operating rooms. Japanese woman heads a corporate company meeting. Japanese women work as corporate secretaries. Woman works with farmers. NHK radio station featuring a Japanese woman, who is seated in a broadcast booth. A Japanese woman at a newspaper operation inspects newspapers coming off a printing press. Japanese women as musicians and western ballet dancers. Japanese woman playing a violin with an orchestra. Japanese woman playing the piano. A Japanese woman painting while wearing a kimono. Japanese woman lecturer comes out of a college building. Japanese men gather and talk outside a building. A Japanese woman casts her vote in a ballot box. Japanese civilians in voting poll. The National Diet is filled with parliamentarians.
Scenes of professional, working American women in the post-war early 1950s
Film "American Working Women" Clock above Exit sign in Sonotone factory. Women, including Hazel Kennedy, assembling hearing aids. Women in wash room checking hair in mirror and applying lipstick. Women clocking out at Sonotone factory. Wide shot workers leaving Sonotone hearing aid factory, 2269 Saw Mill River Road Elmsford, NY 10523. Bank teller at White Plains Federal Savings and Loan, 182 East Post Road White Plains, NY 10601 puts away money at end of day. Man in suit who is bank Vice President looks at his watch and says goodbye to his secretary as he leaves the office. Secretary Joan Morgan applies lipstick while looking into her compact mirror and then puts on her coat. A man paces outside bank building, looking at watch. He greets his girlfriend Joan and the couple hold hands. Cancer researcher Martha Hanson puts white mice into a cage in her lab at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Ave. New York, NY 10065. View of numbers on elevator at Sloan-Kettering as doors open. Martha passes through lobby at Sloan-Kettering. Wall engraving in background reads, "Within these walls a few labor unceasingly that many may live" Ann Maloney puts away Silver Slipper hosiery boxes at Marie's Lingerie shop. Sign on wall reads, "First Quality 54 Gauge Nylons". A tall model of a woman's leg is on the counter top. Ann puts money into cash register drawer. Woman (Hazel) driving her 1941 DeSoto Custom automobile. She picks up her husband in front of the hardware factory where he works. Husband and wife kiss in automobile. Close up honking car horn. Children run out of house and into car. Hazel parks car at 12 Curry Road Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 at the intersection of Curry Road and Ronny Circle and the family enters front door of house.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson address the American crowd,United States
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson addresses the American crowd. U.S. military officers present at the gathering. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson with his second wife Edith Bolling Galt Wilson along with other dignitaries and U.S. military officers on dais. Men arrive on Ford Model T car surrounded by crowd.
President Woodrow Wilson acknowledges crowd in the United States
President Woodrow Wilson exits his house (Woodrow Wilson House 2340 S St NW, Washington, DC 20008, United States) and acknowledges American crowd by lifting his hat. Next scenes are earlier footage of President Wilson: Wilson seated in an open car on a winter day, with First Lady Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson and another woman. Wilson seen standing in an open car during a parade. President Wilson's car procession in a parade passes on a city street with shops such as United Cigars and a shop named "Carney Bros". President Wilson with a walking stick or cane. President Wilson reading a speech to a gathered crowd.
President Harry S Truman and Governor Thomas E Dewey during 1948 presidential election campaign activities in the United States
United States President Harry S Truman with Vice President Garner in Texas during an election campaign. President Truman in car with Vice President John Nance Garner 'Cactus Jack'. Man with a sheep. Sign on the sheep reads 'Dewey Goat', and Truman is seen petting the sheep that represents his opponent. Crowd greets President Truman in San Antonio and waves as his car goes by on a street. Truman is seen posing in front of the Alamo. Next Truman visits Austin Texas where he addressed Civil Rights, according to the narrator, saying that his opponents, the Republicans, don't want public unity. President Truman meets on his moving railroad train car with Sam Rayburn, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. President Truman addresses a large crowd gathered outdoors in Fort Worth Texas. Next seen shows his opponents activities: Crowd greets Governor Thomas E Dewey in Oakland California. Banner reads 'Welcome Governor Dewey'. Railroad train of Governor Dewey is seen moving on train tracks. Scenes of Republican presidential candidate Dewey with Mrs. Dewey addressing a crowd in Kelso, Oregon. Officials there present him with a string of fresh caught salmon fish as a gift. Governor Dewey on dais with his wife. Mrs. Dewey addresses crowd.
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