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Emperor Hirohito visits an Officer's Training School in Japan during World War II

Motorcade of Imperial limousines with motorcycle escorts proceeds through gates of an officer's training base in Japan, during World War 2. Emperor Hirohito, on a white horse, is accompanied by other mounted military officers as he rides past officer candidates drawn up in formation. The emperor salutes the candidates. A number of officer candidates in white uniforms, and steel helmets, carrying rifles, demonstrate their skills running through an obstacle course, including a high barrier that must be scaled, as senior officers watch. Several candidates demonstrate gymnastic skills, performing giant swings on horizontal bars. The emperor stands alone, observing, as other candidates perform stunts across various barriers.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675027682
Religious ceremonies and customs in Japan and a Japanese community bath.

Psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Religious ceremonies and customs in Japan. Japanese people visit the religious place. They wash hands and face. The Japanese ring a bell or clap to gain God's attention. A woman with a child prays to God. A father eats dinner with his son in a Japanese home. The Japanese boy lays food offering in memory of his dead mother and then eats his rice. Japanese men and women take bath in a Japanese community bath.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054156
Hierarchy of social strata in Japan and subjects bow to the Japanese Emperor.during World War II

Psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan during World War 2. Japanese children bowing. A little boy bows to a woman. A woman in kimono bows to a man. A young man bows to his parents. Civilians bow to military personnel. Subjects bow to Emperor Hirohito. Emperor Hirohito riding a white horse. Japanese people come out of their homes and bow as Emperor Hirohito’s convoy passes by. Posters on the walls remind the Japanese civilians of their duties. Japanese calligraphy reads 'Duty is heavier than mountains and death is lighter than a feather'. A dying old man rises from his futon. Dying man bows to the Japanese Emperor. Japanese samurais bow to the Shogun during the Tokugawa era. A Japanese couple in their home. The man sits on the cushion and the woman sits on the mat. A woman bows to the couple. A Japanese woman in western clothing bows to her husband. A modern Japanese woman argues with her fiancé. breaks her engagement. A Japanese photograph depicting a man standing. A Japanese kabuki melodrama exemplifies the duties which each person owes to others. A Japanese kabuki performer dances on stage. Men escape a tunnel during a kabuki play. A kabuki actor plays a distraught servant.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054158
Japanese people and hierarchy of social strata in Japan (WW2)

A dramatization depicts Japanese psyche and living habits in World War II. Hierarchy of social strata in Japan. Japanese people and their sense of duty. A Japanese woman and her daughter walk along a road. The woman goes to meet her husband who is captured by the enemy and is in prison. The mother dies while traveling on foot. The daughter cries. She fulfills her duty and goes to meet her father. A man helps her and takes her on horseback to meet her father. A man returns home after six years. His wife and son want to meet him, but his father does not permit them. As the father pretends to sleep the wife comes to meet him. The man declares he is going to participate in the war. A matchmaker or 'go-between' asks a girl some questions before the girl gets married. A father scolds his son. The son is well behaved and does not answer back. Japanese boys attack each other on the street.

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054160
Japanese people read bulletins on a street and children are sent to school in Japan during World War II.

A documentary film depicts psychology and living habits of Japanese people. Indoctrination of Japanese children in World War 2. Animated picture and a chart show the 'ratio per hundred children attending school' in various years. Dramatization depicts a drunkard father wanting his child to earn money for liquor. A woman arranges futon bed. Drunk Japanese man gets up from his futon bed. A male teacher attempts to take the child to the school. Japanese man and neighbors confront and assault the male teacher. Japanese boy in school uniform is welcomed by the male teacher. An apologetic man bows to the teacher. A Japanese woman reads a message brought by a post man. A girl stands next to the woman. People read from bulletin stands on a street. People hear radio broadcast. View of a lighthouse in Japan (likely either the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse or Kannonzaki Lighthouse). Empress Kōjun visits a lighthouse with Japanese officials. A Japanese-made radio set.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054167
Japanese cadets receive graduation diploma at Japanese Naval Academy in Japan.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito attends the Japanese Naval Academy graduation ceremonies in Japan. Emperor Hirohito and other officers on horseback watch cadets march in review. Cadets receive diplomas.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675074440