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Reconstruction of Japan after WWII. New Constitution and implementation of democracy in Japan.

Reconstruction of Japan following World War II. New Constitution of Japan. Japanese military and other workers manually shovel debris and labor to rebuild their country which has been utterly destroyed by war. Document labeled 'The Constitution of Japan'. Japanese speak over loudspeakers and campaign in the first free elections in Japanese history. Women have the right to vote. Democracy brings civil liberty and women's rights. People listen to speaker at political rally or political campaign event in a Japanese city.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024872
Progress of women in Japan

Busy streets in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese people shop, cross streets, and ride bicycles. Aerial view of Tokyo after World War 2. View of the Japanese National Diet Building (Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo) in Chiyoda district. Japanese Prime Minister of Japan Yoshida Shigeru addresses the parliament. Japanese men, women and ministers attend the National Diet. A new bill is passed. Hand flips through the pages of the new bill written in Japanese. Contrasts the progress of women with that of men in Japan. A Japanese man and woman. Japanese children playing in playground. A woman holds her child. A salaryman father laughs with wife and two children at home. Japanese man wipes sweat off his head with a napkin. An old farmer working. People crossing a street. Japanese men and women crowd a busy street. View of Japanese women work as traffic police officer, as telephone operators, as caretaker of family,voting and as an architect.

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675025235
Japanese and Americans learn about each other during postwar occupation.

United States soldiers visit a Shinto Shrine during military occupation of Japan after WW2. A smiling Japanese woman. Two Americans enter a Japanese establishment where they attempt to follow Japanese customs, seated on the floor, sipping tea, and eating seafood with chopsticks. Japanese women look at sign advertising the movie, "Mother wore Tights" starring Betty Grable. The two Japanese women smile while viewing the sign. Scenes at U.S. Military sponsored Fair, called "Panoramic View of USA." where Japanese visitors tour smaller scale models and facsimiles of major American sites and landmarks, such as the White House, Pittsburgh "City of Steel", and famous American skyscrapers. Japanese parents and children are seen looking at Christmas displays in a local store, that includes a Santa Claus. Under the American occupation, Boy Scouts were revived in Japan. At an International Jamboree, scouts hold out a flag reading: " International Boy Scouts Troop 3, Yokohama, Japan." Japanese Boy Scouts pitch their tents and cook over campfires. American and Japanese Scoutmasters converse.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024879
United States Army provides medical, food and material aid to Japan.

United States Army helps and provides aid to Japan in the years soon after end of World War 2. Workers unload the cargo of food from truck. Aerial view of flooded area. Ambulances of 'Army Medical Care' pass through muddy land. To care for the sick, doctors and nurses reach the flooded area of Japan in ambulance. Nurse gets down from ambulance. Army personnel lift the boxes of food and clothing. Sign of 'Toy Factory'. Interior of toy factory. Japanese work at machines in factory, where they process and recycle tin cans received from American military bases, and turn them into toy cars for children. Women work at machines in toy factory. Toys of small cars made and displayed.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024874
American soldiers come to make friends and Japanese children show response towards them in Japan.

American soldiers campaign for making friends in Japan after military occupation of Japan. Jeeps of American soldiers pass on street. Japanese children show great response to American soldiers. They run behind the jeeps of American soldiers. American soldier seated on jeep and children near around the soldier. He gives toys to children.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024878
Japanese and Americans participate together in sports activities and swimming competition in Japan.

Japanese and Americans participate together in many activities of sports for international friendship after military occupation of Japan. Boys play football. Spectators pack a stadium to watch swimming competition and water polo match. Flags of USA and Japan. Swimmers compete in race using butterfly stroke.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024881