U.S. 35th air policemen parked outside U.S. Army FEAF (Far East Air Forces) headquarters in Tokyo. American soldiers emerge from the FEAF headquarters building and line up with their gear on sidewalk across the street. It is raining. An officer reads orders to the soldiers and they get into a truck. An air police jeep backs up. The jeep and the truck pull away. View of top of the building, from which the United Nations and U.S. flags fly.
Japanese people released by Red China return home after 12 years. Ships and boats at the Maizuru Harbor in Japan. A man and a child in his lap wave. Men and women come ashore from the ships. Wounded are brought down on stretchers. The released men and women cross the pier to reunite with their families. People hold banners and signs. An emotional reunion as people cry on meeting their loved ones.
American and Japanese diplomats, Naval officers, sailors, and local officials mark the centennial of Commodore Perry's expedition at Shiroyama Park in Shimoda, Japan. The Japanese flag is slowly raised by an American sailor. Then the American flag is slowly raised by a sailor of the Japanese Naval Self-Defense Force. A small Japanese boy unveils a new memorial for Commodore Perry and Consul Harris. Admiral Robert Briscoe, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Far East, lays wreaths at the new monuments. Japanese officials also place wreaths, and a Japanese official gives a speech. view of the bay from the memorial. Japanese school girls in traditional costume pose with a model of a "black ship" from Commodore Perry's Squadron.
Japanese Air show at Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Hanedakuko, Ota City, Tokyo 144-0041, Japan) or Haneda Air Force Base. View of Japanese and American airplanes. Miscellaneous airplanes are on display. Personnel attending the air show. C-54 'Skymaster' parked in hardstand. Four sets of three, training airplanes of the National Safety Force, possibly L5's and L-16's. Crowd watching the air show. Some Japanese men and children stand along edge or marked off area. Model airplane meet is held. Airplanes on display include Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Grumman SA-16A amphibian, Martin B-26 Marauder, Curtiss C-46 Commando, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, and Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. Man operates model airplane. Contestants give last minute checks to their model airplane. Personnel push model gliders out on ramp prior to launch. Written on top of the glider wing 'JA-0067'. A formation of eight F-80's airplanes fly over area. F-84 makes pass over area. A formation of three sets of four P-84's airplanes fly over the area.
Operation Little Switch for repatriation of former prisoners of war late in the Korean War. Released United States soldiers who were POW (Prisoners Of War) are in transport from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo annex in Japan. Medics load sick or injured U.S. Army soldiers aboard ambulances at the Tokyo annex. An African American soldier, former prisoner of war, smiles. Ambulatory former prisoners walk out. Several views of smiling African American patients. Mrs. Maruine Doran Clark, wife of General Mark Clark, shakes hand with repatriated U.S. Army soldiers at the airbase.
Operation Little Switch repatriation operation late in Korean War, in which released United States former POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. The liberated former prisoners get dressed in clean uniforms. Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees. A Red Cross nurse smiles. A Greek patient reading in bed. The patient smiles.