People on the streets of Manhattan, New York City. Crowds throng Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Buildings along the sides of street. 'Nazi planes raid Warsaw' flashing on signage from a building. People view the news on German leader Adolf Hitler and World War II in Europe before America's entry in the war. People buying newspapers.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in his office in Washington DC. He addresses the nation and appeals for national unity. He pledges his fight for neutrality. Cameramen recording the speech. Men broadcasting the speech.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt at launch of SS America. SS America, the largest liner ever built in the United States. A large crowd gathers at the harbor. Mrs Roosevelt is presented with flower bouquets. The First Lady launches the ship. Ocean liner underway at sea. United States flag flying aboard on flag pole.
Men practicing rifle shooting in Long Branch, Ontario. They pose holding the rifles. They practice shooting the rifle in a field. Target boards in the foreground. They hit the target boards. Trees in the background.
Activities of children in Japan. Japanese children walking on a street. Mountains in the background. Children on their way to school. A truck passes on the street. A woman rows a boat with oars underway at a river. Sailing boats underway at river. Children aboard a boat.
Opening scene shows Japanese boys performing gymnastic exercises on a high bar at a beach. As they finish a large group of boys runs from the water's edge behind them. The boys run into an outdoor classroom in the shade of trees, where a teacher is instructing uniformed students how to write Japanese kanji characters. The second of two Kanji characters that spell Nippon (Japan) is shown on the blackboard with numeric guides to the sequence of strokes in which it should be written. Scene shifts to the interior of a classroom filled with boys in checkered uniforms. The teacher in this classroom is using the blackboard to teach writing of the same kanji character. As the teacher uses chalk to write the character, the students copy his motions with their hands in the air, as if writing it themselves. Closeup of the boys at their desks using brushes to form the character on paper. One boy uses a still camera to photograph the character he has written. A student is seen wearing earphones and smiling while listening. An old woman, also wearing earphones, appears to enjoy what she hears as she works preparing food in her kitchen. On a river bank, overlooking the water, a group of boys and a group of girls sit on wooden benches with their respective teachers in the shade of a large tree. Closeup of children's feet resting on a beach of many smooth rounded stones, under the wooden bench. Next, boys are seen splashing one and other in the water,
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